A week in security (May 23 – 29)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 12:41:00 +0000

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• Update now! Nvidia released fixes for 10 flaws in Windows GPU drivers
• Chicago students lose data to ransomware attackers
• Hunting down your data with Whitney Merrill: Lock and Code S03E11
• Unknown APT group has targeted Russia repeatedly since Ukraine invasion
• Zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Android exploited by commercial spyware
• General Motors suffers credential stuffing attack
• Instagram verification services: what are the dangers?
• Update now! Multiple vulnerabilities patched in Google Chrome
• How the Saitama backdoor uses DNS tunnelling
• Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months
• Eerie GoodWill ransomware forces victims to publish videos of good deeds on social media
• If you get an email saying “Item stopped due to unpaid customs fee”, it’s a fake
• Watch out! Tinder and Grindr users targeted by cruel scammers using real abuse photos
• ChromeLoader targets Chrome Browser users with malicious ISO files
• Firefox, Thunderbird, receive patches for critical security issues
• Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing

Stay safe out there!

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