Category: MalwareBytes

Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos
12
Sep
2024

Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos

We’ve uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+…

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12
Sep
2024

Facebook scrapes photos of kids from Australian user profiles to train its AI

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data from the accounts of Australian adult users…

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10
Sep
2024

Payment provider data breach exposes credit card information of 1.7 million customers

Payment provider Slim CD has disclosed a security incident that may have exposed the full credit card information of anyone…

look close at cheating email
10
Sep
2024

Your partner “is cheating on you” scam asks you to pay to see proof

As if they weren’t annoying enough already, scammers have recently introduced new pressure tactics to their sextortion and scam emails….

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09
Sep
2024

What the arrest of Telegram’s CEO means, with Eva Galperin (Lock and Code S05E19)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… On August 24, at an airport just outside of Paris, a man…

week in security
09
Sep
2024

A week in security (September 2 – September 8)

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

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05
Sep
2024

Planned Parenthood partly offline after ransomware attack

In late August, Intermountain Planned Parenthood of Montana suffered a cyberattack which is still under investigation. The attack has been…

Lowe's employees phished via Google ads
05
Sep
2024

Lowe’s employees phished via Google ads

In mid-August, we identified a malvertising campaign targeting Lowes employees via Google ads. Like many large corporations, Lowe’s has their…

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04
Sep
2024

“Hello pervert” sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus—and a picture of your home

After using passwords obtained from one of the countless breaches as a lure to trick victims into paying, the “Hello…

2024 election
04
Sep
2024

How to avoid election related scams

With the US election campaigns at full throttle, scammers have taken a renewed interest in the ways this can be…

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03
Sep
2024

London’s city transport hit by cybersecurity incident

Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, is fighting through an ongoing cyberattack. TfL runs three separate units that…

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03
Sep
2024

City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher

The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we…