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Update now! Microsoft fixes two zero-days on February Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued patches for 73 security vulnerabilities in its February 2024 Patch Tuesday. Among these vulnerabilities are two zero-days that are reportedly being used in the wild. The two zero-day vulnerabilities have already been added to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency...
TheTruthSpy stalkerware, still insecure, still leaking data
In 2022, we published an article about how photographs of children taken by a stalkerware-type app were found exposed on the internet because of poor cybersecurity practices by the app vendor. The stalkerware-type app involved, TheTruthSpy, has shown once again that the way in which it handles...
Remote Monitoring & Management software used in phishing attacks
Remote Monitoring & Management RMM software, including popular tools like AnyDesk, Atera, and Splashtop, are invaluable for IT administrators today, streamlining tasks and ensuring network integrity from afar. However, these same tools have caught the eye of cybercriminals, who exploit them to...
Remote Monitoring & Management software used in phishing attacks
Remote Monitoring & Management RMM software, including popular tools like AnyDesk, Atera, and Splashtop, are invaluable for IT administrators today, streamlining tasks and ensuring network integrity from afar. However, these same tools have caught the eye of cybercriminals, who exploit them to...
Patch now! Roundcube mail servers are being actively exploited
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has added a vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch FCEB agencies need to remediate this vulnerability by...
Warzone RAT infrastructure seized
On February 9, 2024, the Justice Department announced that an international operation had seized internet domains that were selling information-stealing malware. Federal authorities in Boston seized www.warzone.ws and three related domains, which sold the Warzone RAT malware. The Warzone RAT...
Ransomware review: February 2024
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, "known attacks" are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...
If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix: Lock and Code S05E04
Today on the Lock and Code podcast… If your IT and security teams think malware is bad, wait until they learn about everything else. In 2024, the modern cyberattack is a segmented, prolonged, and professional effort, in which specialists create strictly financial alliances to plant malware on...
AI-generated voices in robocalls are illegal, rules FCC
The Federal Communications Commission FCC has announced that calls made with voices generated with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI will be considered “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act TCPA. Effective immediately, that makes robocalls that implement voice cloning...
A week in security (February 5 – February 11)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Ivanti urges customers to patch yet another critical vulnerability Ransomware in 2023 recap: 5 key takeaways FBI and CISA publish guide to Living off the Land techniques Warning from LastPass as fake app found on Apple App Store 2 million job seekers targeted by da...
Ivanti urges customers to patch yet another critical vulnerability
In a new blog post, Ivanti says that it has found another vulnerability and urges customers to “immediately take action to ensure you are fully protected”. This vulnerability only affects a limited number of supported versions–Ivanti Connect Secure version 9.1R14.4, 9.1R17.2, 9.1R18.3, 22.4R2.2 a...
Ransomware in 2023 recap: 5 key takeaways
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, “known attacks” are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...
FBI and CISA publish guide to Living off the Land techniques
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, National Security Agency NSA, Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and other authoring agencies have released a joint guidance about common living off the land LOTL techniques and common gaps in cyber defense capabilities. Living Off The...
Warning from LastPass as fake app found on Apple App Store
Password Manager LastPass has warned about a fraudulent app called “LassPass Password Manager” which it found on the Apple App Store. The app closely mimics the branding and appearance of LastPass, right down to the interface. So, even if the name was a “happy accident” it seems clear that this w...
2 million job seekers targeted by data thieves
A cybercriminal group known as ResumeLooters has infiltrated 65 job listing and retail websites, compromising the personal data of over two million job seekers. The group used SQL injection and cross-site scripting XSS attacks—both common techniques— to extract the sensitive information from the...
How to tell if your toothbrush is being used in a DDoS attack
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Facebook fatal accident scam still rages on
Recently I wrote about a malvertising campaign on Facebook that has been going on for almost a year. Apparently Facebook is struggling to stop this campaign, so now this type of campaign is showing up in other languages than English. I have seen two different types in German. First Facebook scam...
State of Malware 2024: What consumers need to know
Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. As home users, many of the threats we cover will only affect you second hand, such as disruptions after a company suffers a ransomware attack, or when your...
