A week in security (Sept 20 – Sept 26)

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!

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