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Categories: News Tags: ryuk Tags: ransomware Tags: guilty Tags: encrypt Tags: ransom Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: bitcoin We take a look at a guilty plea made in relation to Ryuk ransomware proceeds, and how you can best protect yourself from the threat of ransomware. (Read more...) The post Ryuk ransomware laundering leads to guilty plea appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence Our Threat Intelligence team looks at known ransomware attacks by gang, country, and industry sector in January 2023, and looks at LockBit's newest encryptor. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: February 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: GoAnywhere MFT Tags: managed file transfer Tags: Kevin Beaumont Tags: Brian Krebs Tags: emergency patch 7.1.2 Tags: Fortra Tags: Cobalt Strike Tags: Florian Hauser Tags: Code White A bug in GoAnywhere, a B2B management file transfer software, could lead to a serious supply chain attack if left unpatched. Update now! (Read more...) The post Update now! GoAnywhere MFT zero-day patched appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Exclu Tags: end-to-end encryption Tags: messaging Tags: encrypted Law enforcement eavesdropped on encrypted messaging service Exclu for five months before pulling the plug on it. (Read more...) The post Encrypted messaging service eavesdropped on by police, users arrested appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: stalkerware Tags: mobile Tags: device Tags: NYAG Tags: monitoring Tags: New York Tags: app Tags: developer We take a look at news that the NYAG has penalised developers of stalkerware-type apps, and the ramifications for those developers further down the line. (Read more...) The post Stalkerware-type app developers fined by NY Attorney General appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: LockBit Tags: ransomware Tags: LockBit ransomware group Tags: FBI Tags: Todd Conklin Tags: Financial Conduct Authority Tags: FCA Tags: Tags: Prudential Regulation Authority Tags: PRA Tags: Tom Kellermann Tags: Joseph Schifano Pernicious ransomware group, LockBit, is making headlines again. Less than a month after attacking HACLA, it hit the derivatives trading division of ION Group, a financial software company. (Read more...) The post ION starts bringing customers back online after LockBit ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Business See how our new offering Malwarebytes Security for Business helps you crush mobile malware and phishing attacks. (Read more...) The post Introducing Malwarebytes Mobile Security for Business: How to find malware and stop phishing attacks on smartphones and ChromeOS appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Tallahassee Memorial Tags: TMH Tags: Mark O’Bryant Tags: Max Henderson Tags: Atlantic General Hospital Tags: ransomware Tags: healthcare ransomware attack Tallahassee Memorial in Florida has reportedly been hit by a ransomware attack. (Read more...) The post Florida hospital takes entire IT systems offline after 'ransomware attack' appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: safer internet day Tags: SID Tags: 2004 Tags: 2005 Tags: 20th anniversary Tags: security Tags: windows Tags: XP Tags: XPSP2 Tags: 20 minutes Come with us on a journey down memory lane. (Read more...) The post On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: VMware Tags: ESXi Tags: Nevada Tags: ransomware Tags: Linux Tags: CVE-2021-21974 Over the weekend, several CERTs warned about ongoing ransomware attacks against unpatched VMware ESXi virtual machines. (Read more...) The post Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.