In 2018 three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe were arrested and taken into…
Month: April 2021
CodeCov supply-chain compromise likened to SolarWinds attack
CodeCov, a company that creates software auditing tools for developers, was recently breached (the company says it was breached on April…
A week in security (April 12 – 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, our podcast featured Troy Hunt, Chloé Messdaghi, and Tanya Janca who discussed security fatigue with us….
Patch now! NSA, CISA, and FBI warn of Russian intelligence exploiting 5 vulnerabilities
The National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have jointly…
Shady scam bots trick Omegle users into nonconsensual video sex recordings
14-year old Michael (not his real name) from Scandinavia first visited Omegle, the video online chat that has become hugely popular…
Deepfakes were going to change everything. And then they didn’t
For much of 2020, the most visible conversation about the US election and tech was related to deepfakes (images or videos…
Malwarebytes releases SMB Cybersecurity Trust & Confidence Report 2021
What can we say about 2020 that hasn’t already been said? Beliefs were shaken. Values were questioned. Truths were tested. Then…
“Huge upsurge” in DDoS attacks during pandemic
Researchers at Netscout have released a report analyzing the malicious internet traffic of 2020 and comparing it to the years before….
Chrome users, here’s how to opt out of the Google FLoC trial
Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and…
Update now! Chrome needs patching against two in-the-wild exploits
A day late and a dollar short is a well-known expression that comes in a few variations. But this version has…