Google is working out some kinks in the project formerly known as Gnatcatcher, which will now be known under the more descriptive…
Month: October 2023
MGM attack is too late a wake-up call for businesses, says James Fair: Lock and Code S04E22
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In September, the Las Vegas casino and hotel operator MGM Resorts became a…
Battling a new DarkGate malware campaign with Malwarebytes MDR
First publicly reported in 2018, DarkGate is a Windows-based malware with a wide-range of capabilities including credential stealing and remote access to victim…
A week in security (October 16 – October 22)
A list of topics we covered in the week of October 16 to October 22 of 2023
IT administrators’ passwords are awful too
The key is under the doormat by the front door. The administrator password is “admin”. These are easy to remember clues…
The hot topics from Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security
IT-SA Expo & Congress claims to be Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security. And it really covers a wide range of…
Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website
Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious…
3 crucial security steps people should do, but don’t
Cybersecurity could be as easy as 1-2-3. The problem, though, is that people have to want it. In new research conducted…
The US wants governments to commit to not paying ransoms
As the White House prepares to host its annual International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit, Bloomberg reports that the US is pushing other…
The forgotten malvertising campaign
In recent weeks, we have noted an increase in malvertising campaigns via Google searches. Several of the threat actors we are…