A week in security (August 23 – August 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Patch now! Microsoft Exchange is being attacked via ProxyShell Realtek-based routers, smart devices are being gobbled up by a voracious botnet Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud Mice “taking over the world!”, one Windo...

Latest iPhone exploit, FORCEDENTRY, used to launch Pegasus attack against Bahraini activists

Researchers from Citizen Lab, an academic research and development lab based in the University of Toronto in Canada, has recently discovered that an exploit affecting iMessage is being used to target Bahraini activists with the Pegasus spyware. The Bahrain government and groups linked to them—suc...

A week in security (January 6 – 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we told readers how to check the safety of websites and their related files, explored the shady behavior taking place within the billion-dollar search industry, broke down the top six ways that hackers target retail businesses, and put a spotlight on the ransomware...