Category: MalwareBytes

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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…

cars driving data
20
Aug
2024

“We will hold them accountable”: General Motors sued for selling customer driving data to third parties

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued General Motors (GM) for the unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million…

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19
Aug
2024

Hacked GPS tracker reveals location data of customers

Stalkerware researcher maia arson crimew strikes again. Big time. We know maia as a researcher that loves to go after…

A man sits atop a couch's armrest as his romantic partner sits looking at her phone. The two are not facing one another and seem tense.
19
Aug
2024

Millennials’ sense of privacy uniquely tested in romantic relationships

Millennials are in a bind. According to a new analysis of research released earlier this year by Malwarebytes, Millennials are…

week in security
19
Aug
2024

A week in security (August 12 – August 18)

August 15, 2024 – In a clever scheme designed to abuse Google in more than one way, scammers are redirecting…

Dozens of Google products targeted by scammers via malicious search ads
15
Aug
2024

Dozens of Google products targeted by scammers via malicious search ads

In a previous blog, we saw criminals distribute malware via malicious ads for Google Authenticator. This time, brazen malvertisers went…