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Windows 10 gets its own extended security updates program
The day that Windows 10 machines will get their last security updates is set for October 14, 2025. So if you want to stay secure, you’d have to upgrade to a newer version. Either to Windows 11, which is not all that different, but more demanding when it comes to system requirements. Or to the...
Ragnar Locker ransomware group taken down
Even though it had a long run for a ransomware group, it seems the bell might be tolling for Ragnar Locker. On October 19, 2023, the group’s leak site was seized by an international group of law enforcement agencies. The take down action was carried out between 16 and 20 October. During the actio...
TikTok flooded with fake celebrity nude photo Temu referrals
Sites and apps frequently gamify their products and experiences to grow their user base. Its a relatively easy way to have their customers become more involved thanks to whatever incentives may be on offer. A game here, a rewards program there, and everyone is happy. Well, almost everyone. If...
Microsoft Teams used to deliver DarkGate Loader malware
Researchers have found a new method by which cybercriminals are spreading the DarkGate Loader malware. Until now, DarkGate was typically distributed via phishing emails. The malspam campaign used stolen email threads to lure victims into clicking a hyperlink, which downloaded the malware. But...
Re-air: What teenagers face growing up online: Lock and Code S04E19
This week on the Lock and Code podcast... In 2022, Malwarebytes investigated the blurry, shifting idea of "identity" on the internet, and how online identities are not only shaped by the people behind them, but also inherited by the internets youngest users, children. Children have always inherit...
DarkGate reloaded via malvertising and SEO poisoning campaigns
In July 2023, we observed a malvertising campaign that lured potential victims to a fraudulent site for a Windows IT management tool. Unlike previous similar attacks, the final payload was packaged differently and not immediately recognizable. The decoy file came as an MSI installer containing an...
Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams
Back in January 2020, we blogged about a tech support scam campaign dubbed WoofLocker that was by far using the most complex traffic redirection scheme we had ever seen. In fact, the threat actor had started deploying infrastructure in earnest as early as 2017, about 3 years prior to our...
OpenSSH trojan campaign targets Linux systems and IoT devices
Poorly configured Linux and Internet of Things IoT devices are at risk of compromise from a cryptojacking campaign, according to researchers at Microsoft. The attacks, which involve brute forcing a way into a system, are designed to profit from mining in illicit fashion for cryptocurrency. Once t...
6 tips for a cybersecure honeymoon
You've done it, you've got married. The big day is over, and while you're relaxing on honeymoon you definitely don't want to get distracted by security problems. So, we rounded up some quick tips to keep you safe. Refrain from posting on social media about your honeymoon. This is good practice...
Ransomware attackers email bemused students as leverage for a payout
The University of Manchester has fallen victim to a ransomware gang, who are currently applying an interesting twist to their attack. Blackmail and pressure are two ways to extract funds from potential victims. We see this in sextortion cases, as well as in social engineering. Here, the fraudster...
Phishing scam takes $950k from DoorDash drivers
A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. DoorDash drivers are contractors who pick up food deliveries from stores and restaurants and deliver the products to the customer. A 21 year old man...
LockBit ransomware advisory from CISA provides interesting insights
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center MS-ISAC, and the cybersecurity authorities of Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and New Zealand CERT NZ, NCSC-NZ have all...
Former TikTok exec: Chinese Communist Party had "God mode" entry to US data
A former executive at TikToks parent company ByteDance has claimed in court documents that the Chinese Communist Party CCP had access to TikTok data, despite the data being stored in the US. The allegations were made in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit which was filed in May in the San Francisco...
A week in security (May 8-14)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The rise of "Franken-ransomware," with Allan Liska: Lock and Code S04E11 Ransomware review: May 2023 Brightline breach hits at least 964,000 people, US records show Ransomware attack on MSI led to compromised Intel Boot Guard private keys Fake system update drops...
How to spot and avoid a tech support scam
Despite the occasional arrests and FTC fines for tech support scammers TSS and their henchmen, there are still plenty of cybercriminals active in this field. Scams range from unsolicited calls offering help with your "infected" computer to fully-fledged websites where you can purchase heavily...
Ransomware attack on MSI led to compromised Intel Boot Guard private keys
On April 7, 2023 MSI Micro-Star International released a statement confirming a cyberattack on part of its information systems. While the statement does not reveal a lot of tangible information, this snippet is important: "MSI urges users to obtain firmware/BIOS updates only from its official...
World Password Day must die
The continued existence of World Password Day is a tell that something has gone badly wrong in cybersecurity. Now in its tenth year, the day is supposed to act as an annual reminder for people to follow good password hygiene: Dont reuse passwords; use long passwords; no, longer passwords than tha...
