Category: MalwareBytes

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…

Upgrading your Android device? Read this first
10
Oct
2023

Upgrading your Android device? Read this first

A few tips and how-tos for when you are ready to move to the next Android phone. Backup, transfer, wipe,…

AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online: Lock and Code S04E21
10
Oct
2023

AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online: Lock and Code S04E21

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Bay Area teenager Nitya Sharma—for the second year in…

Amazon Prime email scammer snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
07
Oct
2023

Amazon Prime email scammer snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

A very convincing Amazon Prime scam landed in our mail server today and…went straight to spam. Here’s why. More often…

Multi-factor authentication has proven it works, so what are we waiting for?
07
Oct
2023

Multi-factor authentication has proven it works, so what are we waiting for?

Amazon has announced it will require all privileged AWS to use MFA in the near future. Let’s hope others follow….

Exim finally fixes 3 out of 6 vulnerabilities
06
Oct
2023

Exim finally fixes 3 out of 6 vulnerabilities

Six vulnerabilities in the Exim message transfer agent have been fixed—over a year after they were reported. Exim is a…