A week in security (April 25 – May 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• Why MITRE matters to SMBs
• Apple’s child safety features are coming to a Messages app near you
• Why software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S03E09
• Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund
• Rogue ads phishing for cryptocurrency: Are you secure?
• Hospitals taken offline after cyberattack
• Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign
• “Reject All” cookie consent button is coming to European Google Search and YouTube
• What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?
• “URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!” 419 scammer wants your help to move someone’s inheritance
• Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency scam uses fake Medium as the promotion site
• Facebook phishers threaten users with Page Recovery Help Support
• Onyx ransomware destroys files, and also the criminal circle of trust
• QNAP customers urged to disable AFP to protect against severe vulnerabilities
• Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin
• Call of Duty cheats can expect embarrassment with new anti-cheat feature
• Hackers fool major tech companies into handing over data of women and minors to abuse
• FBI warns food and agriculture to brace for seasonal ransomware attacks
• Why you should be taking security advice from your grandmother
• Ukraine government and pro-Ukrainian sites hit by DDoS attacks
• Google Play’s Data safety section empowers Android users to make informed app choices
• Warning! Instagram Stories hides a scam in plain sight
• Beware scammers disguised as fraud busters
• Beware Twitter Messages claiming “Your blue badge Twitter account has been reviewed as spam”
• The top 5 most routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2021
• Russia continues digital onslaught against Ukrainian systems
• Update now! Critical patches for Chrome and Edge

Stay safe!

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