Google takes CryptBot to the wood shed
Google is in the midst of a legal campaign designed to take down the creators of a very persistent piece of malware called CryptBot. This malware, which Google claims compromised roughly 670k computers, set about infecting users of the Chrome browser. Unfortunately for the malware campaign...
Adult content malvertising scheme leads to clickjacking
Malwarebytes researchers have found a malvertising scheme that leads to clickjacking. Clickjacking is a form of ad fraud which is also referred to as click fraud or click spam. It is a practice performed by certain dubious advertising networks, where they sometimes use automated programs--from...
A week in security (April 17 - 23)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Chrome updates spread malware Woman tracks down and turns table on Airbnb scammer Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited flaw Beware: Fake IRS tax email wants your Microsoft account Ransomware in Germany, April 2022 - March 2023 Living Off the La...
What your peers said: G2 comparison of top Endpoint Security vendors
Navigating the world of endpoint security is challenging, with numerous vendors stoking FUD and making bold claims that are difficult to verify. In times like these, the honest opinions of real users are invaluable for busy IT teams. Enter G2, an industry-leading peer-to-peer review site. Each...
BreachForums to be shut down after all for fear of law enforcement infiltration
On March 15, 2023 US law enforcement arrested a man from New York who was accused of being the administrator of BreachForums, a well-known and probably the largest Dark Web marketplace for stolen data to be leaked and sold. At first, a new administrator rose to the occasion and said they were...
LockBit ransomware attacks Essendant
The LockBit ransomware group is claiming responsibility for taking down a US-based distributor of office products called Essendant. This attack, which is said to have begun on or around March 6, created severe ramifications for the organisation, disrupting freight carrier pickups, online orders,...
Ransomware review: March 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. This information represents victims who were successfully attacke...
TikTok car theft challenge: Hyundai, Kia fix flaw
Car manufacturer Hyundai, and its subsidiary Kia, began rolling out a free software update on February 14, 2023, to address a flaw in their anti-theft software, which was highlighted in a social media challenge. The release of the update came nine months after an uptick in car theft of the affect...
Beware fake Facebook emails saying "your page has been disabled"
Facebook users need to be on their guard for bogus emails claiming to be from Facebook, that tell users their account has been disabled. The emails make use of the classic "apply some pressure" tactics so beloved of scammers everywhere. A missive that makes you shrug wont get you clicking bogus...
40% of online shops tricking users with “dark patterns”
The European Commission has been looking at retail websites to see if they're misleading consumers with "dark patterns". Spoiler: Yes, they are. The Commission, along with the national consumer protection authorities of 23 EU member states, plus Norway and Iceland, have released the results of...
VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled
Researchers have successfully dismantled a massive ad fraud campaign they stumbled upon by accident. The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team dubbed the campaign VASTFLUX, a portmanteau of "fast flux"--an evasion technique involving the constant changing of IP addresses behind a single...
"Untraceable" surveillance firm sued for scraping Facebook and Instagram data
Days after Meta achieved victory after suing the NSO Group for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges, Meta filed a lawsuit against surveillance company Voyager Labs for violations of its Terms and Policies and California law. According to court documents, Voyager Labs created 38,000 fake accounts ...
5 must-haves for K-12 cybersecurity
Over the years, cyberattacks on K-12 schools and districts have steadily increased, and in 2022 that trend only continued. In the first half of 2022 alone, the education sector saw an average of almost 2,000 attacks every week--a 114% increase compared to two years ago. The tight budgets of many...
A week in security (January 1 - 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why does technology no longer excite us? Lock and Code S04E01 New device? Here's how to safely dispose of your old one LastPass updates security notice with information about a recent incident Okta breached last month, no customers compromised Update VPN Plus Serve...
New device? Here's how to safely dispose of your old one
Until recently I had two old phones, one tablet and about 20 hard drives in storage that I was afraid to give up for recycling, or to pass on to someone that could use them. I wanted to dispose of them, but knowing how easy it is to retrieve data--such as personally identifiable information--even...
Is an outsourced SOC worth it? Looking at the ROI of MDR
In the turbulent world of cybersecurity, one thing is for certain: Threats are evolving in ways that make them harder for organizations to predict--and stop. For businesses with scarce security staff resources and disconnected, complex toolsets, keeping up with todays cyberthreats is even harder...
