A new beta version of the Google Chrome browser contains malware download protection. Chrome's "Safe Browsing" technology previously focused on only protecting users from drive-by downloads, in which their machines are infected simply by visiting a malicious website, but the upgrade covers them if they attempt to install a malicious file on a website. "If a file you download is known to be bad, or is hosted on a website that hosts a relatively high percentage of malicious downloads, Chrome will warn you that the file appears to be malicious and that you should discard it," according to a Thursday blog post. The capability is not yet present in the stable channel version of Chrome.
Fifty percent more distributed denial-of-service attacks have been launched by threat actors during the first quarter of 2024 over the same period last year, with thwarted DDoS attacks increasing by 93% year-over-year, SiliconAngle reports.
Security Affairs reports that attacks with an updated iteration of the LightSpy iOS spyware using the "F_Warehouse" framework have been deployed against Southern Asian targets as part of a new cyberespionage campaign.
Operations of Russia's industrial sensor and monitoring infrastructure were claimed to have been disrupted by Ukrainian hacking operation Blackjack following a Fuxnet malware attack against Moscow-based underground infrastructure firm Moscollector, reports SecurityWeek.