A rather unique approach to spread malware using the popularity of the James Webb telescope images has been identified by the…
Month: August 2022
How to set up an iPhone for your kids
Thanks to Thomas Reed for his expertise and guidance. This is it. After much hemming and hawing, you’ve finally given in…
Final Fantasy 14 players targeted by QR code phishing
Final Fantasy 14, the smash-hit online role playing game, is under fire from scammers. The attack is a devious way to…
British Airways customers targeted in lost luggage Twitter scam
Getting back into the travel habit? Jumping on a plane soon? Experienced a bit of a luggage disaster and looking for…
Chromium browsers can write to the system clipboard without your permission
If you are a user of Google Chrome or any other Chromium-based web browser, then websites may push anything they want…
Twilio data breach turns out to be more elaborate than suspected
Earlier this month, messaging service Twilio got compromised by a sophisticated social engineering attack. After deploying phishing attacks against company employees,…
Playing Doom on a John Deere tractor with Sick Codes: Lock and Code S03E18
In 1993, the video game developers at id Software released Doom, a first-person shooter that placed a nameless protagonist into the fiery depths…
A week in security (August 22 – August 28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
Source code of password manager LastPass stolen by attacker
In a security incident notice from LastPass the company informed the public know that an unauthorized party gained access to portions of the…
Adware found on Google Play — PDF Reader serving up full screen ads
A PDF reader found on Google Play with over one million downloads is aggressively displaying full screen ads, even when the…