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Categories: News Tags: Erik McCauley Tags: SweetWizard Tags: law enforcement app Tags: ODIN Intelligence Tags: Wired SweepWizard, an app designed to assist law enforcement is causing a bit of trouble, was found inadvertently leaking sweeping data for years. (Read more...) The post Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chromium Tags: Rust Tags: memory safety Tags: rule of two Google has announced that it will support the use of third-party Rust libraries in Chromium which is a step forward in memory safety for the browsers. (Read more...) The post Google to support the use of Rust in Chromium appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: AWIS Tags: weekly blog roundup Tags: week in security Tags: Slack Tags: GitHub Tags: Magecart Tags: Microsoft Tags: Pokemon NFT Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Snapchat Tags: TikTok Tags: YouTube Tags: Google Tags: Meta Tags: identity theft Tags: Maternal and Family Health Services Tags: 2023 predictions Tags: Royal Mail Tags: K-12 security Tags: K-12 Tags: WhatsApp Tags: NSO Group Tags: Department of Interior Tags: weak passwords Tags: Vice Society Tags: ransomware. Vice Society ransomware The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15. (Read more...) The post A week in security (January 9—15) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Lorenz Tags: ransomware Tags: CVE-2022-29499 Tags: Mitel Tags: backdoor Tags: web shell A recent case-study showed once again that timely patching is important, but it's not a silver bullet for stopping ransomware. (Read more...) The post Timely patching is good, but sometimes it's not enough appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: high society Tags: compromise Tags: school Tags: schools Tags: learning Tags: documents Tags: data Tags: leak We take a look at reports of 14 schools being compromised by ransomware group Vice Society. (Read more...) The post Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: US department of the interior Tags: password Tags: hashes Tags: cracking Tags: requirements Tags: MFA A recent audit cracked 21 percent of the department's passwords. (Read more...) The post US Department of the Interior's passwords "easily cracked" appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Personal The Internet is kind of like the Wild West when it comes to threats to our privacy and security. But Malwarebytes can help you become the sheriff of your own digital frontier. (Read more...) The post 3 ways Malwarebytes helps you browse securely and privately online appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Pegasus Tags: spyware Tags: Pegasus spyware Tags: NSO Group Tags: NSO Tags: Apple Tags: WhatsApp Tags: Meta Tags: Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act The US Supreme Court essentially gave Meta’s WhatsApp the go ahead to pursue their case against Pegasus’s NSO Group. (Read more...) The post WhatsApp lawsuit against NSO Group greenlit by Supreme Court appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: patch Tuesday Tags: CVE-2023-21674 Tags: APLC Tags: CVE-2023-21743 Tags: Sharepoint Tags: CVE-2023-21563 Tags: BitLocker The second Tuesday of the year brings us many updates, including one for an actively exploited vulnerability that could lead to elevation of privileges (Read more...) The post Update now! Patch Tuesday January 2023 includes one actively exploited vulnerability appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: royal mail Tags: cyber attack Tags: post Tags: disruption We take a look at reports that Royal Mail is experiencing severe issues due to an unnamed cyberattack. (Read more...) The post Cyberattack halts Royal Mail's overseas post appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.