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Russia claims Storm Shadows missiles supplied by UK hit industrial sites in Russian-held Ukrainian city
LONG-range missiles supplied by the UK have hit industrial sites in a Russian-held Ukrainian city, it has been claimed.
Ukrainian aircraft blitzed a chemical plant and a meat factory in Luhansk with the Storm Shadows, Russia said.
Ukrainian aircraft blitzed a chemical plant and a meat factory in Luhansk with the Storm Shadows, Russia said[/caption]
Defence Minister Ben Wallace said UK-supplied missiles could be used within Ukrainian territory[/caption]
“Storm Shadow air-to-air missiles supplied to the Kyiv regime by Britain were used for the strike, contrary to London’s statements that these weapons would not be used against civilian targets,” the Russian ministry said.
It also claimed to have downed the Su-24 and MiG-29 which fired them.
On Thursday Britain became the first country to declare it had started supplying Kyiv with long-range missiles.
Defence Minister Ben Wallace said they could be used within Ukrainian territory, implying he had assurances from President Volodymyr Zelensky they would not be fired at targets in Russia.
They will let Ukraine target troops and supply dumps far behind the front lines in preparation for a counter-offensive.
Russia’s defence ministry also claimed it had gained control of a block in the eastern city of Bakhmut following ten months of fighting.
“The units of the Airborne Forces provided support to the assault units and pinned down the enemy on the flanks,” it said.
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Compromised Sites Use Fake Chrome Update Warnings to Spread Malware
The campaign has been underway since November 2022, and according to NTT’s security analyst Rintaro Koike, it shifted up a gear after February 2023, expanding its targeting scope to cover users who speak Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. BleepingComputer has found numerous sites hacked in this malware distribution campaign, including adult sites, blogs, news sites, and online stores…
If a targeted visitor browses the site, the scripts will display a fake Google Chrome error screen stating that an automatic update that is required to continue browsing the site failed to install. “An error occurred in Chrome automatic update. Please install the update package manually later, or wait for the next automatic update,” reads the fake Chrome error message. The scripts will then automatically download a ZIP file called ‘release.zip’ that is disguised as a Chrome update the user should install.
However, this ZIP file contains a Monero miner that will utilize the device’s CPU resources to mine cryptocurrency for the threat actors. Upon launch, the malware copies itself to C:Program FilesGoogleChrome as “updater.exe” and then launches a legitimate executable to perform process injection and run straight from memory. According to VirusTotal, the malware uses the “BYOVD” (bring your own vulnerable driver) technique to exploit a vulnerability in the legitimate WinRing0x64.sys to gain SYSTEM privileges on the device.
The miner persists by adding scheduled tasks and performing Registry modifications while excluding itself from Windows Defender. Additionally, it stops Windows Update and disrupts the communication of security products with their servers by modifying the IP addresses of the latter in the HOSTS file. This hinders updates and threat detection and may even disable an AV altogether.
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Tax-Filing Sites Ask to Blab Your Financial Info to ‘Business Partners’
If you prepare your taxes online with TurboTax or H&R Block software, at some point you’ll see a message that I found confusing. “We can help you do more,” TurboTax says. In this case, that “help” is funneling the private information from your tax return to Intuit — the company that owns TurboTax, Credit Karma and accounting software QuickBooks. H&R Block offers to “personalize your H&R Block experience.”
If you say yes, you’re going to see email and other marketing from Intuit and H&R Block or its business partners that are tailored to what’s in your tax return.
That might include how much money you make, how much you owe in student loans, the size of your tax return and your charitable contributions. For example, a credit card company might pay Intuit’s Credit Karma to show offers to high-income people. Intuit knows that information from your tax return. The Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler wrote last year about how these two companies grab for your secret tax return information. He dubbed it “the Facebook-ization of personal finance.”
In a way, the tax prep companies are more aggressive than Facebook. What they’re doing is mission creep. You might already be paying TurboTax and H&R Block to prepare or file your tax return. Now they also want your permission to pass along your secrets to make even more money off you.
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