Category: MalwareBytes

Introducing the Digital Footprint Portal
10
Apr
2024

Introducing the Digital Footprint Portal

Digital security is about so much more than malware. That wasn’t always the case.  When I started Malwarebytes more than…

Change Healthcare logo
10
Apr
2024

New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom

The Change Healthcare ransomware attack has taken a third cruel twist. A new ransomware group, RansomHub, has listed the organisation…

Oil refinery petrochemical industrial at night
09
Apr
2024

Active Nitrogen campaign delivered via malicious ads for PuTTY, FileZilla

In the past couple of weeks, we have observed an ongoing campaign targeting system administrators with fraudulent ads for popular…

Black mask on white background.
09
Apr
2024

35-year long identity theft leads to imprisonment for victim

Sometimes the consequences of a stolen identity exceed anything you could have imagined. Matthew David Keirans, a 58-year-old former hospital…

The Lock and Code logo, which includes the Malwarebytes Labs insignia ensconced in a pair of headphones
08
Apr
2024

Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air): Lock and Code S05E08

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the…

week in security
08
Apr
2024

A week in security (April 1 – April 7)

A list of topics we covered in the week of April 1 to April 7 of 2024 Last week on…

a small business office
07
Apr
2024

60% of small businesses are concerned about cybersecurity threats

According to a recent poll by the US Chamber of Commerce, 60% of small businesses are concerned about cybersecurity threats,…

stealing from cookie jar
05
Apr
2024

Despite EU regulations websites still have their hand in the cookie jar

In news that is, sadly, unlikely to shock you, new research indicates that many websites ignore visitors’ choices to refuse…

Bing ad for NordVPN leads to SecTopRAT
04
Apr
2024

Bing ad for NordVPN leads to SecTopRAT

Most of the malicious search ads we have seen have originated from Google, but threat actors are also abusing other…

Jackson County
04
Apr
2024

Jackson County hit by ransomware, declares state of emergency

On April 2, 2024, Jackson County tweeted that it had identified significant disruptions within its IT systems, “potentially attributable to…

family updating Android devices
04
Apr
2024

Google patches critical vulnerability for Androids with Qualcomm chips

In April’s update for the Android operating system (OS), Google has patched 28 vulnerabilities, one of which is rated critical…

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03
Apr
2024

Google Chrome gets ‘Device Bound Session Credentials’ to stop cookie theft

Google has announced the introduction of Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to secure Chrome users against cookie theft. In January…