A week in security (February 6 – 12)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi On the 20th Safer…
Malwarebytes recognized as endpoint security leader by G2
G2 has released their Winter 2023 reports, ranking Malwarebytes as the leader across a number of endpoint protection categories. Based…
KillNet hits healthcare sector with DDoS attacks
At the end of January, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned that the KillNet group is actively targeting the…
Reddit breached, here’s what you need to know
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Reddit reported that it had experienced a security incident as a result of an employee…
Beware fake Facebook emails saying “your page has been disabled”
Facebook users need to be on their guard for bogus emails claiming to be from Facebook, that tell users their…
$800,000 recovered from Business Email Compromise attack
We continue to see the damaging repercussions of business email compromise (BEC) impacting organisations across the US and elsewhere. The…
Introducing Malwarebytes Application Block: How to block unauthorized software from executing on Windows endpoints
Malwarebytes is excited to announce Application Block, a new module for Nebula and OneView for MSPs which helps organizations easily…
Ryuk ransomware laundering leads to guilty plea
Ryuk, a mainstay of the ransomware scene for some years until it transformed into Conti (and then split off into…
Ransomware review: February 2023
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity…
Update now! GoAnywhere MFT zero-day patched
An emergency patch (7.1.2) has been released for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability found in the GoAnywhere MFT administrator console.…