Why we’re still not doing April Fools’ Day

People lost an estimated $442 billion to scams last year worldwide, according to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance. The scale of that is hard to picture, but people's day-to-day scam experience is easier to recognize: Our research found that 44% of people say they encounter mobile scams every single...

Google AI taken for a ride by April Fools’ Day joke

Cwmbran in Wales, a town with a population of just under 50,000, holds the Guinness World Record for the most roundabouts—at least according to Google AI Overviews. Except that's not actually true… Ben Black has been publishing lighthearted fake stories on April Fools’ Day for his community news...

A week in security (March 31 – April 6)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why we’re no longer doing April Fools’ Day Intimate images from kink and LGBTQ+ dating apps left exposed online "Urgent reminder" tax scam wants to phish your Microsoft credentials "Nudify" deepfakes stored unprotected online Location, name, and photos of random ki...

Kali Linux 2022.2 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2022.2. This release has various impressive updates. The summary of the changelog since the 2022.1 release from February 2022 is: GNOME 42 - Major release update of the popular desktop environment KDE Plasma 5.24 - Version bump with a more...

Microsoft Windows "April Fools 2001" Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/180/info Beginning April 1, 2001 and continuing through April 8, 2001, Windows applications will be offset by one hour - even though the system clock will show the proper time. This is due to the MSVCRT.DLL not correctly...

Bitcoin mining malware found in E-Sports Entertainment (ESEA) software

+software.png+software.png The Bitcoin mining rig is becoming a popular alternative to people who want an easy way to earn the digital currency. All you have to do is plug the hardware that specializes in Bitcoin mining and run its customized software. After that, you can sit back and relax as it...

Kwik Pay Payroll 4.10.3 - '.zip' Denial of Service

Exploit Title: Kwik Pay Payroll .zip DoS Date: April 1, 2010 Tested on: Windows XP SP3 Cost: 100.00 AU Author: anonymous Site: http://www.setfreesecurity.com File - Restore Database - Find Locate zip file Click the restore button at the bottom Program Crash, and becomes unresponsive Happy April...

Countdown to Conficker's April 1st climax

By Byron Acohido, LastWatchdog.com Two schools of thought exist about what the Conficker worm will do come the wee hours of April 1, 2009, GMT. Some experts, like WinPatrol creator Bill Pytlovany, are sensing that the worm’s controllers will run circles lastwatchdog.com around the Microsoft-led...

XnView 1.92.1 - 'FontName' Slideshow Buffer Overflow

!/usr/bin/perl ================================================================ XnView 1.92.1 Slideshow "FontName" Buffer Overflow ================================================================ Calc execution POC Exploit for WinXP SP1 pro English Found by : Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research...

Happy Easter / April Fools from Snosoft (Oracle 8.1.5 tnslsnr)

This is ment to be an April fools joke but if you still use old Oracle its not to funny I guess: After I ate a few too many hard boiled eggs this weekend I decided to install Oracle and play with it a little. Being poor I didn't have 800 bones to shell out on Oracle 16i so I had to settle with...

Microsoft Windows - 'April Fools 2001' Set Incorrect Date

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/180/info Beginning April 1, 2001 and continuing through April 8, 2001, Windows applications will be offset by one hour - even though the system clock will show the proper time. This is due to the MSVCRT.DLL not correctly interpreting Daylight Savings ti...