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Google wants Chrome users to avoid ‘boring’ security problems with new extension
Google needs you to trust the internet to stay successful.
Google Chrome shifts browser architecture to thwart Spectre attacks
Google Chrome is enabling a new security feature in response to the set of speculative execution side-channel attacks known as Spectre and Meltdown.
Chrome malware targets cryptocurrency, spreads through Facebook's Messenger
A phishing scam via Facebook Messenger has led to the spread of "FacexWorm."
Criminals sell counterfeit certificates to make malware look legitimate
The fraudulent files, which act like valid code signing certificates, allowed malware to go undetected by most anti-virus scans, Recorded Future says.
It's easy to fake Extended Validation certificates, research shows
EV certificates — the files that tell a browser to show the little green lock — are supposed to make crystal clear who owns a website. There's a way around it, though.
Cryptojacking on the rise in poorer countries where ransoms can't be paid
A collection of poorer countries in Eastern Europe are the only places in cyberspace where ransomware isn't seen as a top threat.