Week in review: Spot deep-faked job candidates, data exfiltration via bookmarks, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Browser synchronization abuse: Bookmarks as a covert data exfiltration channel Two universal and seemingly innocuous browser features – the ability to create bookmarks (aka “favorites”) and browser synchronization – make users’ lives easier, but may also allow hackers to establish a covert data exfiltration channel. Ransomware gangs are hitting roadblocks, but aren’t stopping (yet) Ransomware attacks are in decline, according … More → The post Week in review: Spot deep-faked job candidates, data exfiltration via bookmarks, Patch Tuesday forecast appeared first on Help Net Security.
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