Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:42:56 +0000
This week on Lock and Code, we talk with some of the team behind Malwarebytes Labs about whether we’ve lost the fight for data privacy.
The post Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:51:04 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
The post A week in security (July 25 – July 31) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:44:16 +0000
The 2016 Uber data breach affected the personal information of 57 million people. And then the company covered it all up.
The post To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did. appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:33:28 +0000
A considerable drop in the median of ransom payments and several other circumstances are causing the ransomware landscape to change.
The post The ransomware landscape changes as fewer victims decide to pay appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:04:26 +0000
UK based Action Fraud is warning of hacked social media accounts posting indecent images of children. We dig into available information.
The post Criminals using compromised social media accounts to “post indecent images of children” says UK cybercrime organization appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:49:14 +0000
We take a look at the second delay to Google’s intended sunsetting of third party cookies in Chrome, along with the reason why.
The post Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:53:24 +0000
Spain has arrested two suspects for disabling part of the country’s gamma radiation detection and alert system.
The post Radioactivity monitoring and warning system hacked, disabled by attackers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:04:07 +0000
We take a look at claims of both censorship and promotion related to various apps from the Bytedance stable.
The post TikTok owner ByteDance pushed a pro-China agenda to Americans, say former employees appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:38:46 +0000
A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of its branches across the UK.
The post “Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:58:06 +0000
The Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team has warned that attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions as covert backdoors into servers.
The post IIS extensions are on the rise as backdoors to servers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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