Ransomware gang hits 49ers’ network before Super Bowl kick off
The San Francisco 49ers has confirmed that it has been hit by a ransomware attack. The announcement came just hours...
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European Central Bank tells banks to step up defences against nation-state attacks
The European Central Bank is warning banks of possible Russia-linked cyber attack amid the rising crisis with Ukraine. The European...
Adobe patches actively exploited Magento/Adobe Commerce zero-day
Adobe has released an emergency advisory for users of its Commerce and Magento platforms. It explains that a critical zero-day...
Critical Magento zero-day flaw CVE-2022-24086 actively exploited
Adobe addressed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-24086) impacting Magento Open Source products that is being actively exploited in the wild. Adobe...
A week in security (February 7 – February 13)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposedHow to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s DayNews...
Alleged ransomware attack disrupted operations at Slovenia’s Pop TV station
Last week, a cyberattack hit Pop TV, Slovenia’s most popular TV channel, disrupting the operations. Last week, a cyber-attack has...
The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04
Two years ago, the FBI reportedly purchased a copy of the world’s most coveted spyware, a tool that can remotely...
Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims
Twitter is transitioning away from from its two-factor authentication (2FA) provider, Mitto AG, a Swiss communications company. The social media...
Organizations paid at least $602 million to ransomware gangs in 2021
Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. Last week,...
San Francisco 49ers NFL team discloses BlackByte ransomware attack
A ransomware attack hit the corporate IT network of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, The Record reported. The San...
Analyzing Phishing attacks that use malicious PDFs
Cybersecurity researchers Zoziel Pinto Freire analyzed the use of weaponized PDFs in phishing attacks Every day everybody receives many phishing...
Security Affairs newsletter Round 353
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free...
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, says Google
Organizations are addressing zero-day vulnerabilities more quickly, compared to last year, Google’s Project Zero reported. According to Google’s Project Zero...
CISA, FBI, NSA warn of the increased globalized threat of ransomware
CISA, FBI and NSA published a joint advisory warning of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations. Cybersecurity agencies from the...
Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska discloses data breach
Croatian phone carrier A1 Hrvatska has disclosed a data breach that has impacted roughly 200,000 customers. Croatian phone carrier A1...
FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. FritzFrog...
3 cybersecurity trends & mitigation strategies for CISOs
Explore 3 cyber security trends and how to strategically mitigate future risks with Trend Micro’s Jon Clay, VP of threat...
This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022
Hidden scams in malicious scans, and feds arrest couple who allegedly laundered $1 Billion in stolen bitcoins If you like...
Detecting PwnKit (CVE-2021-4034) Using Trend Micro™ Vision One™ and Cloud One™
This blog discusses how CVE-2021-4034 can be detected and blocked using Trend Micro™ Vision One™ and Trend Micro Cloud One™....
CISA adds 15 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The U.S. CISA has added to the catalog of vulnerabilities another 15 security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The...
Apple addressed a third zero-day in 2022, which is actively exploited
Apple addressed a new WebKit zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari that may have been actively exploited in the wild. Apple...
Online Safety Bill will legally require porn sites to verify users’ age
When Ioannis Dekas, a father of four boys, found that one of his sons had access to pornography, he and...
Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited zero-day
Apple has released a security fix for a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-22620) that it says “may have been actively exploited.” According...
DDoS attacks in Q4 2021
News roundup Q4 2021 saw the appearance of several new DDoS botnets. A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first...
