The Pirate Bay clones target millions of users with malware and malicious ads
CyberNews researchers discovered five clones of The Pirate Bay serving malicious ads to more than seven million users each month....
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US seizes $3.6 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen in 2016 Bitfinex hack
The law enforcement seized $3.6 billion worth of cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack. Law enforcement Ilya...
A Cloud Native Application Protection Platform Guide
In this article we explore CNAPP, the latest industry acronym coined by Gartner, and why devs need to know about...
Vodafone Portugal hit by a massive cyberattack
A cyberattack hit Vodafone Portugal causing severe outages in the country of its communication and television services. Vodafone Portugal suffered...
Meta blows safety bubble around users after reports of sexual harassment
There’s trouble brewing in the Metaverse, but the trouble isn’t a particularly new problem. In fact, it’s been an issue...
Microsoft takes macros out of the equation for five Office apps
Microsoft says it is going to disable macros in five Office apps by default. Besides Excel 4.0 macros, which were...
Data of +6K Puma employees stolen in December Kronos Ransomware attack
Data belonging to 6,632 Puma employees was stolen in a December 2021 ransomware attack that hit Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)....
“We absolutely do not care about you”: Sugar ransomware targets individuals
Ransomware tends to target organizations. Corporations not only house a trove of valuable data they can’t function without, but they...
Russian police arrested six people involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards
Russian police arrested six people individuals, allegedly members of a crime ring involved in the theft and selling of stolen...
Roaming Mantis SMSishing campaign now targets Europe
The Roaming Mantis SMS phishing campaign is now targeting Android and iPhone users in Europe with malicious apps and phishing...
Roaming Mantis reaches Europe
Roaming Mantis is a malicious campaign that targets Android devices and spreads mobile malware via smishing. We have been tracking...
US-CERT Bulletin (SB22-038):Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 31, 2022
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards...
News Corp falls victim to cyberattack
Media giant News Corp says it has fallen victim to a cyberattack. First analysis indicates that the attack was a...
Avast released a free decryptor for TargetCompany ransomware
Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a decryption tool to allow victims of TargetCompany ransomware to recover their files for free. Czech...
Microsoft disables the ms-appinstaller protocol because it was abused to spread malware
Microsoft temporarily disabled the ms-appinstaller protocol for MSIX because it was abused by malware, such as Emotet. Microsoft announced to have temporarily...
US Telecom providers requested $5.6B to replace Chinese equipment
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that small telecom providers have requested $5.6 billion to replace Chinese gear. The U.S....
How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day approaching, you can be sure that the scammers will want to take advantage of lovebirds everywhere. From...
Hackers breached a server of National Games of China days before the event
An unnamed Chinese-language-speaking hacking group compromised systems at National Games of China in 2021. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Avast discovered...
Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed
An unsecured AWS server, found open to the public Internet, is the root cause of a huge compromise of data...
A week in security (January 31 – February 6)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Threat actor steals email with Zimbra zero-dayFBI warns of bogus job postings on recruitment sitesInvestment...
Russian Gamaredon APT is targeting Ukraine since October
Russia-linked APT group Gamaredon is behind spear-phishing attacks against Ukrainian entities and organizations since October 2021. Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon...
Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream emerges from the dark
One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream....
Argo CD flaw could allow stealing sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps
A flaw in Argo CD tool for Kubernetes could be exploited by attackers to steal sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps....
Security Affairs newsletter Round 352
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