Ransomware In 2023 Recap 5 Key Takeaways
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
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Massive Utility Scam Campaign Spreads Via Online Ads
For many households, energy costs represent a significant part of their overall budget. And when customers want to discuss their...
Ransomware Review February 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Remote Monitoring Management Software Used In Phishing Attacks
Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) software, including popular tools like AnyDesk, Atera, and Splashtop, are invaluable for IT administrators today,...
One Year Later Rhadamanthys Is Still Dropped Via Malvertising
It was just a little over a year ago that the Rhadamanthys stealer was first publicly seen distributed via malicious...
Fakebat Delivered Via Several Active Malvertising Campaigns
February was a particularly busy month for search-based malvertising with the number of incidents we documented almost doubling. We saw...
Ransomware Review March 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on...
Pikabot Malware On The Rise What Organizations Need To Know
A new type of malware is being used by ransomware gangs in their attacks, and its name is PikaBot. A...
Stopping A Targeted Attack On A Managed Service Provider Msp With Threatdown Mdr
In late January 2024, the ThreatDown Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team found and stopped a three-month long malware campaign...
Over 12 Million Auth Secrets And Keys Leaked On Github In 2023
GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the...
Google Paid 10 Million In Bug Bounty Rewards Last Year
Google awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in...
Tors New Webtunnel Bridges Mimic Https Traffic To Evade Censorship
The Tor Project officially introduced WebTunnel, a new bridge type specifically designed to help bypass censorship targeting the Tor network...
Acer Confirms Philippines Employee Data Leaked On Hacking Forum
Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was stolen in an attack on a third-party vendor who manages the company's employee...
Stanford Data Of 27 000 People Stolen In September Ransomware Attack
Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public...
Microsoft March 2024 Patch Tuesday Fixes 60 Flaws 18 Rce Bugs
Today is Microsoft's March 2024 Patch Tuesday, and security updates have been released for 60 vulnerabilities, including eighteen remote code...
Mar 2024 Monthly Patch
Microsoft has released security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in their software and products.The vulnerabilities that have been classified as...
Victims Lose $47m to Crypto Phishing Scams in February
Impersonated accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have been blamed for the majority of cryptocurrency phishing attacks last month, with victims...
Three-Quarters of Cyber Incident Victims Are Small Businesses
Over three-quarters of cyber incidents impacted small businesses in 2023, with ransomware having the biggest impact on these firms, according...
New Cloud Attack Targets Crypto CDN Meson Ahead of Launch
A malicious campaign has been observed exploiting the blockchain-based Meson service for illicit gains ahead of the crypto token unlock...
Study Reveals Top Vulnerabilities in Corporate Web Applications
A recent study conducted by Kaspersky Security Assessment experts has revealed the most prevalent vulnerabilities in corporate web applications developed...
Lawmakers Slam UK Government’s “Ostrich Strategy” for Cybersecurity
The UK will remain “exposed and unprepared” for a potentially catastrophic ransomware attack if it continues to adopt a head-in-the-sand...
Tuta Mail Adds New Quantum Resistant Encryption To Protect Email
Tuta Mail has announced TutaCrypt, a new post-quantum encryption protocol to secure communications from powerful and anticipated decryption attacks. Tuta...
Equilend Warns Employees Their Data Was Stolen By Ransomware Gang
New York-based securities lending platform EquiLend Holdings confirmed in data breach notification letters sent to employees that their data was...
Researchers Expose Microsoft Sccm Misconfigs Usable In Cyberattacks
Security researchers have created a knowledge base repository for attack and defense techniques based on improperly setting up Microsoft's Configuration...
