Welcome to this week’s ThreatsDay Bulletin, where danger lurks around every corner of your digital life, including possibly inside your favorite cat meme. Cybercriminals are upping their game by slipping malware into everything but the kitchen sink. Actually, scratch that—they’ve infected the sink and are using it to mine crypto.
It turns out, hackers are no longer satisfied with traditional entry points. New reports suggest malevolent codes downloaded alongside the latest rom-coms, putting Hollywood’s current scriptwriters to shame in the creativity department. Meanwhile, browsers are more vulnerable than over-sharing teenagers on social media with cyber sneaks exploiting them faster than you can say “update now!”
In Silicon Valley, tech giants are frantically patching up security holes with the same enthusiasm usually reserved for announcing the latest iPhone color. Governments, on the other hand, are eternally stuck in a debate that makes high school drama clubs seem diplomatic. Researchers continue their heroic quest to reveal that our cybersecurity strategy might just be a digital version of Swiss cheese—full of holes but deliciously entertaining to watch unfold.

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