You’ve likely fallen for it before—a simulated test sent by your own company to determine whether or not its employees are…
Month: January 2022
Actor’s verified Twitter profile hijacked to spam NFT giveaways
When we refer to hijacked verified profiles on Twitter, it’s most commonly some sort of Elon Musk themed scam. The hijackers…
A week in security (January 24 – 30)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
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[updated]QNAP update stops Deadbolt ransomware, annoys some users, starts debate
Earlier this week (25 January, 2022) news broke that a ransomware group was targeting QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The…
Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids
Every year on Data Privacy Day, we’re greeted with countless arguments about the absolute merits of data privacy (protections good, invasions…
Apple fixes Mac bug that could have allowed takeover of webcams and browser tabs
A researcher has picked up a $100,500 bounty from Apple after discovering a rather nasty method of gaining control of other…
Let’s Encrypt to revoke “mis-issued” certificates
If you use a Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate, you may wish to check your account over the coming days. Revocation is…
Update now! Apple patches another actively used zero-day
Apple has released patches for iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, and macOS Monterey 12.2 and is urging users to update. The most…
Windows Update has changed over the years. Here are 25 group policies to avoid
Microsoft has published a list of 25 group policies that administrators should not use in Windows 10 and Windows 11 as…
Senate Committee passes new antitrust bill aimed at Big Tech companies
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), a bill that forbids Big Tech platforms like Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), and…