Known ransomware attacks up 68% in 2023
Today, Malwarebytes released its 2024 State of Malware report, detailing six cyberthreats that resource-constrained IT teams should pay attention to in 2024. Top of the list is "Big Game" ransomware, the most serious cyberthreat to businesses all around the world. Big game attacks extort vast...
Safer Internet Day, or why Brad Pitt needed an internet bodyguard
February 6, 2024 is Safer Internet Day. When I was asked to write about the topic, I misunderstood the question and heard: “can you cover save the internet” and we all agreed that it might be too late for that. While we laughed about it, it made me think. The internet has been around for quite so...
Clorox counts the cost of cyberattack
Cleaning products maker Clorox has reported losses of $49 million in connection to a cyberattack it suffered in August of last year. On Monday, August 14, 2023, Clorox disclosed it had identified unauthorized activity on some of its IT systems. Despite a business continuity plan, the incident...
A week in security (January 29 – February 4)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: CISA: Disconnect vulnerable Ivanti products TODAY FBI removes malware from hundreds of routers across the US "You have blood on your hands." Senate Committee calls for action by social media giants to protect children online Tax season is here, so are scammers Moth...
CISA: Disconnect vulnerable Ivanti products TODAY
In an emergency directive, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has ordered all federal agencies to disconnect all instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure solution products from agency networks no later than 11:59PM on Friday February 2, 2024. Besides the Ivanti...
FBI removes malware from hundreds of routers across the US
The FBI has used a court order to remove malware from hundreds of routers across the US, and alter the routers’ settings to prevent reinfection. The routers are malware-infected NetGear and Cisco small office/home office SOHO devices that no longer receive updates because they have reached their...
“You have blood on your hands.” Senate Committee calls for action by social media giants to protect children online
In an unusually emotional and unified setting, the Senate Judiciary Committee found common ground for the need to protect children online yesterday. On January 31, 2024, the CEOs of the most widely used social media platforms appeared before the Committee. Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Xs Linda...
Tax season is here, so are scammers
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the 2024 tax filing season has officially begun, with an expected 146 million individual tax returns to be filed. While it is costly and complex for the IRS to process so many digital and paper documents, it can also be a headache for many Americans...
Mother of all Breaches may contain NEW breach data
On January 23, 2024, we reported on the discovery of billions of exposed records online, now commonly referred to as the “mother of all breaches” MOAB. Since then, the source of the dataset has been identified as data breach search engine Leak-Lookup. Prevention platform SpyCloud compared the MOA...
Nitrogen shelling malware from hacked sites
Nitrogen is the name given to a campaign and associated malware that have been distributed via malicious search ads. Its signature move is using Python and DLL side-loading to connect to the attackers command and control server. In this blog post, we look at a recent Nitrogen campaign and...
Decline in robocalls is encouraging, efforts seem to be working
The Federal Communications Commission FCC has announced that its recent actions with the Federal Trade Commission FTC against international robocalls appear to have had an effect. Robocalls are automated phone calls, often associated with scams and unwanted solicitations, which can be a nuisance ...
ChatGPT accused of breaking data protection rules
Italys Data Protection Authority GPDP has uncovered data privacy violations related to collecting personal data and age protections after an inquiry into OpenAI’s ChatGPT. OpenAI has 30 days to respond with a defense. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence AI chatbot that can engage in conversatio...
Apple warns of “privacy and security threats” after EU requires it to allow sideloading
Despite several warnings about the risks, Apple will allow European iPhone owners to install apps obtained from outside the official App store sideloading. These drastic changes are brought about to comply with the European Union’s EU Digital Markets Act DMA. The Digital Markets Act DMA establish...
Deepfake Taylor Swift images circulate online, politicians call for laws to ban deepfake creation
Deepfake images of Taylor Swift have really made some serious waves. Explicit images of the popstar, generated by Artificial Intelligence AI were posted on social media and Telegram. The images were viewed millions of times. The impact of the deepfake was enormous. Social media platform X formerl...
In conversation: Bruce Schneier on AI-powered mass spying
For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier. Today, search engines collect our queries, browsers collect our device information, smartphones collect out locations...
Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying: Lock and Code S05E03
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligence will bring about an era of mass spying. That’s the latest prediction from noted cryptographer and computer security professional Bruce Schneier, who, in December, share...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise also searched by Cozy Bear
Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE has disclosed that the state-sponsored actor known as Cozy Bear aka Midnight Blizzard, gained unauthorized access to HPE’s cloud-based email environment. This news comes only days after Microsoft broke very similar news that it got hacked by this same state sponsore...
A week in security (January 22 – January 28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: 10 things to do to improve your online privacy Ring curtails law enforcement’s access to footage Malicious ads for restricted messaging applications target Chinese users Malwarebytes wins every MRG Effitas award for 2 years in a row AI likely to boost ransomware,...
10 things to do to improve your online privacy
1. Set up two-factor authentication Do this for as many of your online accounts as you can, especially the major ones like your email and social media accounts. Two-factor authentication 2FA adds an extra step of protection and makes it much harder for attackers to login as you. We recommend usin...
Ring curtails law enforcement’s access to footage
US law enforcement will no longer be able to request footage through the Neighbors app produced by Ring video doorbells and surveillance cameras. Until now Ring’s Request for Assistance RFA function allowed law enforcement to ask for and obtain user footage, but this function will be retired. Alo...
Malicious ads for restricted messaging applications target Chinese users
An ongoing campaign of malicious ads has been targeting Chinese-speaking users with lures for popular messaging applications such as Telegram or LINE with the intent of dropping malware. Interestingly, software like Telegram is heavily restricted and was previously banned in China. Many Google...
Malwarebytes wins every MRG Effitas award for 2 years in a row
ThreatDown Endpoint Protection EP achieved the highest possible score 100% and received certifications for Level 1, Exploit, Online Banking, and Ransomware in the most recent anti-malware efficacy assessment results for the Q3 2023 evaluation performed by MRG Effitas, a world leader in independen...
AI likely to boost ransomware, warns government body
The British National Cyber Security Centre NCSC says it expects Artificial Intelligence AI to heighten the global ransomware threat. In a report, the NCSC makes the assessment that AI will almost certainly increase the volume and heighten the impact of cyberattacks over the next two years. We’re...
Patch now! Fortra GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability exploit available
On January 22, 2024, software company Fortra warned customers about a new authentication bypass vulnerability impacting GoAnywhere MFT Managed File Transfer that allows an attacker to create a new admin user. Fortra GoAnywhere MFT is a file transfer solution that organizations use to exchange the...
2024 State of Ransomware in Education: 92% spike in K-12 attacks
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, “known attacks” are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. This provides the best overall picture of...
How to lock out your ex-partner from your smart home
Stalkers can use all kinds of apps, gadgets, devices, and phones to spy on their targets, which are often their ex-partners. Unfortunately, while they no doubt have many positive uses, smart home devices give stalkers an array of tools to keep an eye on their targets. If you are the partner that...
Update now! Apple releases patch for zero-day vulnerability
Apple has released new security updates for several products, including a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that could impact iPhones, iPad, Macs, and Apple TVs. Apple says it’s aware of a report that the bug may have been exploited already. Further details about the nature of the vulnerability...
“The mother of all breaches”: 26 billion records found online [Updated]
Security researchers have discovered billions of exposed records online, calling it the "mother of all breaches". However, the dataset doesnt seem to be from one single data breach, but more a compilation of multiple breaches. These sets are often created by data enrichment companies. Data...
Microsoft got hacked by state sponsored group it was investigating
In a spy-vs-spy type of scenario, Microsoft has acknowledged that a group called Midnight Blizzard also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, gained access to a Microsoft legacy non-production test tenant account. According to Microsoft, the group managed to access the account in November after subjecting...
Coldriver threat group targets high-ranking officials to obtain credentials
Researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group TAG have published their findings about a group they have dubbed Coldriver. The main targets of the Coldriver group are high-profile individuals in non-governmental organizations NGOs, former intelligence and military officials, and NATO governments...
A week in security (January 15 – January 21)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims Google changes wording for Incognito browsing in Chrome CISA urges urgent patching of two actively exploited Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities Cybersecurity spend to soar in 2024: How companie...
Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims
Nearly 16 months after Google announced a policy change to remove location data that could reveal users’ physical trips to abortion clinics and other potentially sensitive medical centers, a nonprofit has alleged in a new report that the company is failing to do just that. The findings, which wer...