Microsoft got hacked by state sponsored group it was investigating

In a spy-vs-spy type of scenario, Microsoft has acknowledged that a group called Midnight Blizzard also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, gained access to a Microsoft legacy non-production test tenant account. According to Microsoft, the group managed to access the account in November after subjecting...

Breast cancer photos published by ransomware gang

The Russia-linked ALPHV ransomware group, also known as BlackCat, has posted sensitive clinical photos of breast cancer patients--calling them "nude photos"--to extort money from the Lehigh Valley Health Network LVHN. This has triggered a chorus of accusations from the cybersecurity community, wi...

Play ransomware gang leaks City of Oakland data

The Play ransomware gang has begun partially publishing data they stole from the City of Oakland, California. The data were in multiple archive files with a collective file size of 10GB. According to the ransomware gang, the files contain "private and personal information data, financial...

A week in security (February 27 - March 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fighting online censorship, or, encryption's latest surprise use-case, with Mallory Knodel: Lock and Code S04E05 How to work from home securely, the NSA way TikTok probed over child privacy practices iPhone users targeted in phone AND data theft campaign US Marshal...