The privacy-forward web browser Brave launched its new search engine in beta on Wednesday, promising a more private experience that does…
Month: June 2021
MITRE introduces D3FEND framework
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has announced it will fund the development of a knowledge base of defensive countermeasures for…
City of Liège hit by ransomware, Ryuk suspected
Liège, the third largest city in Belgium, and a major educational hub, has been hit by a ransomware attack, disrupting its…
Hotel staff bust Hermes SMS scammer with suspiciously large number of cables
If you’re in the UK, you’ve likely received a fake delivery SMS at this point. The original big driver for this…
Want to stop ransomware attacks? Send the cybercriminals to jail, says Brian Honan: Lock and Code S02E11
Ransomware attacks are on a different scale this year, with major attacks not just dismantling the business and management of Colonial…
Atomic research institute breached via VPN vulnerability
Remember when we told you to patch your VPNs already? I hate to say “I told you so”, but I informed…
A week in security (June 14 – June 20)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Other cybersecurity news: Stay safe, everyone!
Two Google plans that could make open source code more secure
Recently Google announced that it will fund the further development of Rust. Rust is a low-level programming language that is designed…
The 6 best Chrome extensions for privacy and security
While searching for security- and privacy-improving extensions, users may end up installing an extension that is counterproductive to their goals. To…
Polazert Trojan using poisoned Google Search results to spread
Trojan.Polazert aka SolarMarker has gone back and fine-tuned an old tactic known as SEO-poisoning to plant their Remote Access Trojan (RAT)…