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Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence In the last 12 months, the UK has been second only to the USA in terms of ransomware attacks, and its education sector has been subjected to a feeding frenzy by Vice Society. (Read more...) The post Ransomware in the UK: April 2022–March 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: The Habit Burger Grill Tags: KFC Tags: Pizza Hut Tags: Yum! Brands Tags: ransomware Yum! Brands, owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and other fast food chains, was breached in January. It recently found employee data has been compromised. (Read more...) The post KFC, Pizza Hut owner employee data stolen in ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Awareness Categories: News Tags: FBI Tags: juice jacking Tags: public chargers The FBI warned consumers against using free public charging stations, stating that criminals have managed to hijack public chargers to infect devices with malware. (Read more...) The post Don't plug your phone into a free charging station, warns FBI appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: iOS 16.4.1 Tags: iPadOS 16.4.1 Tags: macOS 13.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-28206 Tags: CVE-2023-28205 Tags: use-after-free Tags: out-of-bounds write Tags: IOSurfaceAccelerator Apple has released iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, respectively, and our advice is to install them as soon as possible. (Read more...) The post Apple releases emergency updates for two known-to-be-exploited vulnerabilities appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: TikTok Tags: Super FabriXss Tags: Twitter Tags: macOS malware Tags: ransomware Tags: 2023 State of Malware Tags: Western Digital Tags: Android Tags: endpoint security Tags: ChatGPT Tags: K-12 Tags: IoT Tags: Facebook Tags: targeted advertising Tags: Google Tags: data theft Tags: e-file Tags: tax Tags: Uber breach The most interesting security related news from the week of April 3 - 9. (Read more...) The post A week in security (April 3 - 9) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Podcast This week on Lock and Code, we speak with Bennett Cyphers about one largely unknown company's efforts to package and sell Americans' location data almost exclusively to cops. (Read more...) The post How the cops buy a "God view" of your location data, with Bennett Cyphers: Lock and Code S04E09 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Uber breach Tags: Genova Burns Tags: The Register For the third time in the last six months, internal Uber data has been compromised. This latest incident is the result of a supply chain attack. (Read more...) The post Uber data theft: Driver info stolen after law firm breached appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: tax scams Tags: efile.com Tags: US tax 2023 Tags: backdoor Tags: Trojan Tags: Johannes Ullrich Tags: MalwareHunterTeam Tags: /u/SaltyPotter Tags: fake network error notification Cybercriminals have compromised eFile.com to host malicious code that allows for the download of Trojans. (Read more...) The post Visitors of tax return e-file service may have downloaded malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: android Tags: mobile Tags: play Tags: app store Tags: app Tags: application Tags: data Tags: collection Tags: account Tags: user Tags: delete Tags: deletion We take a look at proposals from Google to make it easier for app users to request data and account deletion from mobile developers. (Read more...) The post Google aims to reduce data theft with app data and account deletions appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Privacy Privacy watchdog noyb has built a tool for EU users to make it easier to opt out of Meta's targeted advertising. (Read more...) The post New tool allows you to opt out of Facebook's targeted advertising appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.