People that predict tomorrow’s weather by looking at today’s are often right. Cloudy today? It’ll probably be cloudy tomorrow. The same…
Month: December 2021
A week in security (Dec 20 – 26)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe, everyone!
Logistics giant warns of scams following ransomware attack
German logistics giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has issued a warning that data was stolen from the company when it was hit…
FBI traces and grabs back $150 million theft that was turned into bitcoins
On December 1, 2021, the Tokyo police arrested an employee of Sony Life Insurance on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining 17 billion…
Dridex affiliate dresses up as Scrooge
Threat actors are hoping to catch a few more victims before they leave work for the Christmas holidays. The recent malicious…
Police forces pipe 225 million pwned passwords into ‘Have I Been Pwned?’
On his blog, Troy Hunt has announced a major milestone in the ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ project, thanks to the contributions…
A week in security (Dec 13 – 19)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
Everything you always wanted to know about NFTs (but were too afraid to ask): Lock and Code S02E24
In August, the NFT for a cartoon rock sold for $1.3 million, and ever since then, much of the world has…
When a deepfake “empire” continues to grow
I’ve been quite vocal on the impact of deepfakes, in terms of where the most harm takes place. Back in 2019,…
Grindr fined for selling user data to advertisers
Dating network Grindr has been slapped with a US$7.7 million fine by Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet for sharing data with advertisers. Grindr—which…