Inside Apple: How macOS attacks are evolving
The start of fall 2021 saw the fourth Objective by the Sea (OBTS) security conference, which is the only security...
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Microsoft mitigated a record 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack in August
Microsoft Azure cloud service mitigated a massive DDoS attack of 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) at the end of August,...
US-CERT Bulletin (SB21-284):Vulnerability Summary for the Week of October 4, 2021
The CISA Vulnerability Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards...
Apple released emergency update to fix zero-day actively exploited
Apple released emergency updates for both iOS and iPadOS to address a zero-day flaw that is actively exploited in the...
Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man operating a huge DDoS botnet
Ukrainian police arrested a cybercriminal who controlled a botnet composed of 100,000 devices that was available for rent to launch...
Iran-linked DEV-0343 APT target US and Israeli defense technology firms
DEV-0343: Iran-linked threat actors are targeting US and Israeli defense technology companies leveraging password spraying attacks. Researchers at Microsoft Threat...
Improper Certificate Validation issue in LibreOffice and OpenOffice allows signed docs spoofing
LibreOffice and OpenOffice released security updates to address a vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to spoof signed...
Donot Team targets a Togo prominent activist with Indian-made spyware
A Togolese human rights advocate was hit by mobile spyware that has been allegedly developed by an Indian firm called...
Google warns some users that FancyBear’s been prowling around
APT28, also known as FancyBear, is at the heart of another targeted campaign. This time, it’s sniffing around users of...
A week in security (Oct 4 – Oct 10)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Does Cybersecurity Awareness Month actually improve security?Police take a piece out of a ransomware gang,...
NSA explains how to avoid dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA attacks
The NSA issued a technical advisory to warn organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA...
Medtronic recalls some controllers used with some of its insulin pumps over cyberattack risks
Medical device maker Medtronic recalled the remote controllers used with some of its insulin pumps because of dangerous vulnerabilities. Medical device maker...
Security Affairs newsletter Round 335
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free...
Previously undetected FontOnLake Linux malware used in targeted attacks
ESET researchers spotted a previously unknown, modular Linux malware, dubbed FontOnLake, that has been employed in targeted attacks. ESET researchers...
Google addresses four high-severity flaws in Chrome
Google has addressed a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google released...
Security expert published NMAP script for Apache CVE-2021-41773 vulnerability
Security expert Dhiraj Mishra published an NMAP script for the CVE-2021-41773 Path Traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Web Server version 2.4.49. Security...
Sky.com servers exposed via misconfiguration
CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain containing production data. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/news/sky-com-servers-exposed-via-misconfiguration/ CyberNews...
Cox Media Group took down broadcasts after a ransomware attack
American media conglomerate Cox Media Group (CMG) was hit by a ransomware attack that took down live TV and radio...
Firefox reveals sponsored ad “suggestions” in search and address bar
Mozilla is trying a novel experiment into striking a balance between ad revenue generation and privacy protection by implementing a...
58% of all nation-state attacks in the last year were launched by Russian nation-state actors
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked cyberespionage groups are behind the majority of the nation-state cyber attacks on US government agencies. Microsoft...
At long last, Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default
Sometimes good news in the security world comes unexpectedly. This is one of those times. After three decades of macro...
The Netherlands declares war on ransomware operations
The Dutch government will not tolerate ransomware attacks that could threaten national security, it will use intelligence or military services...
Making better cybersecurity training: Q&A with Malwarebytes expert Kelsey Prichard
If you hadn’t noticed by now, we are in the first week of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which, according to...
Google warns of APT28 attack attempts against 14,000 Gmail users
Google warned more than 14,000 Gmail users that they have been the target of nation-state spear-phishing campaigns. On Wednesday, Google...
