The Interim City Administrator of the City of Oakland declared a state of emergency.after a ransomware attack crippled the city’s services a week ago

We have recently written about malvertising campaigns that leverage Google paid advertisements to try and trick people into downloading malware instead of the software they were looking for. This malware then stole login credentials from the affected system.

Find out why one of our Android experts has been obsessing over a little black box from Amazon.

Apple has announced three new security features that will help protect logins, iMessage conversations, and data snyced by iCloud.

A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. In total, four apps are listed, and together they have amassed at least one million downloads. Older versions of these apps have been detected in the past as different variants of Android/Trojan.HiddenAds. Yet, the developer is still on Google Play dispensing its latest HiddenAds malware.

Dormant Colors, a browser extension campaign, was spotted stealing browser data and hijacking search results and affiliation to thousands of sites.

Ransomware attacks are becoming more frequent and costlier—breaches caused by ransomware grew 41 percent in the last year, the average cost of a destructive attack rising to $5.12 milllion. What’s more, a good chunk of the cyber criminals doing these attacks operate on a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model.

We uncovered a campaign on the Microsoft Edge home page where malicious ads are luring victims into tech support scams.

A group of security researchers found a series of vulnerabilities in the software underlying popular apps like Discord, Microsoft Teams, Spotify and many others

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new Remote Access Trojan that we dubbed Woody Rat used to target Russian entities.

Scammers go mainstream by hijacking top Google searches and replacing them with malicious ads.

We take a look at reports that verified Twitter accounts are being targeted by scammers with claims of hate speech.

LockBit remained the most active threat in June, and “the costliest strain of ransomware ever documented” went dark while others surged.

Threat actors associated with Russian intelligence are using the fear or nuclear war to spread data-stealing malware in Ukraine.

Earlier this year Malwarebytes released its 2022 Threat Review, a review of the most important threats and cybersecurity trends of 2021, and what they could mean for 2022. Among other things it covers the year’s alarming rebound in malware detections, and a significant shift in the balance of email threats.

German ISPs are working on the introduction of TrustPid. A supercookie that is intended to replace tracking cookies.

Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.

The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new Remote Access Trojan that we dubbed Woody Rat used to target Russian entities.

Scammers go mainstream by hijacking top Google searches and replacing them with malicious ads.

We take a look at reports that verified Twitter accounts are being targeted by scammers with claims of hate speech.

LockBit remained the most active threat in June, and “the costliest strain of ransomware ever documented” went dark while others surged.

Threat actors associated with Russian intelligence are using the fear or nuclear war to spread data-stealing malware in Ukraine.

Earlier this year Malwarebytes released its 2022 Threat Review, a review of the most important threats and cybersecurity trends of 2021, and what they could mean for 2022. Among other things it covers the year’s alarming rebound in malware detections, and a significant shift in the balance of email threats.

German ISPs are working on the introduction of TrustPid. A supercookie that is intended to replace tracking cookies.

Twitter is changing its 2FA service provider after allegations emerged that it sold access to its networks to surveillance companies.