A week in security (January 5 – January 11)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: pcTattletale founder pleads guilty as US cracks down on stalkerware Are we ready for ChatGPT Health? CISA warns of active attacks on HPE OneView and legacy PowerPoint Lego’s Smart Bricks explained: what they do, and what they don’t Fake WinRAR downloads hide malwar...

Former Uber Security Chief Charged Over Covering Up 2016 Data Breach

The federal prosecutors in the United States have charged Uber's former chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, for covering up a massive data breach that the ride-hailing company suffered in 2016. According to the press release published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Sullivan "took deliberate...

Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using "Mirai," a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline --...