Interpol Seize $83 Million in Operation Against Online Financial Fraud
More than 500 suspects were arrested in the Interpol-coordinated Operation ‘HAECHI-I’ and $83 million were seized which belonged to the...
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What is a Supply Chain Attack? Here’s How is it Making Your Software Vulnerable
Users receive warnings from public and private organizations asking them to be aware of fraud links and sources, to not...
Pay Attention: These Unsubscribe Emails Only Lead to Further Spam
Scammers send out fake 'unsubscribe' spam emails to validate legitimate email addresses for future phishing and spam campaigns. Spammers have been...
Kids on the Web in 2021: Infinite creativity
For over a year we’ve been living in a world gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only has the pandemic...
American food processing giant JBS Foods halts production after cyberattack
The American food processing company and meat producer JBS Foods was forced to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following...
Russian hacker Pavel Sitnikov arrested for distributing malware via Telegram
The popular Russian hacker Pavel Sitnikov was arrested by Russian authorities on charges of distributing malware via his Telegram channel....
Prometheus and Grief – two new emerging ransomware gangs targeting enterprises. Mexican Government data is published for sale.
“Prometheus” and “Grief” – a multi-billion dollar ransomware market obtained two new emerging players. In today’s world, information and data...
Swedish Health Agency discloses hacking attempts
The Swedish Public Health Agency has shut down the country’s infectious diseases database, SmiNet, last week after multiple hacking attempts....
Denmark intel helped US NSA to spy on European politicians
Denmark’s foreign secret service allowed the US NSA to spy on European politicians through a Danish telecommunications hub. Journalists from Danish...
Revisiting the NSIS-based crypter
This blog post was authored by hasherezade NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a framework dedicated to creating software installers....
Threat Actors Release Patient Data Stolen from New Zealand Hospitals to the Local Media
Cybercriminals who targeted hospitals in New Zealand’s Waikato district have published the stolen patient data to the local media outlets,...
S&P: Cyberattacks Could Trigger More Rating Actions on Banks
Since the Covid pandemic intensified digitalization and remote working, the banking sector is becoming more vulnerable to cybercrime, according to...
An Advisory Issued by Carnegie Mellon University Warns Against the Vulnerability in Checkbox Survey
In the wild, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) in Carnegie Mellon University alerts about a Checkbox Survey vulnerability that might enable...
BazaLoader Malware is Being Distributed by Hackers Using a Bogus Streaming Website
Proofpoint identified the phishing attempt in early May, which entailed hackers creating a phoney movie-streaming website named BravoMovies and stocking...
IT threat evolution Q1 2021
Targeted attacks Putting the ‘A’ into APT In December, SolarWinds, a well-known IT managed services provider, fell victim to a...
IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Mobile statistics
The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products as provided by users who consented to share...
IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Non-mobile statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly...
Experts devised a new attack to bypass Microsoft PatchGuard
A security researcher discovered a bug in PatchGuard Windows security feature that can allow loading unsigned malicious code into the...
COVID-19 – Phishing attacks target employees that come back to the office
Hackers are attempting to exploit the return to the “new normal” after the governments are removing restrictions imposed in response...
The slow trend away from facial recognition technology
It’s been a busy few weeks for facial recognition technology. Its oft-maligned abilities frequently wind up in tales of privacy...
A week in security (May 24 -30)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we discussed VPN Android apps, how even the FBI has to deal with insider threats,...
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will launch a program for recognizing deepfakes in the fall of 2022
The scientific and industrial company "High Technologies and Strategic Systems" (HT and SS SIJSC) will develop a computer program for...
HPE Patches the Zero-Day Vulnerabiity in Systems Insight Manager Software for Windows
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released a security update to patch critical zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its...
FireEye: Transportation and Telecom Firms Being Hit in Chinese Espionage
According to security firm FireEye, a massive Chinese espionage operation against US and European government entities includes four new hacking...
