Tag: malware
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Cyber Gangs: Who Are They in 2021 and What Do They Want?
Cyber crime gangs are working for years, but lately, theyrsquo;t altered tactics. Theyrsquo;ve adopted new technology, exploited fresh opportunities, delivered fresh payloads and sought out new goals. Their objective is to maximize the amount of money that they can collect through cyber crime. Gangs, for example Cosmic Lynx, Exaggerated Lion, Fin7 and Florentine Banker, are…
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Decrypted: Tesla’s ransomware near miss, Palantir’s S-1 risk factors
Another busy week in cybersecurity. In case you missed this A popular messaging app used by more than a million protesters has many key security flaws; a little-known loophole has let the DMV market driver’s licenses and Social Security records to private investigators; and the U.S. government is wanting to recover over $2.5 million in…
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A week in security (August 17 – 23)
Last week at Malwarebytes Labswe looked in the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare cybersecurity, dug to a pandemic stats in terms of the way workforces coped with going remote, and served a crash course on malware detection. Our latest Lock and Code podcast researched the safety of parental monitoring apps. Additional cybersecurity news Under lock…
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A week in security (March 2 – 8)
Last week at Malwarebytes Labs, we ended part 1 of our series on kid custody , requested how law enforcement can manage cybercriminals, also took a trip down the memory lane of ethical panic. We also looked at the positives and pitfalls of VPNs and analyzed our own progress in the fight against stalkerware, spyware,…
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Daily News Roundup: Malware in Your Pirated Software
Researchers in ESET and Malwarebytes have found crypto mining malware hidden in music generation program. The program loads the malware within an emulated copy of Linux and can infect Windows, Linux, and even MacOS. Downloading software is generally a bad thing to do. Not only does it deprive developers of earnings for their work, but…