Security News

The duke of URL: Zoom meetups' info leaked out through eavesdrop hole
2020-01-28 12:22

Video-conferencing outfit Zoom had a vulnerability in its URL scheme that miscreants could exploit to eavesdrop on private meetings. The firm reckoned that around 4 per cent of randomly generated meeting IDs led to genuine Zoom meetings.

Apple insists it's totally not doing that thing it wasn't accused of: We're not handing over Safari URLs to Tencent – just people's IP addresses
2019-10-14 20:05

Cupertino in China Syndrome meltdown Responding to concern that its Safari browser's defense against malicious websites may reveal the IP addresses of some users' devices to China-based Tencent,...

Phishing attempts increase 400%, many malicious URLs found on trusted domains
2019-10-09 05:00

1 in 50 URLs are malicious, nearly one-third of phishing sites use HTTPS and Windows 7 exploits have grown 75% since January. A new Webroot report also highlights the importance of user education,...

Phish Uses Google’s URL Decoding to Swim Past Defenses
2019-09-26 15:10

Percentage-based URL encoding plus Google domain trickery is helping malicious emails to evade filters.

How dodgy browser plugins, web scripts can silently rewrite that URL you were about to hit – and throw you into an internet wormhole
2019-08-15 07:08

Clickjacking code found on sites with 43 million daily visits total Analysis Clickjacking, which came to the attention of security types more than a decade ago, continues to thrive, despite...

iOS URL Scheme Could Let App-in-the-Middle Attackers Hijack Your Accounts
2019-07-15 17:49

Security researchers have illustrated a new app-in-the-middle attack that could allow a malicious app installed on your iOS device to steal sensitive information from other apps by exploiting...

Google launches new Chrome protection from bad URLs
2019-06-20 14:47

The "Suspicious Site Reporter" extension lets users easily report dubious sites, while a new warning flags potential typosquatting pages.

Unpatched Flaw in Xiaomi's Built-in Browser App Lets Hackers Spoof URLs
2019-04-05 10:48

EXCLUSIVE — Beware, if you are using a Xiaomi's Mi or Redmi smartphone, you should immediately stop using its built-in MI browser or the Mint browser available on Google Play Store for non-Xiaomi...

RSAC 2019: Malicious Emailed URLs See Triple-Digit Increase
2019-03-05 11:00

At least 463,546 malicious URLs contained in the 28.4 million analyzed emails made it through to corporate in-boxes in Q4 of 2018.

40% of malicious URLs were found on good domains
2019-03-01 06:15

While tried-and-true attack methods are still going strong, new threats emerge daily, and new vectors are being tested by cybercriminals, according to the 2019 Webroot Threat Report. 40 percent of...