Last week on Malwarebytes Labs
- Freedom Hosting operator gets 27 years for hosting dark web abuse sites
- Microsoft makes a bold move towards a password-less future
- New Mac malware masquerades as iTerm2, remote desktop and other apps
- Internet safety tips for kids and teens: a comprehensive guide for the modern parent
- Google, geofence warrants, and you
- No, Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter isn’t emailing to give you untold riches
- Patch vCenter Server “right now”, VMWare expects CVE-2021-22005 exploitation within minutes of disclosure
- Patch now! Insecure Hikvision security cameras can be taken over remotely
- MSHTML attack targets Russian state rocket centre and interior ministry
- Italian mafia cybercrime sting leads to 100+ arrests
- How to clear your cache
- Microsoft exchange autodiscover flaw reveals users’ passwords
- Parents and teachers believe digital surveillance of kids outweighs risks
- SonicWall warns users to patch critical vulnerability “as soon as possible”
- Beware! Uber scam lures victims with alert from a real Uber number
- Teaching cybersecurity skills to special needs children with Alana Robinson: Lock and Code S02E18
Other cybersecurity news
- UK ministry of defence apologises – again – after another major email blunder in Afghanistan (Source: The Register)
- Database containing personal info of 106 million international visitors to Thailand exposed online (Source: Comparitech)
- Fake WhatsApp backup message delivers malware to Spanish speakers’ devices (Source: The Daily Swig)
Mobile phones of 5 French cabinet ministers infected by Pegasus malware (Source: France 24) - Ransomware dropping malware swaps phishing for sneaky new attack route (Source: ZDNet)
- Phishing attacks more sophisticated, malicious emails time to coincide with periods of low energy and inattentiveness (Source: CPO magazine)
- Keeping your data secure at work (Source: Minute Hack)
Stay safe, everyone!
