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Categories: A week in security Categories: News The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. (Read more...) The post A week in security (August 15 - August 21) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: News Tags: Microsoft Tags: USB stick Tags: tech support scam Tags: scammers Tags: Office 365 Tags: fake Tags: phone call We take a look at a Microsoft warning related to tech support scammers sending out bogus USB sticks in the mail. (Read more...) The post Tech support scammers target Microsoft users with fake Office 365 USB sticks appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Explained Categories: News Tags: Steganography Tags: encryption Tags: least significant bits Tags: rgb Tags: masking Tags: palette-based Tags: lossy Tags: compression Tags: cropping Steganography is the prime example of hiding something in plain sight. We look at the basics, some methods, and the hurdles of hiding messages in images. (Read more...) The post Explained: Steganography appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Krause Tags: inappbrowser.com Tags: Meta Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: TikTok A developer and privacy expert created a platform that allows iOS users to see injected JavaScript in their in-app browsers (Read more...) The post Spying on the spies. See what JavaScript commands get injected by in-app browsers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Threat Intelligence High detections of hacking tools for the Business Services industry shows that attackers likely sought to infect businesses and install backdoors for future access to their customers. (Read more...) The post Business Services industry targeted across the country for backdoor access appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Threat Intelligence In the first quarter of 2021, the US public sector dealt with heavy-hitting breaches against local, federal, and state government networks. (Read more...) The post Attackers waited until holidays to hit US government appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Business According to Verizon, 82 percent of data breaches in 2021 involved the human element—with phishing attacks making up over 60 percent of these. But Malwarebytes DNS filtering can help you prevent a large swath of phishing attacks. (Read more...) The post How IT teams can prevent phishing attacks with Malwarebytes DNS filtering appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Business Tags: Janet Jackson Tags: music Tags: rhythm nation Tags: song Tags: video Tags: resonant frequency Tags: hard drive We take a look at news of the Janet Jackson smash Rhythm Nation causing bizarre issues for certain older hard drive models. (Read more...) The post Bad rhythm: Janet Jackson song resonates poorly with some old hard drives appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: macOS Tags: iOS Tags: CVE-2022-32894 Tags: CVE-2022-32893 Tags: kernel privileges Tags: WebKit Tags: actively exploited Tags: watering hole Tags: exploit kit Apple has released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities previously exploited by attackers to hack iPhones, iPads, or Macs. (Read more...) The post Urgent update for macOS and iOS! Two actively exploited zero-days fixed appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Business Tags: game Tags: video game Tags: trading Tags: skins Tags: CS: GO Tags: compromised Tags: website Tags: steam We take a look at reports of a huge raid on a popular video game skin trading site. (Read more...) The post $6 million heist targets video game skin trading site appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.