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Apple patches the 17th zero-day in less than half a year. Get your update now! Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Tags: CVE-2021-30883 FORCEDENTRY IOMobileFrameBuffer iOS iPadOS kernel privileges Pegasus *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/exploits-and-vulnerabilities/2021/10/update-now-apple-patches-another-privilege-escalation-bug-in-ios-and-ipados/ ) )* The post Update now! Apple patches another privilege escalation bug in iOS and iPadOS appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

On Lock and Code this week, we discuss a United Arab Emirates surveillance campaign that, bizarrely, involves the CIO at ExpressVPN. Categories: Podcast Tags: Daniel Gericke DREAD ExpressVPN government surveillance Karma lock and code National Security Agency NSA podcast Project Raven surveillance United Arab Emirates *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/podcast/2021/10/expressvpn-made-a-choice-and-so-did-i-lock-and-code-s02e19/ ) )* The post ExpressVPN made a choice, and so did I: Lock and Code S02E19 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Companies have been regularly phishing their employees for years, but not many employees are coming out more aware and careful of what they click. We have the reasons why. Categories: How-tos Tags: employee phishing national cybersecurity awareness month NCSAM phishing William Tsing *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/101/how-tos/2021/10/the-joy-of-phishing-your-employees/ ) )* The post The joy of phishing your employees appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Our Apple expert Thomas Reed went to the Objective by the Sea security conference. Here's what he learned about macOS attacks. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: Apple macOS Objective by the Sea *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/10/inside-apple-how-macos-attacks-are-evolving/ ) )* The post Inside Apple: How macOS attacks are evolving appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Google has talked about blocking a FancyBear/APT28 themed targeted phish campaign. We look at what it's doing to keep users safe. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: APT28 attack fancybear gmail Google government nation state phish targeted *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/10/google-warns-some-users-that-fancybears-been-prowling-around/ ) )* The post Google warns some users that FancyBear’s been prowling around appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

A roundup of the week's security news and related happenings, for the week of October 4 - October 10. Categories: Malwarebytes news Tags: 5G Android android malware Apache. firefox mozilla National Cybersecuirty Awareness month Neiman Marcus Operation GhostShell ransomware Syniverse twitch *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2021/10/a-week-in-security-oct-4-oct-10-2021/ ) )* The post A week in security (Oct 4 – Oct 10) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Firefox Suggest will now deliver sponsored content "suggestions" when users type into the URL address and search bar. Categories: Privacy Tags: Brave firefox mozilla safari third-party cookies third-party tracking *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2021/10/firefox-reveals-sponsored-ad-suggestions-in-search-and-address-bar/ ) )* The post Firefox reveals sponsored ad “suggestions” in search and address bar appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

After 29 years of support-by-default, Microsoft is disabling a macro language that almost nobody uses, apart from malware writers. Categories: Reports Tags: 4.0 backward compatibility excel macro microsoft VBA xlm *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/reports/2021/10/at-long-last-microsoft-is-disabling-excel-4-0-macros-by-default/ ) )* The post At long last, Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0 macros by default appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Malwarebytes cybersecurity training expert Kelsey Prichard talks about how she develops smart, engaging trainings in this Q&A. Categories: Awareness Tags: Be Cyber Smart cisa cybersecurity training Malwarebytes national cybersecurity awareness month NCSAM security training sticky cybersecurity training *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/awareness/2021/10/making-better-cybersecurity-training-qa-with-malwarebytes-expert-kelsey-prichard/ ) )* The post Making better cybersecurity training: Q&A with Malwarebytes expert Kelsey Prichard appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

We look at some Discord scams doing the rounds, and also provide some tips to help you avoid losing your account. Categories: Scams Tags: discord fake nitro phish phisher phishing scam *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/scams/2021/10/discord-scammers-lure-victims-with-promise-of-free-nitro-subscriptions/ ) )* The post Discord scammers lure victims with promise of free Nitro subscriptions appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.