Category: MalwareBytes

The US wants governments to commit to not paying ransoms
18
Oct
2023

The US wants governments to commit to not paying ransoms

The US is pushing member countries of the Counter Ransomware Initiative to stop paying ransoms to cybercriminals. As the White…

A week in security (October 9 - October 15)
17
Oct
2023

A week in security (October 9 – October 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Explained: Quishing Update now! Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is being actively exploited Giant health insurer struck…

Customer data stolen from gaming cloud host Shadow
17
Oct
2023

Customer data stolen from gaming cloud host Shadow

Cloud service provider Shadow has notified customers about a data breach affecting over 500,000 users. Cloud infrastructure provider Shadow has…

The forgotten malvertising campaign
17
Oct
2023

The forgotten malvertising campaign

A sophisticated threat actor has been using Google ads to deliver custom malware payloads to victims for months while flying…

Explained: Quishing
14
Oct
2023

Explained: Quishing

We explain what quishing is and provide information about some current quishing campaigns. Quishing is phishing using QR (Quick Response) codes….

Giant health insurer struck by ransomware didn't have antivirus protection
13
Oct
2023

Giant health insurer struck by ransomware didn’t have antivirus protection

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), has confirmed that it was unprotected by antivirus software when it was attacked by…

Update now! Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is being actively exploited
13
Oct
2023

Update now! Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is being actively exploited

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed that it has been tracking the active exploitation of a vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence software…

CISA catalog passed 1,000 known to be exploited vulnerabilities. Celebration time, or is it?
12
Oct
2023

CISA catalog passed 1,000 known to be exploited vulnerabilities. Celebration time, or is it?

The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog has grown to cover more than 1,000 vulnerabilities since its launch in November 2021….

Stalkerware activity drops as glaring spying problem is revealed
12
Oct
2023

Stalkerware activity drops as glaring spying problem is revealed

North America has a spying problem. Its perpetrators are everyday people. North America has a spying problem. Its perpetrators are…

Skull and crossbones
12
Oct
2023

Ransomware review: October 2023

In September, two high-profile casino breaches taught us about the nuances of the RaaS affiliate landscape, the asymmetric dangers of…

23andMe users' data stolen, offered for sale
11
Oct
2023

23andMe users’ data stolen, offered for sale

Information belonging to as many as seven million 23andMe customers has been put up for sale on criminal forums following…

10
Oct
2023

A week in security (October 2 – October 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Multi-factor authentication has proven it works, so what are we waiting for? Amazon Prime email…