Category: MalwareBytes

Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features
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Mar
2023

Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features

Apple has released security updates and new features for several of its products, including a fix for an actively exploited…

instagram app icon on smartphone
30
Mar
2023

“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

A fraudster going by “OBN Brandon” has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of…

ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement says Europol report
29
Mar
2023

ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement says Europol report

Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as…

Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals
29
Mar
2023

Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals

The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not…

A week in security (March 20
28
Mar
2023

A week in security (March 20

The most interesting security related news from the week of March 20 – 26. Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay…

Food giant Dole reveals more about ransomware attack
28
Mar
2023

Food giant Dole reveals more about ransomware attack

While Dole hasn’t said a lot about the February ransomware incident, it has revealed threat actors accessed employee data. Fruit…

Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts
28
Mar
2023

Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts

We look at a bogus Chat GPT Chrome extension which was after Facebook cookies. If you’re particularly intrigued by the current wave…

Ransomware gunning for transport sector's OT systems next
28
Mar
2023

Ransomware gunning for transport sector’s OT systems next

ENISA released a report tackling the threat landscape of the transportation industry. And it has foreseen the targeting of OT…

GitHub changes its compromised SSH key
28
Mar
2023

GitHub changes its compromised SSH key

Developer platform GitHub has changed its RSA SSH key after it was accidentally exposed on a public repository. Late last…

Solving the password’s hardest problem with passkeys, featuring Anna Pobletts
28
Mar
2023

Solving the password’s hardest problem with passkeys, featuring Anna Pobletts

This week on Lock and Code, we speak with Anna Pobletts about the “death” of passwords, and how passkeys can…

Zero-day spells disaster for Bitcoin ATM
26
Mar
2023

Zero-day spells disaster for Bitcoin ATM

We look at a $1.5m heist of cryptocurrency via compromised Bitcoin ATMs. Bitcoin ATMs have experienced a severe bout of…

USB bombs sent to news organizations
26
Mar
2023

USB bombs sent to news organizations

USB sticks repurposed as explosive devices provide a dramatic reminder of how little you know about unknown USB devices. We’ve…