Critical WhatsApp vulnerabilities patched: Check you’ve updated!

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: CVE-2022-36934

Tags: CVE-2022-27492

Two RCE vulnerabilities were patched in WhatsApp. Both vulnerabilities were video related and could be used to compromise your device.

(Read more…)

The post Critical WhatsApp vulnerabilities patched: Check you’ve updated! appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax

Categories: News

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: Martinelli

Tags: hack

Tags: hoax

Tags: fake

Tags: facebook

We take a look at a persistent hacking hoax which has been bouncing around for a few years. Who, or what, is Martinelli?

(Read more…)

The post Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:35:28 +0000

U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.

Read more

WhatsApp warns users: Fake versions of WhatsApp are trying to steal your personal info

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:09:44 +0000

We take a look at warnings of malware-infested WhatsApp downloads offered outside of the Google Play store.

The post WhatsApp warns users: Fake versions of WhatsApp are trying to steal your personal info appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

A week in security (July 4 – July 10)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:55:23 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

The post A week in security (July 4 – July 10) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

Europe threatens to ban Facebook over data transfers to the US

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:36:30 +0000

The EU is warning Meta that it needs to make big changes to the way it handles data transfers between the Europe and US.

The post Europe threatens to ban Facebook over data transfers to the US appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more