Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Inner Workings of Destructive Azov Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have published the inner workings of a new wiper called Azov Ransomware that's deliberately designed to corrupt data and "inflict impeccable damage" to compromised systems. Distributed through another malware loader known as SmokeLoader, the malware has been described as...

What is a Logic Bomb?

Cyber-attacks have become a norm these days as many as 4,000 attacks are happening every day, alone in the US. Bad actors have ample ways to target it’s the victim and the logic bomb is one of them. Logic bomb virus may seem subtle on the surface but can be profoundly damaging, if not taken care ...

A week in security (December 16 – 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we signalled that Mac threat detections have been on the rise in 2019, discussed how a new Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act COPRA would empower American users, warned that the Spelevo exploit kit debuts a new social engineering trick, and let our own Statler and...

Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting 'Logic Bomb' in Spreadsheets

A former Siemens contractor has pledged guilty in federal court Friday to secretly planting code in automated spreadsheets he had created for the company over a decade ago that deliberately crashes the program every few years. David Tinley, a 62-year-old resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, w...