The 16 hospitals struck down by ransomware last week are still dealing with the fallout from the attack. The healthcare facilities…
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Leaked Babuk ransomware builder code lives on as RA Group
The bones of long gone ransomware group Babuk continue to rattle in the breeze, in the form of reused code. Researchers…
Recovery scammers target existing scam victims for second round
These days, it pays to be on your guard for something referred to as a recovery scam. This is an increasingly…
Credential stuffers take aim at Final Fantasy XIV players
Square Enix, the company behind video games like Final Fantasy XIV, reports that a third party is attempting to gain access…
Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles
One of the biggest wrestling stars around, Mick Foley, had his Twitter account hijacked in an attempt to legitimize a very…
REvil ransomware’s calling, and it’s not good news
The REvil ransomware (AKA Sodinokibi, which operates as a Ransomware as a Service) is adopting some outreach techniques after initial compromise,…
Website misconfigurations and other errors to avoid
Website owners, listen up: There are lots of things you shouldn’t do with your site, and many more you should avoid…
A week in security (November 12 – 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we found out that TrickBot became a top business threat, so we took a deeper look…
Fireball Chinese malware and you
By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The…
Hosts file hijacks
In an earlier blog post about DNS hijacks, we briefly touched on the hosts file. The hosts file is like your…