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Categories: News Categories: Ransomware The US is pushing member countries of the Counter Ransomware Initiative to stop paying ransoms to cybercriminals. (Read more...) The post The US wants governments to commit to not paying ransoms appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: malvertising Tags: ads Tags: notepad Tags: hta Tags: malware Tags: google A sophisticated threat actor has been using Google ads to deliver custom malware payloads to victims for months while flying under the radar. (Read more...) The post The forgotten malvertising campaign appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Personal Tags: Shadow PC Tags: data breach Tags: Cloud service provider Shadow has notified customers about a data breach affecting over 500,000 users. (Read more...) The post Customer data stolen from gaming cloud host Shadow appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News A list of topics we covered in the week of October 9 to October 15 of 2023 (Read more...) The post A week in security (October 9 - October 15) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Explained Categories: News Tags: quishing Tags: qr code Tags: phishing We explain what quishing is and provide information about some current quishing campaigns. (Read more...) The post Explained: Quishing appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed that it has been tracking the active exploitation of a vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence software since September 14, 2023. (Read more...) The post Update now! Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is being actively exploited appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), has confirmed that it was unprotected by antivirus software when it was attacked by the Medusa ransomware group in September. (Read more...) The post Giant health insurer struck by ransomware didn't have antivirus protection appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Threat Intelligence In September, two high-profile casino breaches taught us about the nuances of the RaaS affiliate landscape, the asymmetric dangers of phishing, and of two starkly different approaches to ransomware negotiation. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: October 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: stalkerware Tags: tracking Tags: intimate partner tracking Tags: spying Tags: stalkerware-type Tags: stalkerware-type app Tags: monitoring app Tags: monitoring Tags: Everyone's afraid of the internet Tags: privacy Tags: parenthood North America has a spying problem. Its perpetrators are everyday people. (Read more...) The post Stalkerware activity drops as glaring spying problem is revealed appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: CISA Tags: KEV Tags: catalog Tags: vulnerabilities Tags: prioritize The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog has grown to cover more than 1,000 vulnerabilities since its launch in November 2021. (Read more...) The post CISA catalog passes 1,000 known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities. Celebration time, or is it? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.