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Bizarro: a banking Trojan full of nasty tricks
Researchers have discovered a new banking Trojan that has been found targeting customers of European and South American banks. They...
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine announced the imminent creation of cyber forces in the country
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Alexey Danilov said that in the near future, President of Ukraine...
Chipmaker AMD Discover Two New Flaws Against its SEV Techonology
The chipmaker AMD published guidelines for two new attacks (CVE-2020-12967, CVE-2021-26311) against its SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) technology that protects...
Herff Jones Credit Card Breach: College Students Across the US Affected
Graduating students from many universities in the United States have reported fraudulent transactions after using payment cards at Herff Jones,...
Computer Servers go down at Clark County
An inquiry is ongoing following a malware operation that led all government Clark County computer servers to go down on...
Brazilian Cybercriminals Created Fake Accounts for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash
According to a recent report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a Brazilian organization is planning to defraud users...
Analysis of NoCry ransomware: A variant of the Judge ransomware
Researchers at Tesorion released a decryptor for Judge ransomware that also decrypts files encrypted by the NoCry ransomware. In January...
Discovery of Simps Botnet Leads To Ties to Keksec Group
Uptycs’ threat research team discovered a new botnet, tracked as Simps botnet, attributed to Keksec group, which is focused on...
Bizarro banking Trojan targets banks in Brazil and abroad
Bizarro is a new sophisticated Brazilian banking trojan that is targeting customers of tens of banks in Europe and South...
What Cybercriminals Do with Your Personal Information? Here’s How to Defend
We all know that data breach is a major issue that can cause devastating damage to organizations and individuals, but...
Trust Wallet & MetaMask Crypto Wallets: Targeted by New Support Scam
Users of Trust Wallet and MetaMask wallets are the targets of ongoing malicious Twitter phishing attacks aimed at stealing cryptocurrency...
Information security exercises will be held at five cyber polygons in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has set the task of digital transformation of key sectors of the economy. Therefore, to protect...
Ransomware Attacks Growing at a Fast Rate
Ransomware has become a burning concern to every office in the world which wasn't even existing 30 years before. Probably...
Google and Mozilla Develop an API for HTML Sanitization
Google, Mozilla, and Cure53 engineers have collaborated to create an application programming interface (API) that offers a comprehensive solution to...
Bizarro banking Trojan expands its attacks to Europe
Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world....
Android stalkerware, a danger for victims and stalkers
ESET research shows that Android stalkerware apps are affected by vulnerabilities that further threaten victims. ESET research reveals that common...
Expert released PoC exploit code for Windows CVE-2021-31166 bug
A security researcher has published a working proof-of-concept exploit code for a wormable Windows IIS server vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166....
Bitcoin down: 51% attack? No, put the blame on Elon Musk
The price of Bitcoin falls after Elon Musk declared that its company, Tesla, may have sold holdings of the cryptocurrency...
Conti ransomware demanded $20M ransom to Ireland Health Service Executive
Ireland Health Service Executive (HSE) refuses to pay a $20 million ransom demand after its systems were hit by the Conti...
Avaddon Ransomware gang hacked France-based Acer Finance and AXA Asia
Avaddon ransomware gang has breached the France-based financial consultancy firm Acer Finance. Avaddon ransomware gang made the headlines again, the...
A week in security (May 10 – 16)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we watched and reported on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack as developments of its story...
Beware of Lorenz Ransomware Gang Targeting Organizations with Customized Attacks
Security researchers have unearthed a new ransomware operation known as Lorenz targeting organizations worldwide with customized attacks and demanding hundreds...
Signal Taunts WhatsApp as Confusion Looms Large Over its New Privacy Policy
WhatsApp will take action against users who have not approved the privacy policy though it will not delete users' accounts...
