LPE flaw in Linux kernel allows attackers to get root privileges on most distros
Experts discovered a Local Privilege Escalation, tracked as CVE-2021-33909, that could allow attackers to get root access on most Linux...
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A 16-year-old bug (CVE-2021-3438) in printer driver affects millions of printers worldwide
Experts warn of a 16-year-old vulnerability (CVE-2021-3438) in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that an attacker could exploit...
US, EU, UK, NATO blame china for “reckless” Exchange attacks
Do you remember back when the latest urgent update was a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange? How is that only four...
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Healthcare
Over the past couple of years, modern technology has been actively implemented in medicine. AI helps to assess the degree...
Low-Risk iOS Wi-Fi Naming Issue can Compromise iPhones Remotely
According to recent research, the Wi-Fi network name issue that entirely disabled an iPhone's network connectivity had remote code execution...
RansomEXX Ransomware Hits Ecuador’s State-Run CNT Telco
Ecuador's state-run Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicación (CNT) suffered a massive ransomware attack causing havoc in the business operations, the payment...
U.S. Department of Commerce Seizes Trade with 6 Russian Companies
The Department of Commerce restricts trade with four Russian IT and cybersecurity companies together with two additional entities, based on...
A bug in Fortinet FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer allows unauthenticated hackers to run code as root
Fortinet fixes a serious bug in its FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer network management solutions that could be exploited to execute arbitrary...
Microsoft secured court order to take down domains used in BEC campaign
Microsoft has seized 17 malicious homoglyph domains used by crooks in a business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting its users. Microsoft’s Digital...
WiFiDemon – Recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug could also allow RCE
A recently discovered iPhone Wi-Fi bug that could crash the WiFi connectivity could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote...
US DoJ indicts four members of China-linked APT40 cyberespionage group
US DoJ indicted four members of the China-linked cyberespionage group known as APT40 for hacking various entities between 2011 and...
Experts disclose critical flaws in Advantech router monitoring tool
Cisco Talos experts disclose details of several critical flaws in a router monitoring application developed by industrial and IoT firm...
Remcos RAT delivered via Visual Basic
This blog post was authored by Erika Noerenberg Introduction Over the past months, Malwarebytes researchers have been tracking a unique...
Beware, crypto-scammer seeks foreigner with BLOCK CHAIN ACCOUNT
We’ve observed a 419-style scam (also known as an advance fee scam) which combines the promise of cryptocurrency riches with...
StopRansomware.gov brings together information on stopping and surviving ransomware attacks
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ)—along with other federal partners—have launched a...
A week in security (July 12 – July 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global dominationNope, that isn’t Elon Musk, and he isn’t...
Juniper Bug Allows RCE and DoS Against Carrier Networks
Juniper Networks' Steel-Belted Radius (SBR) Carrier Edition has a severe remote code-execution vulnerability that leaves wireless carrier and fixed operator...
Business correspondence in messengers and social networks poses a cyber threat to companies
Experts believe that screenshots of work correspondence sent by company employees to third parties may fall into the hands of...
Romanian Cryptojacking Gang Target Linux-based Machines to Install Cryptominer Malware
Romanian threat actors are employing a new brute-forcer “Diicot brute” to crack the passwords on Linux-based machines and install cryptominer...
Israeli Firm Assisted Governments Target Journalists & Activists with Zero Days and Spyware
Microsoft as part of its Patch on Tuesday fixed two of the zero-day Windows flaws weaponized by Candiru, an Israeli...
Thousands of PS4s Seized, Employed in Mining Cryptocurrency Illegally
In Vinnytsia city located along the Southern Bug river, a large-scale electricity theft was revealed and recorded by the SBU....
Threat actor claims to have stolen 1 TB of data belonging to Saudi Aramco
A hacker claims to have stolen 1 TB of sensitive data from the Saudi Arabian petroleum and natural gas giant,...
Pegasus Project – how governments use Pegasus spyware against journalists
Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s...
Experts show how to bypass Windows Hello feature to login on Windows 10 PCs
Security researchers demonstrated how to bypass the Windows Hello facial recognition that is used in Windows 10 as a login...
