Psychological intimidation in military conflict has been an art of war since ancient times. Employing misinformation, feigned movements, subtle messaging, and overt display of aggression, its employ is meant to unnerve the enemy before engagement. Surena, the Parthian commander, used it brilliantly against Rome’s Crassus, before and during the Battle of Carrhae, in 53 BCE.
A new Chrome browser botnet named ‘Cloud9’ has been discovered in the
wild using malicious extensions to steal online accounts, log
keystrokes, inject ads and malicious JS code, and enlist the victim’s
browser in DDoS attacks.
The Cloud9 browser botnet is effectively a remote access trojan (RAT)
for the Chromium web browser, including Google Chrome and Microsoft
Edge, allowing the threat actor to remotely execute commands.
The malicious Chrome extension isn’t available on the official Chrome
web store but is instead circulated through alternative channels, such
as websites pushing fake Adobe Flash Player updates. …
A total of 10 security vulnerabilities have been addressed in the
latest Google Chrome update, some of which could allow remote attackers to
crash your PC.
