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Google Chrome now warns about risky password-protected archives
Google Chrome now warns when downloading risky password-protected files and provides improved alerts with more information about potentially malicious downloaded files. These new, more detailed warning messages help users quickly learn the nature of the danger presented by each file downloaded from the Internet. For this, Google introduced a two-tier download warning system that uses AI-powered […]
The biggest password leak ever: nearly 10 billion credentials exposed
Cybersecurity researchers are calling it the largest password compilation leak of all time. On July 4, a newly registered user on a popular hacking forum posted a file containing nearly 10 billion compromised passwords in plaintext. The post was first noticed by researchers at Cybernews. “Xmas came early this year,” user “ObamaCare” wrote on the […]