If you're thinking of donating money to help victims of Hurricane Florence, please do your research on the charitable entity before giving: A slew of new domains apparently related to Hurricane Florence relief efforts are now accepting donations on behalf of victims without much accountability for how the money will be spent.

For the past two weeks, KrebsOnSecurity has been monitoring dozens of new domain name registrations that include the terms "hurricane" and/or "florence" and some word related to support (e.g., "relief," "assistance," etc. Most of these domains have remained parked or dormant since their creation earlier this month; however, several of them became active only in the past few days, directing visitors to donate money through private PayPal accounts without providing any information about who is running the site or what will be done with donated funds.

Chrome users are now automatically signed into the browser if they're signed into any other Google service, such as Gmail.

By Waqas

Unfortunately, unsuspected freelancers are falling for the malware scam.  Fiverr and Freelancer.com are two of the most popular websites for freelancers and clients looking for skilled professionals. Currently, both sites have millions of registered users from hundreds of countries and that makes them lucrative targets for cybercriminals. Recently, security researchers at MalwareHunterTeam have discovered a new piece of […]

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The human factor doesn't have to be an intangible when assessing cyber risks within a company.

A citizen of the former USSR is sentenced to 168 months for running Scan4you, an online counter antivirus service.

A citizen of the former USSR is sentenced to 168 months for running Scan4you, an online counter antivirus service.

While the concept may sound appealing, it's rife with drawbacks and dangers.

There are currently no mitigations for the Firefox attack, a researcher told Threatpost.

Hackers stole email addresses and encrypted passwords.

Phone-based authentication is the way forward instead.