That seemingly innocent text is probably a scam
A special thanks to all the people at Malwarebytes and ThreatDown for sharing the text messages they received from scammers....
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VPN use rises following Online Safety Act’s age verification controls
As the UK’s Online Safety Act came into effect on Friday—along with its age verification controls—the use of virtual private...
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Apple patches multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!
Apple released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to patch multiple vulnerabilities, including one that could leak sensitive information...
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Tea Dating Advice app has users’ private messages disclosed
A few days after Tea Dating Advice discovered unauthorized access to one of its systems that leaked 72,000 user images,...
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Allianz Life says majority of 1.4 million US customers’ info breached
Insurance company Allianz Life was breached, exposing the data of most of its 1.4 million American customers. According to Allianz,...
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How the FBI got everything it wanted (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E15)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… For decades, digital rights activists, technologists, and cybersecurity experts have worried about...
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A week in security (July 21 – July 27)
July 25, 2025 – A cybercriminal managed to insert malicious files leading to info stealers in a pre-release of a...
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Steam games abused to deliver malware once again
A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub (aka Larva-208) has reportedly abused the online game platform Steam to distribute information stealers. EncryptHub...
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Watch out: Instagram users targeted in novel phishing campaign
A phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is doing the rounds. There are plenty of those around, but when we took...
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Introducing the smarter, more sophisticated Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor, your cybersecurity personal assistant
You ever get that feeling when you double-check the locks, but still wonder if you’ve missed something? That’s what a...
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Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?
With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions...
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iPhone vs Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online
The smartphone wars have a winner, and it’s Android. No, this isn’t about which device has the best camera, the...
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