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Categories: Personal Because backups are the dental floss of cybersecurity—the thing that everyone knows they should do, that everyone intends to do, that nobody actually does. (Read more...) The post 3 tips to raise your backup game appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: EE Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: mail Tags: email Tags: fraud Tags: bank details We take a look at a phish targeting users of the EE mobile network. (Read more...) The post Steer clear of this EE phish that wants your card details appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: macOS Tags: iOS Tags: iPadOS Tags: watchOS Tags: tvOS Tags: Studio Display Tags: CVE-2023-23529 Tags: type confusion Tags: emoji Apple has released security updates and new features for several of its products, including a fix for an actively exploited vulnerability. (Read more...) The post Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: bing Tags: microsoft Tags: azure Tags: takeover Tags: search Tags: results Tags: access We take a look at the BingBang flaw which allowed for search engine manipulation in Bing. (Read more...) The post "BingBang" flaw enabled altering of Bing search results, account takeover appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: 3CX Tags: supply-chain Tags: sideload Researchers have found that the 3CX desktop app may be compromised and used in supply chain attacks. (Read more...) The post 3CX desktop app used in a supply chain attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: ultrasound Tags: NUIT Tags: speakers Tags: microphone Tags: device Tags: IoT Tags: assistant Tags: alexa Tags: siri Tags: google Tags: silent We take a look at research for an IoT attack called NUIT, capable of hijacking voice assistants via ultrasonic attack. (Read more...) The post Smart home assistants at risk from "NUIT" ultrasound attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Instagram scam Tags: Instascammer Tags: ban-as-a-service Tags: BaaS Tags: takedown-for-hire Tags: OBN Brandon Tags: obnbrandon Tags: OBN A fraudster going by OBN Brandon has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again. (Read more...) The post "Log-out king" Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

We asked ChatGPT to help us write some ransomware. It threw aside its safeguards and wrote some terrible code. (Read more...) The post ChatGPT happy to write ransomware, just really bad at it appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: NCA Tags: national crime agency Tags: DDoS Tags: distributed denial of service Tags: booter Tags: underground The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online. (Read more...) The post Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: ChatGPT Tags: large language models Tags: LLMs Tags: jailbreak Tags: restrictions Tags: impersonating Tags: misinformation Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work (Read more...) The post ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement, says Europol report appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.