Category: MalwareBytes

Tech Support Scam callcenter
20
Nov
2024

“Sad announcement” email leads to tech support scam

Tech support scammers are again stooping low with their email campaigns. This particular one hints that one of your contacts…

patched Apple
20
Nov
2024

Update now! Apple confirms vulnerabilities are already being exploited

Apple has released security patches for most of its operating systems, including iOS, Mac, iPadOS, Safari, and visionOS. The updates…

Granny Daisy
20
Nov
2024

AI Granny Daisy takes up scammers’ time so they can’t bother you

A mobile network operator has called in the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the battle against phone scammers. Virgin…

EditProAI website
19
Nov
2024

Free AI editor lures in victims, installs information stealer instead on Windows and Mac

A large social media campaign was launched to promote a free Artificial Intelligence (AI) video editor. If the “free” part…

An older man with white hair is sat before his laptop, outside, showing distrust at what he sees.
19
Nov
2024

AI is everywhere, and Boomers don’t trust it 

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, and Meta AI represent a stronger threat to data privacy than the…

The Lock and Code logo, which includes the Malwarebytes Labs insignia ensconced in a pair of headphones
18
Nov
2024

An air fryer, a ring, and a vacuum get brought into a home. What they take out is your data (Lock and Code S05E24)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The month, a consumer rights group out of the UK posed a…

QuickBooks popup scam still being delivered via Google ads
18
Nov
2024

QuickBooks popup scam still being delivered via Google ads

Accounting software QuickBooks, by Intuit, is a popular target for India-based scammers, only rivaled for top spot by the classic…

week in security
18
Nov
2024

A week in security (November 11 – November 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and…

Game Over QR codes
15
Nov
2024

Malicious QR codes sent in the mail deliver malware

Physical letters that contain a QR code to trick people into downloading malware are being sent through the mail, according…

DemandScience logo
15
Nov
2024

122 million people’s business contact info leaked by data broker

A data broker has confirmed a business contact information database containing 132.8 million records has been leaked online. In February,…

man and woman sharing a Mac
14
Nov
2024

Advertisers are pushing ad and pop-up blockers using old tricks

Despite the countermeasures some services are taking against well-known ad blockers, lots of people now use one. This is no…

Scammer robs homebuyers of life savings in $20 million theft spree
14
Nov
2024

Scammer robs homebuyers of life savings in $20 million theft spree

A 33-year-old Nigerian man living in the UK and his co-conspirators defrauded over 400 would-be home buyers in the US….