Croatian researcher Bojan Zdrnja discovered a malicious Chrome extension abusing Chrome Sync. If you do not use Chrome, let me remind you that this function is applied to synchronize data between different user’s devices, and stores copies of all user bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, as well as browser settings and browser extensions on Google cloud… Continue reading Researcher discovered that Chrome Sync function can be used to steal data
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For eight years, the Cereals botnet existed for only one purpose: it downloaded anime
The Cereals IoT botnet appeared in 2012, and reached its peak in 2015, when there were about 10,000 infected devices. All these eight years, the Cereals botnet only downloaded anime for its creator. All this time, Cereals exploited only one vulnerability and attacked D-Link’s NAS and NVR, combining them into a botnet. For many years,… Continue reading For eight years, the Cereals botnet existed for only one purpose: it downloaded anime