Yandex, a European multinational technology firm best known for being the most-used search engine in Russia, has revealed it had a…
Month: February 2021
Clubhouse under scrutiny for sending data to Chinese servers
The audio-chat app Clubhouse is the latest rage in the social media landscape. What makes it so popular and, now it’s…
RDP, the ransomware problem that won’t go away
The year 2020 will certainly be remembered as one of the most difficult and tragic years humankind has faced in modern…
Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report
Last year, threat actors took advantage of the COVID-19 public health crisis in a way previously considered unimaginable, not only preying…
Egregor ransomware hit by arrests
In a collaboration between French and Ukranian law enforcement, arrests have been made that might put a dent in one of…
Talking Emotet’s takedown with Adam Kujawa: Lock and Code S02E01
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet….
Gang arrested for SIM-swapping celebrities, stealing $100 million
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA)—working alongside the US Secret Service, Homeland Security, the FBI, Europol, and the District Attorney’s Office…
Who is to blame for the malicious Barcode Scanner that got on the Google Play store?
In our last blog, Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update, we wrote about a…
Nude photo theft offers lessons in selfie security
Two former college graduates are in a lot of trouble after breaking into other students’ accounts and stealing sensitive personal data….
Malvertising campaign on PornHub and other top adult brands exposes users to tech support scams
Threat actors involved in tech support scams have been running a browser locker campaign from November 2020 until February 2021 on…