Recently, the cybersecurity world has been abuzz with discussions about Phemedrone, a newly emerged stealer exploiting the CVE-2023-36025 vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen. The project was most recently available on GitHub; however, the project was taken down, and the associated account was removed. Active development still occurs via Telegram.

In the first two installments of this blog series, we explored some high-level concepts related to browser extensions and their security implications and then how we went about analyzing them. In this third blog we explore some of our findings and general recommendations on whether or not you should click “Add to Chrome” the next time you find a fancy new extension!

Analyzing the content and security implications of browser extensions is a complex task! It's almost like trying to piece together a complex jigsaw puzzle (thanks JavaScript). Automation is a key way to reduce this complexity without adding to the workload of security staff. With so many extensions to inspect (we analyzed more than 140,000 of them), automating small portions of that analysis provided a big impact.

On January 19, Microsoft issued an advisory disclosing a cybersecurity incident targeting their M365 tenants and attributing the attack to Midnight Blizzard, a state-sponsored actor also known as Nobelium and APT29. Following this, on January 24, the Microsoft team expanded on the initial announcement with a comprehensive blog post providing more insights about the attack and outlining specific tactics, techniques and procedures leveraged by the threat actor.

As a data scientist and Splunk user, you know the importance of leveraging the right tools to gain valuable insights from your cybersecurity data. In this blog post, we'll dive deeper into how combining Splunk and Graphistry can help you unlock new capabilities for your cybersecurity investigations and gain better resilience for your organization.

The tech world is grappling with an imbalance between skilled technical talent availability and demand, with far-reaching impacts. Combined with tightened budgets, staff shortages can leave your organization vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks. Let’s look at just two of the industries being affected: higher education and state and local governments.

Cybersecurity measures have become important in the ever-evolving landscape of digital threats. With organizations increasingly relying on digital technologies to drive their operations, the risk of cyberattacks becomes more likely, with potential consequences ranging from financial losses to reputational damages.

Welcome to the wonderful world of browser extensions! These tools promise efficiency, entertainment, and customization at your fingertips. But could those promises come with any hidden danger? In this blog series, we provide an overview of SURGe research that analyzed the entire corpus of public browser extensions available on the Google Chrome Web Store. Our goal? To unravel whether these extensions facilitate a better browsing experience or represent potential threats lurking in plain sight.