A list of topics we covered in the week of October 16 to October 22 of 2023
Month: October 2023
The hot topics from Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security
IT-SA Expo & Congress claims to be Europe’s largest trade fair for IT security. And it really covers a wide range of…
Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website
Threat actors are known for impersonating popular brands in order to trick users. In a recent malvertising campaign, we observed a malicious…
3 crucial security steps people should do, but don’t
Cybersecurity could be as easy as 1-2-3. The problem, though, is that people have to want it. In new research conducted…
Customer data stolen from gaming cloud host Shadow
Cloud infrastructure provider Shadow has warned of the data theft of over 500,000 customers. The customers were informed by a breach notification…
A week in security (October 9 – October 15)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe! Malwarebytes EDR and MDR removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting…
Explained: Quishing
Quishing is the contraction used by some security vendors for QR code based phishing. Since QR (Quick Response) codes are basically two-dimensional barcodes that…
Stalkerware activity drops as glaring spying problem is revealed
North America has a spying problem. Its perpetrators are everyday people. According to recent research from Malwarebytes, 62 percent of people in…
23andMe user data stolen, offered for sale
Information belonging to as many as seven million 23andMe customers has been put up for sale on criminal forums following a…
AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online: Lock and Code S04E21
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… What are you most worried about online? And what are you doing to…