Category: MalwareBytes

PSA: These 'Microsoft Support' ploys may just fool you
26
Aug
2024

PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you

Many people turn to their favorite search engine when they are facing an issue with their computer. One common search…

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26
Aug
2024

Move over malware: Why one teen is more worried about AI (re-air) (Lock and Code S05E18)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Every age group uses the internet a little bit differently, and it…

week in security
26
Aug
2024

A week in security (August 19 – August 25)

August 23, 2024 – Facebook scammers are posting links to fake funeral live streams to get victims to sign up…

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23
Aug
2024

Fake funeral “live stream” scams target grieving users on Facebook

Some scammers have the morals of an alley cat. But some sink even lower. Over the last few months, Malwarebytes…

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22
Aug
2024

Hundreds of online stores hacked in new campaign

Whenever you shop online and enter your payment details, you could be at risk of being a victim of fraud….

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22
Aug
2024

Google patches actively exploited zero-day in Chrome. Update now!

Google has released an update for its Chrome browser which includes a patch for a vulnerability that Google says is already being…

Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser's patience and skills
22
Aug
2024

Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser’s patience and skills

In the past year alone, we have reported almost five hundred unique malvertising incidents related to Google search ads. While…

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22
Aug
2024

My child had her data stolen—here’s how to protect your kids from identity theft 

Recently, I received a letter in the mail from a company about a data breach.  The letter said that the…

child support from prison
21
Aug
2024

Man certifies his own (fake) death after hacking into registry system using stolen identity

A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail after hacking governments systems to fake his own death…

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21
Aug
2024

National Public Data leaked passwords online

Earlier this month, a huge trove of data from scraping service National Public Data was posted online. The dump made…

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21
Aug
2024

Toyota confirms customer and employee data stolen, says breach at third party to blame

Last week, a cybercriminal using the handle ZeroSevenGroup dumped 240GB of data on the infamous stolen data site BreachForums, that…

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20
Aug
2024

Why you need to know about ransomware

Last month, a strange thing happened in cybersecurity: a type of cyberthreat typically reserved for large businesses and critical services…