In life, when you encounter something momentuous—a sudden job loss, a routine check-up that revealed an illness you can’t afford the…
Month: August 2021
Realtek-based routers, smart devices are being gobbled up by a voracious botnet
A few weeks ago we blogged about a vulnerability in home routers that was weaponized by the Mirai botnet just two…
Patch now! Microsoft Exchange is being attacked via ProxyShell
Last Saturday the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an urgent warning that threat actors are actively exploiting three Microsoft Exchange…
A week in security (August 16 – August 22)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Other cybersecurity news: Stay safe, everyone!
New variant of Konni malware used in campaign targetting Russia
This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi In late July 2021, we identified an ongoing spear phishing campaign pushing Konni…
Largest DDoS attack ever reported gets hoovered up by Cloudflare
On the Cloudflare blog, the American web infrastructure behemoth that provides content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS mitigation services reports that…
T-Mobile customers, change your PINs
At the end of last week, T-Mobile was investigating reports of a “massive” customer data breach. A hacker claimed to stolen 100 million…
Cisco Small Business routers vulnerable to remote attacks, won’t get a patch
In a security advisory, Cisco has informed users that a vulnerability in the Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service of Cisco Small Business…
Beware of COVID Pass scams
You’ve likely seen fake parcel delivery texts in the news recently, and we’ve covered a few of these ourselves. SMS missives…
macOS 11’s hidden security improvements
A deep dive into macOS 11’s internals reveals some security surprises that deserve to be more widely known. Contents Introduction When…