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YouTube creators’ accounts hijacked with cookie-stealing malware

Security Affairs

A Cookie Theft malware was employed in phishing attacks against YouTube creators, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Financially motivated threat actors are using Cookie Theft malware in phishing attacks against YouTube creators since late 2019. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG.

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China-linked APT Curious Gorge targeted Russian govt agencies

Security Affairs

China-linked Curious Gorge APT is targeting Russian government agencies, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reported that an APT group linked to China’s People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLA SSF), tracked as Curious Gorge , is targeting Russian government agencies.

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Italian Garante Publishes Updated Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Hunton Privacy

Laura Liguori of Portolano Cavallo reports that on June 10, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante or “DPA”) adopted a new version of its guidelines for cookies and other tracking mechanisms (the “Guidelines”). Obtaining Consent: Scrolling and Cookie Walls. Reiteration of Consent. 4 of January 9, 2004).

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EUROPE: e-Privacy Regulation – changes regarding electronic communications and digital marketing

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Since the European Commission unveiled a proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation in January 2017, this new piece of legislation, aiming to adapt rules on electronic communications and cookies, has undergone many iterations. b) Cookies and similar files/tags. The use of cookies (and similar files/tags) requires consent in general.

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100k+ WordPress sites exposed to hack due to a bug in Real-Time Find and Replace plugin

Security Affairs

“An attacker could use this vulnerability to replace a HTML tag like with malicious Javascript. This would cause the malicious code to execute on nearly every page of the affected site, as nearly all pages start with a HTML tag for the page header, creating a significant impact if successfully exploited.”

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A malvertising campaign targets iPhone users with Krampus-3PC

Security Affairs

” The Krampus-3PC malware is able to harvest the users’ session and cookie information allowing the attackers to log into their users’ various online accounts. Access to a session cookie would enable the malvertiser to log in as that user at a later time.”.

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A new sophisticated JavaScript Skimmer dubbed Pipka used in the wild

Security Affairs

“This sample uses two different lists to target form fields, inputsBill and inputsCard , and the variable curStep to calculate which form’s data is being stored in a cookie instead of the variable name trigger.” ” continues the advisory. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.