Category: MalwareBytes

TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw
18
Feb
2023

TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw

Hyundai and Kia have released a software update to fix a car theft hack that went viral on TikTok, and…

Mortal Kombat ransomware forms tag team with crypto-stealing malware
18
Feb
2023

Mortal Kombat ransomware forms tag team with crypto-stealing malware

It’s like a choose your own adventure game gone horribly wrong. An “unidentified actor” is making use of these two…

Two Supreme Court cases could change the Internet as we know it
18
Feb
2023

Two Supreme Court cases could change the Internet as we know it

The Supreme Court’s reconsideration of Section 230, a law that’s been the foundation for the way in which we have…

What it is, and how to remove it
18
Feb
2023

What it is, and how to remove it

Is your iPhone claiming that you’ve been hacked, your phone isn’t protected, or that viruses have damaged it? It could…

Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads
17
Feb
2023

Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads

The EU Commission has greenlit the merge of four EU telco giants to offer millions of subscribers a different kind…

WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin
17
Feb
2023

WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin

Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you…

Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams
17
Feb
2023

Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams

With Hogwarts Legacy becoming the popular game it was expected to be, online criminals have resorted to old tricks to…

Arris router vulnerability could lead to complete takeover
17
Feb
2023

Arris router vulnerability could lead to complete takeover

A security researcher found an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in very wide-spread Arris router models. Security researcher Yerodin Richards…

Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency
17
Feb
2023

Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency

The Interim City Administrator of the City of Oakland declared a state of emergency.after a ransomware attack crippled the city’s…

TrickBot gang members sanctioned after pandemic ransomware attacks
16
Feb
2023

TrickBot gang members sanctioned after pandemic ransomware attacks

The US, in partnership with the UK, named individuals tied to TrickBot and shamed them with a sanction. In a…

Update now! Apple patches vulnerabilities in MacOS and iOS
16
Feb
2023

Update now! Apple patches vulnerabilities in MacOS and iOS

Apple has released patches for macOS Ventura, iPadOs, and iOS. Among the patched vulnerabilities is a WebKit vulnerability which may…

Patch now! Patch Tuesday February tackles three zero-days
16
Feb
2023

Patch now! Patch Tuesday February tackles three zero-days

Microsoft has released updates to patch three zero-days and lots of other vulnerabilities and so have several other vendors The…