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Money is a medium of exchange, often targeted in cybercrime. Criminals may launder illicit funds to hide their origins using complex transactions.
Phishing attacks are no longer confined to email. Criminals now use social media, ads, and messaging apps, targeting both personal and corporate accounts with alarming success.
Mozilla empowers Firefox extension developers with a new rollback feature, enabling rapid recovery from buggy or malicious updates as cybercriminal attacks on browser add-ons intensify.
Vulnerability scanning uses automated tools to detect security weaknesses in software, hardware, or networks that attackers could exploit.
Identity theft is a crime where someone uses another person's personal data without consent, often to commit fraud or financial theft.
A Cron Job is an automated task set to run at scheduled times on Unix-like systems, commonly used for maintenance or by hackers for persistence.
Elevation of Privilege (EoP) is a security flaw that lets attackers gain higher access rights than intended, such as turning a regular user into an admin.
A browser extension is a small add-on that enhances browser features but can also be misused by hackers to steal data or spy on users.
A session token is a unique digital code that keeps users logged in to websites or apps. If stolen, attackers can access accounts without a password.
A REST API is a set of rules that lets different software systems communicate over the internet, acting like a translator between websites and apps.