Google blocklisted two Chrome “SearchBlox” extensions with 200K+ installs, after discovery of a backdoor that can be used to steal Roblox credentials and assets (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple’s App Store that engaged in ad fraud, collectively had 13M installs, and have since been removed  —  Security researchers have discovered 75 applications on Google Play and another ten on Apple’s App Store engaged in ad fraud.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January, and ~9% of its active installs on Android opened the app every day in Q3  —  Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Brave says it will hide and block cookie consent notifications with an approach “more privacy-preserving” than similar systems used in other browsers  —  The Brave browser will soon allows users to block annoying and potentially privacy-harming cookie consent banners on all websites they visit.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Symantec details an ongoing campaign by the Witchetty hacking group, potentially tied to a China-backed threat actor, that hides malware in a Windows logo image  —  Security researchers have discovered a malicious campaign by the ‘Witchetty’ hacking group, which uses steganography to hide a backdoor malware in a Windows logo.

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Roblox says it had 57.8M DAUs in September, down from 59.9M in August but up 23% YoY, with 4B hours engaged, up 16% YoY; Roblox stock is up 15%+  —  – Shares of Roblox jumped 18% on Monday after the company released its September 2022 metrics report.  — Daily active users were 57.8 million in September, up 23% year-over-year.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Google updates Chrome to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Mojo, its sixth patch for zero-day vulnerabilities in 2022  —  Google has released Chrome 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw …