Category: MalwareBytes

Facebook icon on a mobile phone screen
06
Oct
2025

How to set up two-factor authentication (2FA) on your Facebook account

While two-factor authentication (2FA) is not completely fool-proof, it is one of the best ways to protect your accounts from…

week in security
06
Oct
2025

A week in security (September 29 – October 5)

October 3, 2025 – After posting children’s photos online and issuing ransom demands, cybercriminals targeting Kido nurseries say they’ve erased…

Kido nursery chain logo
03
Oct
2025

From threats to apology, hackers pull child data offline after public backlash

Last week we yelled at some “hackers” that threatened parents after stealing data from their children’s nursery. This followed a…

Meta AI logo
02
Oct
2025

Your Meta AI conversations may come back as ads in your feed

Meta has announced that conversations with its AI assistant will soon be used for targeted advertising. If you’re the kind…

active seniors
02
Oct
2025

Scam Facebook groups send malicious Android malware to seniors

An infostealer and banking Trojan rolled into one is making the rounds in Facebook groups aimed at “active seniors”. Attackers…

Sendit app logo
02
Oct
2025

Sendit tricked kids, harvested their data, and faked messages, FTC claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Sendit’s parent company, saying it signed up children under 13, collected their personal…

Gemini AI logo
01
Oct
2025

Gemini AI flaws could have exposed your data

Security researchers discovered three vulnerabilities in Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. Although now patched, this “Trifecta”, as the researchers…

Tile logo
30
Sep
2025

Tile trackers plagued by weak security, researchers warn

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology scrutinized the security of the popular Tile tracker and came out disappointed. Bluetooth…

heart broken in romance scam
30
Sep
2025

260 romance scammers and sextortionists caught in huge Interpol sting

Online crime of all kinds is deplorable, but there’s a special place in hell for romance scammers and sextortionists who…

Apple logo
30
Sep
2025

Apple fixes critical font processing bug. Update now!

Apple has released important security updates to address a critical vulnerability in FontParser—the part of MacOS/iOS/iPadOS that processes fonts. Identified…

Amazon Prime logo
29
Sep
2025

Amazon pays $2.5B settlement over deceptive Prime subscriptions

Another day, another settlement. Amazon has settled a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over misleading customers who…

RmoteCOM stalkerware
29
Sep
2025

Sex offenders, terrorists, drug dealers, exposed in spyware breach

We’ve covered spyware and stalkerware leaks many times before, but we don’t often see such exposure in software used by…