Category: MalwareBytes

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Feb
2023

A week in security (February 13

News Posted: February 20, 2023 by Malwarebytes Labs The most interesting security related news from the week of February 13…

GoAnywhere zero-day opened door to Clop ransomware
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Feb
2023

GoAnywhere zero-day opened door to Clop ransomware

The Clop ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks that exploited a zero-day in GoAnywhere MFT admin…

Chip company loses $250m after ransomware hits supply chain
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Feb
2023

Chip company loses $250m after ransomware hits supply chain

Applied Materials has said it expects to miss $250 million in second-quarter sales due to a ransomware attack at a…

TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw
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Feb
2023

TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw

Hyundai and Kia have released a software update to fix a car theft hack that went viral on TikTok, and…

Mortal Kombat ransomware forms tag team with crypto-stealing malware
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Feb
2023

Mortal Kombat ransomware forms tag team with crypto-stealing malware

It’s like a choose your own adventure game gone horribly wrong. An “unidentified actor” is making use of these two…

Two Supreme Court cases could change the Internet as we know it
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Feb
2023

Two Supreme Court cases could change the Internet as we know it

The Supreme Court’s reconsideration of Section 230, a law that’s been the foundation for the way in which we have…

What it is, and how to remove it
18
Feb
2023

What it is, and how to remove it

Is your iPhone claiming that you’ve been hacked, your phone isn’t protected, or that viruses have damaged it? It could…

Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads
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Feb
2023

Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads

The EU Commission has greenlit the merge of four EU telco giants to offer millions of subscribers a different kind…

WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin
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Feb
2023

WordPress sites backdoored with ad fraud plugin

Popunders are the ideal vehicle to serve ad fraud. In this case, we investigate a scheme where a webpage you…

Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams
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Feb
2023

Fake Hogwarts Legacy cracks lead to adware, scams

With Hogwarts Legacy becoming the popular game it was expected to be, online criminals have resorted to old tricks to…

Arris router vulnerability could lead to complete takeover
17
Feb
2023

Arris router vulnerability could lead to complete takeover

A security researcher found an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in very wide-spread Arris router models. Security researcher Yerodin Richards…

Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency
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Feb
2023

Ransomware pushes City of Oakland into state of emergency

The Interim City Administrator of the City of Oakland declared a state of emergency.after a ransomware attack crippled the city’s…