This morning Malwarebytes Labs received a scam masquerading as a security alert from Uber. The alert was pretty convincing and used…
Month: September 2021
SonicWall warns users to patch critical vulnerability “as soon as possible”
SonicWall has issued a security notice about its SMA 100 series of appliances. The vulnerability could potentially allow a remote unauthenticated…
Parents and teachers believe digital surveillance of kids outweighs risks
Schools in the US have been using surveillance software to keep an eye on their students, and such software has grown…
Italian mafia cybercrime sting leads to 100+ arrests
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) has successfully dismantled an organized crime ring of hundreds of members in a sting operation…
How to clear your cache
The term “cache” refers to a storage container. If you’re familiar with the outdoor recreational activity geocaching, you may be familiar…
Patch vCenter Server “right now”, VMWare expects CVE-2021-22005 exploitation within minutes of disclosure
VMware is urging users of vCenter server to patch no fewer than 19 problems affecting its products. These updates fix a…
Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely
In a detailed post on Github, security researcher Watchful_IP describes how he found that the majority of the recent camera product…
No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter isn’t emailing to give you untold riches
It’s not every day you receive a big money offer from someone claiming to sit in political asylum, but here we…
MSHTML attack targets Russian state rocket centre and interior ministry
Malwarebytes has reason to believe that the MSHTML vulnerability listed under CVE-2021-40444 is being used to target Russian entities. The Malwarebytes…
Google, geofence warrants, and you
Another day, another example of how the data sharing choices we make can come back to haunt us. The Guardian reports…