A week in security (March 27 - April 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Solving the passwords hardest problem with passkeys, featuring Anna Pobletts Food giant Dole reveals more about ransomware attack Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts Ransomware gunning for transport sector's OT systems next GitHub accidentally...

Smart home assistants at risk from "NUIT" ultrasound attack

A new form of attack named "Near Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan" NUIT has been unveiled by researchers from the University of Texas. NUIT is designed to attack voice assistants with malicious commands remotely via the internet. Impacted assistants include Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Assistant...

CVE-2023-28892

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleanerDebug.log in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link...

Design/Logic Flaw

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleanerDebug.log in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link...

CVE-2023-28892

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleanerDebug.log in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link...

CVE-2023-28892

Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 8.4.0 is affected by an insecure file delete operation on C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleaner_Debug.log where the target is user‑controllable. This enables a non‑admin user to escalate to SYSTEM via a symbolic link. Root cause: insecure handling of deletion in a user‑controllabl...

CVE-2023-26088

In Malwarebytes before 4.5.23, a symbolic link may be used delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system. It can also lead to privilege escalation in certain scenarios...

CVE-2023-26088

In Malwarebytes before 4.5.23, a symbolic link may be used delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system. It can also lead to privilege escalation in certain scenarios...

Privilege escalation

In Malwarebytes before 4.5.23, a symbolic link may be used delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system. It can also lead to privilege escalation in certain scenarios...

PT-2023-20478 · Malwarebytes · Malwarebytes

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Malwarebytes versions prior to 4.5.23 Description: The issue allows an attacker to delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system using a symbolic link. In certain scenarios, it can also lead to privilege...

CVE-2023-26088

In Malwarebytes before 4.5.23, a symbolic link may be used delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system. It can also lead to privilege escalation in certain scenarios...

CVE-2023-26088

Malwarebytes (Windows) prior to version 4.5.23 is affected by CVE-2023-26088 due to a symbolic link abuse in the local quarantine system, which can be leveraged to delete arbitrary files and may enable privilege escalation in certain scenarios. The vulnerability targets the quarantine handling co...

CVE-2023-26088

In Malwarebytes before 4.5.23, a symbolic link may be used delete any arbitrary file on the system by exploiting the local quarantine system. It can also lead to privilege escalation in certain scenarios...

Malwarebytes 后置链接漏洞

Malwarebytes is an application from the American company Malwarebytes that provides anti-malware features to devices. The software is designed to protect against viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, dial-up programs, and other malware. A security vulnerability exists in Malwarebytes versions prior t...

Malware creator who compromised 10,000 computers arrested

The creator of a Remote Access Trojan RAT, responsible for compromising more than 10,000 computers, has been arrested by law enforcement in Ukraine. At the time of the arrest, the developer still had real-time access to 600 PCs. According to the announcement, the RAT could tell infected devices t...

Facebook illegally processed user data, says court

The Amsterdam court has ruled that Facebook illegally processed user data in a case started by the Dutch Data Privacy Stichting DPS, a foundation that acts on behalf of victims of privacy violations in the Netherlands. According to the ruling, Facebook used personal data for advertising purposes ...

A week in security (March 6 - 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: 8 cybersecurity tips to keep you safe when travelling National Cybersecurity Strategy Document: What you need to know Intel CPU vulnerabilities fixed. But should you update? Warning issued over Royal ransomware Play ransomware gang leaks City of Oakland data...

Warning issued over Royal ransomware

As part of its StopRansomware effort, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has published a Cybersecurity Advisory CSA about Royal ransomware. Royal ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-service Raas that first made an appearance in January 2022. In September of that year, it began...

Malwarebytes wins 2023 CRN 'Coolest Endpoint And Managed Security Companies' award

CRN, a trusted source for IT channel news and analysis, has named Malwarebytes one of the "Coolest Endpoint And Managed Security Companies" on the 2023 CRN Security 100 list. The CRN Security 100 highlights channel-friendly cybersecurity vendors across a number of market segments including Endpoi...

How to set up two-factor authentication on Twitter using a hardware key

If you use text based authentication as an additional level of security for your Twitter account, you may be aware that this option will be reserved for paying Twitter Blue subscribers come mid-March. This post explains how to enable hardware key authentication instead. Enabling a hardware securi...