Tor vs VPN—What is the difference?
Our data is a precious commodity and there are plenty of people who would like to get their hands on...
OSINT
Patch now! Netgear fixes serious smart switch vulnerabilities
In a security advisory, NetGear has announced it has fixed three vulnerabilities in firmware updates for several network devices. Most...
ProtonMail hands user’s IP address and device info to police, showing the limits of private email
They say there’s two sides to every story. Depending on your point of view, you may have heard a recent...
Apple delays plans to search devices for child abuse imagery
After the uproar from users and privacy advocates about Apple’s controversial plans to scan users’ devices for photos and messages...
Cyber-Attack on Dotty’s Exposed Personal Data of Customers
Customers' personal data was revealed as a result of a cyber-attack on Dotty's, a fast food and gaming franchise in...
Alleged TrickBot Gang Member Arrested While Leaving South Korea
A Russian native – on accusations of being associated with the TrickBot cybercrime gang – was recently arrested by the...
NFT Collector Scammed into Buying Fake Banksy Bidding
A hacker compromised a site of famed street artist Banksy and sold an NFT (non-fungal token) of artist's art for...
The largest banks in Russia were subjected to a large-scale DDoS attack
A new large-scale DDoS attack carried out late in the evening on September 2 led to the system failure of...
Irish Regulator Fines WhatsApp $266 Million for Breaching EU Privacy Regulations
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been directed to pay a 225 million euros ($266 million) fine for violating the EU’s General Data...
TIGMINT – OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) GUI Software Framework
An OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) software framework with an objective of making cyber investigations more convinient by implementing abstraction mechanisms...
Penelope – Shell Handler
Penelope is an advanced shell handler. Its main aim is to replace netcat as shell catcher during exploiting RCE vulnerabilities....
A server of the Jenkins project hacked by exploiting a Confluence flaw
The development team behind the Jenkins server disclose a security breach, threat actors deployed a cryptocurrency miner on one of its...
Ragnar Locker gang threatens to leak data if victim contacts law enforcement
The Ragnar Locker ransomware operators threaten to leak stolen data if the victims attempt to contact law enforcement agencies. The...
ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after foreign request approved by Swiss authorities
A police report revealed that the popular encrypted email service provider ProtonMail shared the IP address of a French activist with the...
TrickBot gang developer arrested at the Seoul international airport
A Russian man accused of being a member of the infamous TrickBot gang was arrested while trying to leave South...
A week in security (August 30 – September 5)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs ProxyToken: another nail-biter from Microsoft ExchangeMacs turn on apps signed by Symantec, treat them as...
Ransomware Attacks Increased Exponentially in 2021
The growing threat of ransomware has been highlighted by NCC Group's Research Intelligence and Fusion Team (RIFT) analysis. Between January-March...
This NPM Package with Millions of Weekly Downloads Patched a RCE Flaw
A critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw has been fixed in the popular NPM package "pac-resolver." Developer Tim Perry discovered the...
Hackers Exploit Camera Vulnerabilities To Spy On Parents
Various zero day vulnerabilities in home baby monitor could be compromised that lets threat actors hack into camera feed and...
Mozi Botnet Creators Arrested by Chinese Law Enforcement Authorities
Cybersecurity researchers from the Chinese information security firm Netlab Qihoo 360 reported that at the beginning of this year the...
More than 60,000 Parked Domains Were Vulnerable to AWS Hijacking
MarkMonitor, a domain registrar, had left over 60,000 parked domains susceptible to domain hijacking.MarkMonitor, now part of Clarivate, is a...
packetsifterTool – A Tool To Aid Analysts In Sifting Through A Packet Capture (Pcap) To Find Noteworthy Traffic
PacketSifter is a tool to perform batch processing of PCAP data to uncover potential IOCs.Simply initializePacketSifter with your desired integrations...
Nettacker – Automated Penetration Testing Framework
OWASP Nettacker project is created to automate information gathering, vulnerability scanning and eventually generating a report for networks, including services,...
Netgear addresses severe security flaws in 20 of its products
Netgear has released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities affecting several of its smart switches used by businesses. Netgear has...
