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Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack
Ransomware attacks, despite dramatically increasing in frequency this summer, remain opaque for many potential victims. It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since…
Police seize DoubleVPN data, servers, and domain
A coordinated effort between global law enforcement agencies—led by the Dutch National Police—shut down a VPN service that was advertised on…
Clop stopped? Ransomware gang loses Tesla and other treasures in police raid
Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that they had arrested several individuals involved in criminal activity committed by the Clop ransomware…
Ryuk ransomware develops worm-like capability
The French government’s computer emergency readiness team, that’s part of the National Cybersecurity Agency of France, or ANSSI, has discovered a…
Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report
Last year, threat actors took advantage of the COVID-19 public health crisis in a way previously considered unimaginable, not only preying…
Talking Emotet’s takedown with Adam Kujawa: Lock and Code S02E01
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet….
A week in security (January 25 – January 31)
January 28 was Data Privacy Day, but for Malwarebytes Labs, it was Data Privacy Week. As such, we’re packed with more…
Pow! Emotet’s down. Is it out?
In a coordinated action, multiple law enforcement agencies have seized control of the Emotet botnet. Agencies from eight countries worked together…
The most enticing cyberattacks of 2020
This is part one of a two-part series. To read about the strangest cybersecurity events of 2020, read our second story…