Ransomware review: July 2023
Following a three-month lull of activity, Cl0p returned with a vengeance in June and beat out LockBit as the month’s most active ransomware gang. This…
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From Malvertising to Ransomware: A ThreatDown webinar recap
Get the low-down on our recent webinar From Malvertising to Ransomware. Our recent webinar From Malvertising to Ransomware highlight the clear connection between malvertising—the practice of embedding…
Criminals target businesses with malicious extension for Meta’s Ads Manager and accidentally leak stolen accounts
A group of criminals is actively targeting Facebook business users to gain access to their advertising accounts via malicious Chrome extensions. But we spotted that…
Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data
A proposed law would ban brokers from selling mobile location data in Massachusetts. Cellular location phone data may be banned from sale in the state…
Update now! Microsoft patches a whopping 130 vulnerabilities
For the July 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has issued security updates for 130 vulnerabilities, four of which are known to have been actively exploited. It’s…
How to secure your business before going on vacation
Are you a critical security expert for your organization? Are you also going on vacation? Here’s how to ensure your time away from the office…
Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store
Multiple finance apps have been removed from the App Store after making dubious charges and issuing blackmail threats and other awful behavior. Multiple apps have…
“TootRoot” Mastodon vulnerabilities fixed: Admins, patch now!
We take a look at a collection of issues (now patched) which were affecting Mastodon servers. It’s time to apply the fix for TootRoot. One…
Apple issues Rapid Security Response for zero-day vulnerability
Apple has issued an update for a zero-day vulnerability in the WebKit browser engine which may be actively exploited. Apple has issued an update for…
Warning issued over increased activity of TrueBot malware
CISA, the FBI, the MS-ISAC, and the CCCS have warned about increased activity of the TrueBot malware in the US and Canada. In a joint…
Malwarebytes Browser Guard introduces three new features
Malwarebytes Browser Guard introduces three new features: Content control, import & export, and historical detection statistics Malwarebytes Browser Guard is our free browser extension for Chrome,…
MOVEit Transfer fixes three new vulnerabilities
CISA has warned users about three new vulnerabilities in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer software. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned about three new vulnerabilities…