Cybersecurity Guidance for Smart Homes: A Cross-National Review of Government Sources

Smart homes are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks, yet residents often lack guidance when incidents occur. Since affected residents are likely to seek help from trustworthy sources, this paper asks: What actionable cybersecurity guidance do governments provide to smart home users whose system...

Shai Hulud npm Worm Impacts 26,000+ Repos in Supply Chain Attack

The Shai Hulud worm's "Second Coming" has compromised over 26,000 public repositories. We detail the attacker's mistake, the target packages, and mandatory security tips...

personal-security-checklist-1

This repository is an open-source project for a curated checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2022. It is a community-driven project that allows contributors to suggest and submit points to be added, amended, or removed from the list. The project has a code of...

personal-security-checklist

It is an offensive tool for community guidelines and contributor policies. The repository contains a curated checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2022. The primary CVE ID is not present in the provided context. The target product/service or framework is not...

US Tops List of Unsecured Cameras Exposing Homes and Offices

A BitSight report reveals over 40,000 internet-connected security cameras globally are exposed, streaming live footage without protection. Learn how common devices, from home cameras to factory surveillance, pose privacy and security risks and get simple tips to secure your own...

How to Keep Your Litecoin Safe: A Practical Guide

Litecoin LTC, often called the “silver to Bitcoin’s gold,” has long been popular for its speed, lower transaction…...

Fake Etsy invoice scam tricks sellers into sharing credit card information

This article was researched and written by Stefan Dasic, manager, research and response forThreatDown, powered by Malwarebytes. As an online seller, you’re already juggling product listings, customer service and marketing—so the last thing you need is to be targeted by scammers. Unfortunately, a...

A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Hello again, FakeBat: popular loader returns after months-long hiatus TikTok ordered to close Canada offices following "national security review" Air fryers are the latest surveillance threat you didn’t consider Malwarebytes acquires AzireVPN to fuel additional VPN...

Scammers are impersonating cryptocurrency exchanges, FBI warns

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued a public service announcement warning the public about scammers impersonating cryptocurrency exchange employees to steal funds. There are many types of crypto related scams, but in this case, the FBI provided an advisory about scammers that contact t...

Webinar: Learn How to Stop Hackers from Exploiting Hidden Identity Weaknesses

We all know passwords and firewalls are important, but what about the invisible threats lurking beneath the surface of your systems? Identity Threat Exposures ITEs are like secret tunnels for hackers – they make your security way more vulnerable than you think. Think of it like this:...

Vans warns customers of data breach

Skater brand Vans emailed customers last week to tell them about a recent “data incident.” On December 13, 2023, Vans said it detected unauthorized activities on its IT systems, attributed to "external threat actors." An investigation revealed that the incident involved some personal information ...

Microsoft SQL Server db_ddladmin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft SQL Server versions 2014 through 2022 suffers from a dbddladmin privilege escalation vulnerability. When escalated to Microsoft as a concern, they instead opted to update their documentation to note that this is possible instead of addressing the issue. Title: SQL Server Privilege...

A week in security (June 26 - July 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: A proxyjacking campaign is looking for vulnerable SSH servers New technique can defeat voice authentication "after only six tries" "Free" Evil Dead Rise movie scam lurks in Amazon listings Spyware app LetMeSpy hacked, tracked user data posted online Online safety...

Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts

If youre particularly intrigued by the current wave of interest in AI, take care. Theres some bad things lurking in search engine results waiting to compromise your Facebook account. A rogue Chrome extension deployed in a campaign targeting Facebook users is "hitting thousands a day" according to...

USB bombs sent to news organizations

We've warned about the possible dangers arising from plugging in unknown USB sticks before, but the dangers we're concerned with are normally confined to your data. However, this week we learned a far more serious threat. No fewer than five different news agencies in Ecuador were sent parcels...

Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month Anything More Than PR?

Cybersecurity Awareness Month has been going on since 2004. This year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month urged the public, professionals, and industry partners to "see themselves in cyber" in the following ways: 1. The public, by taking action to stay safe online. 2. Professionals, by joining the cyb...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: 3 Actionable Tips

Make Cybersecurity Awareness Month a year-long initiative with these three actionable security tips to reduce cyber risk across the attack surface...

The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now

Google’s new mobile operating system has arrived. Take back some control with these privacy and security tips...

LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

The FTC Federal Trade Commission has warned the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld. The scammers send their targets explicit photos and then ask for them to reciprocate. If they do, targets are then blackmailed into paying a ransom,...

Facebook users targeted in massive phishing campaign

Facebook is once again the launchpad for a large-scale phishing campaign, according to researchers at PIXM. The campaign, which first shows signs of life back in September 2021, has generated millions of page views and ad referral revenue "estimated to be millions of USD at this scale of...