On May 18, 2023, Apple published security content for macOS Ventura 13.4, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, and macOS Big Sur 11.7.7 that addressed a…
Month: May 2023
Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses
A series of security errors and mishaps has cost personal loan provider OneMain $4.25m in penalties, issued by the New York…
A week in security (May 22-28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe! Malwarebytes EDR and MDR removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting…
“Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner” WordPress plugin vulnerability: Update now!
WordPress plugins are under fire once more, and you’re advised to update your version of Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner as soon…
AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter
Twitter’s recent changes to checkmark verification continue to cause chaos, this time in the realm of potentially dangerous misinformation. A checkmarked…
Employee guilty of joining ransomware attack on his own company
A 28-year old IT Security Analyst pleaded guilty and will consequently be convicted of blackmail and unauthorized access to a computer…
Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices
Google is going to pay $39.9 million to Washington State to put to rest a lawsuit about its location tracking practices which…
Malvertising via brand impersonation is back again
Web search is about to embark on a new journey thanks to artificial intelligence technology that online giants such as Microsoft and Google…
Update now! Apple issues patches for three actively used zero-days
Apple has rolled out security updates for Safari 16.5, watchOS 9.5, tvOS 16.5, iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, iOS 15.7.6, iPadOS 15.7.6,…
ChatGPT: Cybersecurity friend or foe?
If you haven’t heard about ChatGPT yet, perhaps you’ve just been thawed from cryogenic slumber or returned from six months off…