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Categories: News Tags: malware Tags: ZINC Tags: microsoft Tags: infection Tags: open source Tags: job offer Tags: fake Tags: LinkedIn A North Korean ZINC group is accused of creating compromised versions of KiTTY, PuTTY, TightVNC, and other popular open-source software apps (Read more...) The post Bogus job offers hide trojanised open-source software appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News The SEC fined the celebrity $1.26 million for touting a crypto security without telling followers what she was paid to promote it. (Read more...) The post Kim Kardashian gets huge fine for crypto ad appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Privacy If you think TikTok is acting like Google or Meta when collecting data, you're not wrong. (Read more...) The post TikTok's "secret operation" tracks you even if you don't use it appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: IRS Tags: smishing The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning for taxpayers over a recent increase in IRS-themed smishing scams. (Read more...) The post Huge increase in smishing scams, warns IRS appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Threat Intelligence In September, LockBit accounted for almost half of all known ransomware attacks. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: September 2022 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: compromise Tags: ransomware Tags: leak Tags: extortion Tags: LAUSD Data stolen from Los Angeles Unified School District has been leaked online, after staff refused to pay the ransom related to a ransomware attack. (Read more...) The post Ransomware-affected school district refuses to pay, gets stolen data released appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Atlassian Tags: Bitbucket Tags: git Tags: CVE-2022-36804 Tags: RCE Tags: read permission International cybersecurity authorities are warning about the active exploitation of a vulnerability in Bitbucket Server and Data Center (Read more...) The post Actively exploited vulnerability in Bitbucket Server and Data Center appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: romance scam Tags: deepfake Tags: mark ruffalo Tags: manga Tags: theft Tags: online Tags: social media We take a look at a romance scammer getting ahead of the game and using deepfakes to steal a huge amount of money from a victim. (Read more...) The post Romance scammer deepfakes Mark Ruffalo to con elderly artist appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. (Read more...) The post A week in security (September 26 – October 2) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Sorry. (Read more...) The post Why (almost) everything we told you about passwords was wrong appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.