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 as a victim on its…
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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 system utilities. The malicious ads…
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 employee has pleaded guilty to…
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 world’s largest porn website as…
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, and 58% are concerned about…
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 cookies and collect their data…
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 search engines. Microsoft Bing is…
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 a ransomware attack”. Jackson County…
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 for Android devices equipped with…
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 we reported how hackers found…
AT&T confirms 73 million people affected by data breach
Telecommunications giant AT&T has finally confirmed that 73 million current and former customers have been caught up in a massive dark web data leak. The…
Trusted Advisor now available for Mac, iOS, and Android
First released for Windows last year, the Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor dashboard is also now available on Mac, iOS and Android. Our Trusted Advisor dashboard provides an…