Security advisories are falling short. Here's why, with Dustin Childs: Lock and Code S03E25
Decades ago, patching was, to lean into a corny joke, a bit patchy. In the late 90s, the Microsoft operating system OS Windows 98 had a supportive piece of software that would find security patches for the OS so that users could then download those patches and deploy them to their computers. That...
A week in security (October 24 - 30)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Lock and Code: A gym heist in London goes cyber Healthcare site leaks personal health information via Google and Meta tracking pixels An odd kind of cybercrime: Gift vouchers, medical records, and...food Cisco warns of ISE vulnerability with no fixed release or...
Malformed signature trick can bypass Mark of the Web
Mark of the Web MOTW--the technology that ensures Windows pops a warning message when trying to open a file downloaded from the Internet--is back in the news, but unfortunately not in a good way. Bleeping Computer reports that a recently uncovered but somewhat old bug has been unearthed which hel...
Microsoft breach reveals some customer data
Microsoft customers find themselves in the middle of a data breach situation. The Microsoft Security Response Center blog reports that researchers reported a misconfigured Microsoft endpoint on September 24. This miscongifuration resulted in the possibility of "unauthenticated access to some...
UK government sounds alarm on tax scams
The UK government has issued a warning for people to be on their guard against fake tax rebate scams as they gearing up to fill out their 2021/22 tax returns. Ensuring your self-employed documents are correct and accurate can be a complicated business at the best of times. Having to worry about...
Bogus job offers hide trojanised open-source software
Microsoft researchers are warning of fake job offers where the only actual compensation available is a golden handshake of malware and trickery. The campaign targets those with technical know-how because, despite what some may think, scams are for everybody, not just people unfamiliar with tech...
TikTok's "secret operation" tracks you even if you don't use it
Consumer Reports CR, a US-based nonprofit consumer organization, has revealed that TikTok gathers data on people who don't even use the app itself. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's happened before. Meta's near-omnipresence wherever you are online enabled it to gather data on users, even...
Medtronic's MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps potentially at risk of compromise, says FDA
The US FDA Food and Drug Administration has warned users of Medtronic's MiniMed 600 Series Insulin Pump System--specifically, models for MiniMed 630G and MiniMed 670G--that their medical devices have a cybersecurity issue with its communication protocol. If compromised, attackers could gain...
Vulnerable children's identities used in tax fraud scheme
Fraudster Ariel "Melo" Jimenez has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading a "tax fraud and identity theft conspiracy" that resulted in the fraudulent claiming of tax credits, earning him millions of dollars. "Ariel Jimenez was the leader of a long-running fraudulent tax business that...
Cyber threat hunting for SMBs: How MDR can help
When you hear the words "cyber threat hunting", you just may picture an elite team of security professionals scouring your systems for malware. Sounds like something only huge businesses or nation states would need to do, right? Not quite. Threat hunting is just as essential for...
Apple puts the password on life support with passkey
The "passwordless future" is something many internet users--and a great majority of the cybersecurity industry--have hoped for. Now Apple is about to make those hopes a reality. With the release of iOS 16 yesterday, and macOS Ventura next month, Apple fans will be able to use passkeys, its passwo...
Binance chief says a “sophisticated hacking team” turned him into a deepfake hologram
Deepfakes are back, and causing major problems for people involved in financial circles. Scammers have been targeting people in the cryptocurrency community for some time now. Theres huge money to be made via the act of ripping folks off. Some of it is phishing, other attacks focus on breaking in...
How to secure a Mac for your kids
If you want to know how to secure your Mac so your kids can use it safely, I can help. In 2018 I decided to give my kids an old Apple laptop to share, and I documented the steps I took to secure it. They were still a few years short of their tenth birthdays, and it was their first computer, so I...
How IT teams can prevent phishing attacks with Malwarebytes DNS filtering
Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to businesses globally. According to Verizon, 82 percent of data breaches in 2021 involved the human element--with phishing attacks making up over 60 precent of these. And if it aint broke, dont fix it: threat actors have only continued to use phishing to...
CISA and FBI issue alert about Zeppelin ransomware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA about Zeppelin ransomware. The advisory contains indicators of compromise IOCs and tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs associated with...
Summer of exploitation leads to healthcare under fire
May 2021 was a tough month for the Healthcare and Medical sector-the most notable threat trend at the time was the heavy use of a new popular exploit against Dell systems, leading to immense effort by attackers to utilize the exploit before it became less effective due to patching. During this...
To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.
Uber covered up the 2016 data breach that affected its 57 million customers and drivers. The confession came as part of the settlement between the DOJ US Department of Justice and the taxi company, which will see it avoid criminal prosecution. In a press release from the DOJ, Uber "admits that it...