Black Friday 2020 promises to be somewhat different from years gone by thanks to COVID-19. The annual surge of in-store chaos and trolley dashes isn’t compatible with social distancing, and so retailers will be looking to drive shoppers online. Friday 27th November is when things kick off this year, and yet some aspects will be radically different. If you intend to go to physical stores, then … [Read more...]
November 20, 2020
November 9, 2020
Lock and Code S1Ep19: Forecasting IoT cybersecurity with John Donovan and Adam Kujawa
This week on Lock and Code, we offer something special for listeners—a backstage pass to a cybersecurity training that we held for employees during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which ended in October. The topic? The future of cybersecurity for the Internet of Things. Our guests, Chief Information Security Officer John Donovan and Security Evangelist and a Director for Malwarebytes Labs … [Read more...]
August 14, 2020
Explosive technology and 3D printers: a history of deadly devices
Hackers: They’ll turn your computer into a BOMB! “Hackers turning computers into bombs” is a now legendary headline, taken from the Weekly World News. It has rather set the bar for “people will murder you with computers” anxiety. Even those familiar with the headline may not have dug into the story too much on account of how silly it sounds, but it’s absolutely well … [Read more...]
August 11, 2020
The skinny on the Instacart breach
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected many facets of our lives—from how we visit our families, socialize with friends, meet with colleagues, to how we should be conducting ourselves outside of our homes. Ideally, a few meters apart from everyone else and with a mask on. These—on top of imposed lockdowns—have pushed most people to stay indoors, pushing them to do almost everything they want to do … [Read more...]
July 22, 2020
EncroChat system eavesdropped on by law enforcement
Due to the level of sophistication of the attack, and the malware code, we can no longer guarantee the security of your device. This text caused a lot of aggravation, worries, and sleepless nights. No one wants to hear the security of their device has been compromised by a malware attack. The good news is that the actual victims of this malware attack were almost exclusively criminals. The bad … [Read more...]
June 3, 2020
A brief history of video game saves and data modification
Games consoles and handhelds have always been an interesting battleground for hacking activities. The homebrew scene for using hardware in interesting ways has a long and varied history, especially where porting games to run on different platforms is concerned. Tampering with games while playing them to gain a distinct advantage has always been frowned upon by the majority of players and … [Read more...]
May 26, 2020
Lock and Code S1Ep7: Sounding the trumpet on web browser privacy with Pieter Arntz
This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Pieter Arntz, malware intelligence researcher at Malwarebytes, about web browser privacy—an often neglected subcategory of data privacy. Without the proper restrictions, browsers can allow web trackers to follow you around the Internet, resulting in … [Read more...]
May 14, 2020
Sodinokibi drops greatest hits collection, and crime is the secret ingredient
When a group of celebrities ask to speak with their lawyer, they usually don’t have to call in a bunch of other people to go speak with their lawyer. However, in this case it may well be a thing a little down the line. A huge array of musicians including Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Run DMC and many more have had documents galore pilfered by the Sodinokibi gang.Around 756GB of files … [Read more...]
March 25, 2020
Criminals hack Tupperware website with credit card skimmer
On March 20, Malwarebytes identified a targeted cyberattack against household brand Tupperware and its associated websites that is still active today. We attempted to alert Tupperware immediately after our discovery, but none of our calls or emails were answered. Threat actors compromised the official tupperware[.]com site—which averages close to 1 million monthly visits—as well as a few of its … [Read more...]
March 5, 2020
Technology and the power of moral panic
Moral panic is a fascinating topic, and often finds itself tied up in the cutting edge-technology of the times once it works its way into the hands of younger generations. Music, games, movies—pretty much anything you can think of is liable to gatecrash the “won’t somebody think of the children?” party no matter how well-meaning or patently silly it is. Last month, a poster was making the rounds … [Read more...]
