How to change your Social Security Number
After seeing their Social Security Number (SSN) leaked in the AT&T breach, some US citizens are wondering if and how they can change their SSN.…
Category: MalwareBytes
Apple warns people of mercenary attacks via threat notification system
Apple has reportedly sent alerts to individuals in 92 nations on Wednesday, April 10, to say it’s detected that they may have been a victim…
How to check if your data was exposed in the AT&T breach
AT&T has notified US state authorities and regulators about its recent (or not) data breach, saying 51,226,382 people were affected. For those that have missed…
Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday includes two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities
The April 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 149 Microsoft vulnerabilities and republishes 6 non-Microsoft CVEs. Three of those 149 vulnerabilities are listed as…
How to protect yourself from online harassment
It takes a little to receive a lot of online hate today, from simply working as a school administrator to playing a role in a…
Introducing the Digital Footprint Portal
Digital security is about so much more than malware. That wasn’t always the case. When I started Malwarebytes more than 16 years ago, malware was…
New ransomware group demands Change Healthcare ransom
The Change Healthcare ransomware attack has taken a third cruel twist. A new ransomware group, RansomHub, has listed the organisation as a victim on its…
Active Nitrogen campaign delivered via malicious ads for PuTTY, FileZilla
In the past couple of weeks, we have observed an ongoing campaign targeting system administrators with fraudulent ads for popular system utilities. The malicious ads…
35-year long identity theft leads to imprisonment for victim
Sometimes the consequences of a stolen identity exceed anything you could have imagined. Matthew David Keirans, a 58-year-old former hospital employee has pleaded guilty to…
Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air): Lock and Code S05E08
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the world’s largest porn website as…
60% of small businesses are concerned about cybersecurity threats
According to a recent poll by the US Chamber of Commerce, 60% of small businesses are concerned about cybersecurity threats, and 58% are concerned about…
Despite EU regulations websites still have their hand in the cookie jar
In news that is, sadly, unlikely to shock you, new research indicates that many websites ignore visitors’ choices to refuse cookies and collect their data…