Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year
Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare, scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. Described…
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Webinar recap: 6 critical cyberthreats in 2024 and how to counter them
Our webinar on the 2024 State of Malware report is now available on-demand. Featuring cybersecurity experts Mark Stockley and Jérôme Segura, this webinar unpacks 2024’s…
TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of…
Malwarebytes Premium blocks 100% of malware during external AVLab test
Malwarebytes Premium earned a perfect score in the latest AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation “Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test,” catching and stopping 100% of malware samples, outperforming multiple…
ThreatDown achieves perfect score in latest AVLab assessment
ThreatDown has once again earned a perfect score in AVLabs’ January 2024 real-world malware detection tests, marking the eleventh consecutive quarter in achieving this feat. …
How to update outdated software on Mac endpoints: Introducing ThreatDown VPM for Mac
ThreatDown is happy to announce that our Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management (VPM) tool is now available for Mac endpoints. There are hundreds of third-party…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2024 includes critical Hyper-V flaws
The March 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 61 Microsoft vulnerabilities. Only two of the vulnerabilities are rated critical and both of these are…
FakeBat delivered via several active malvertising campaigns
February was a particularly busy month for search-based malvertising with the number of incidents we documented almost doubling. We saw similar payloads being dropped but…
Ransomware review: January 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In…
Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare
Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly what categories of information they trade in. Any business…
Going viral shouldn’t lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell: Lock and Code S05E06
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… A disappointing meal at a restaurant. An ugly breakup between two partners. A popular TV show that…
Patch now! VMWare escape flaws are so serious even end-of-life software gets a fix
VMWare has issued secuity fixes for its VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products. It has even taken the unusual step of issuing updates…