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Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chrome zero-day Tags: CVE-2023-2033 Tags: V8 flaw Tags: V8 Google has released an updated version of Chrome to address a zero-day flaw that is being exploited in the wild. (Read more...) The post Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited flaw appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Scams Tags: Airbnb Tags: TikTok Tags: @livvoogus Tags: Olivia Tags: Mr. Tyler A superhost scammed a woman out of a thousand dollars. She didn't take it lying down. (Read more...) The post Woman tracks down and turns table on Airbnb scammer appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: chrome Tags: browser Tags: update Tags: fake Tags: malware Tags: monero Tags: miner Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: rogue Tags: hacked Tags: compromised Tags: site Tags: website We take a look at a slew of hacked websites pushing fake Chrome updates which are Monero miner malware in disguise. (Read more...) The post Fake Chrome updates spread malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Lock and Code S04E09 Tags: Bennett Cyphers Tags: Apple vulnerability Tags: phone charging station Tags: FBI Tags: Yum! Brands Tags: KFC Tags: Pizza Hut Tags: Patch Tuesday Tags: sextortion Tags: malvertising Tags: Weebly Tags: AI Tags: virtual kidnapping Tags: ransomware review Tags: ransomware in the UK Tags: ransomware in France The most interesting security related news from the week of April 10 - 16. (Read more...) The post A week in security (April 10 - 16) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Business Prevent port scanning attacks with Malwarebytes for Business. (Read more...) The post Port scan attacks: Protecting your business from RDP attacks and Mirai botnets appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: kidnap Tags: scam Tags: virtual Tags: AI Tags: voice Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: hoax Tags: kidnapping We take a look at claims that AI is now being used for a notorious form of kidnapping hoax. (Read more...) The post Is AI being used for virtual kidnapping scams? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Threat Intelligence Tags: malvertising Tags: weebly Tags: google Tags: ads Tags: seniors Tags: recipe Tags: tech support Tags: scam Scammers are buying ads on for the most common Google searches made by seniors and defrauding them with tech support scams. (Read more...) The post Massive malvertising campaign targets seniors via fake Weebly sites appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: WhatsApp Tags: security features Tags: Account Protect Tags: Device Verification Tags: Key Transparency Tags: Auditable Key Directory WhatsApp has announced several new security features, including one that makes it a lot easier for you to verify the contact you are communicating with. (Read more...) The post WhatsApp introduces new security features appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence Cl0p was the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner LockBit, after breaching over 104 organizations with a zero-day vulnerability. (Read more...) The post Ransomware review: April 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Ransomware Categories: Threat Intelligence In the last 12 months France was one of the most attacked countries in the world, and a favourite target of LockBit, the world's most dangerous ransomware. (Read more...) The post Ransomware in France, April 2022–March 2023 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.