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Categories: News Tags: WhatsApp Tags: security features Tags: Account Protect Tags: Device Verification Tags: Key Transparency Tags: Auditable Key Directory WhatsApp has announced several new security features, including one that makes it a lot easier for you to verify the contact you are communicating with. (Read more...) The post WhatsApp introduces new security features appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence Cl0p was the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner LockBit, after breaching over 104 organizations with a zero-day vulnerability. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: April 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence In the last 12 months France was one of the most attacked countries in the world, and a favourite target of LockBit, the world's most dangerous ransomware. (Read more...) The post Ransomware in France, April 2022–March 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: FBI Tags: extortion Tags: sextortion Tags: crime Tags: criminal Tags: nude Tags: nudes Tags: photographs Tags: images Tags: video Tags: photo Tags: scam Tags: payment Tags: profit Tags: assistance Tags: help We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks. (Read more...) The post Sextortion "assistance" scammers con victims further appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Google Pay Tags: Google Pay bug Tags: free money All good things must end, they say, including generous offers of rewards caused by a short-lived glitch in Google Pay. (Read more...) The post Google Pay accidentally handed out free money, bug now fixed appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Microsoft Tags: Apple Tags: Google Tags: Adobe Tags: Cisco Tags: SAP Tags: Mozilla Tags: CVE-2023-28252 Tags: CVE-2023-28231 Tags: CVE-2023-21554 Tags: Word Tags: Publisher Tags: Office One fixed vulnerability is being actively exploited by a ransomware gang and many others were fixed in this month's Patch Tuesday updates. (Read more...) The post Update now! April’s Patch Tuesday includes a fix for one zero-day appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence In the last 12 months, the UK has been second only to the USA in terms of ransomware attacks, and its education sector has been subjected to a feeding frenzy by Vice Society. (Read more...) The post Ransomware in the UK: April 2022–March 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: The Habit Burger Grill Tags: KFC Tags: Pizza Hut Tags: Yum! Brands Tags: ransomware Yum! Brands, owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and other fast food chains, was breached in January. It recently found employee data has been compromised. (Read more...) The post KFC, Pizza Hut owner employee data stolen in ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Awareness Categories: News Tags: FBI Tags: juice jacking Tags: public chargers The FBI warned consumers against using free public charging stations, stating that criminals have managed to hijack public chargers to infect devices with malware. (Read more...) The post Don't plug your phone into a free charging station, warns FBI appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: iOS 16.4.1 Tags: iPadOS 16.4.1 Tags: macOS 13.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-28206 Tags: CVE-2023-28205 Tags: use-after-free Tags: out-of-bounds write Tags: IOSurfaceAccelerator Apple has released iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively, and our advice is to install them as soon as possible. (Read more...) The post Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.