Grand Theft Auto 5 exploit allows cheaters to tamper with your data
We take a look at reports of players having their GTAV data corrupted by exploiters. Yesterday I spent some time helping to fix a relative’s…
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Consumer privacy and social media
Social media platforms are making a lot of money with targeted advertising. To improve the targeting, they want us much of your data as you…
Video game playing FISH live streams credit card ‘theft’
We take a look at an incredible tale of a fish who wouldn’t stop until it made a credit card purchase while streaming a video…
What happened in privacy in 2022
In 2022, privacy was upended for millions of people. Here are the biggest stories from last year. Annual reviews of any year’s developments in privacy…
Key takeaways from Malwarebytes 2023 State of Mobile Cybersecurity
We asked 250 schools and hospitals about their mobile security posture, including Chromebooks. Here’s what we found out. The results of our latest survey on…
Riot Games compromised, new releases and patches halted
Riot Games has revealed that it has been compromised after a social engineering attack. Popular game developer Riot Games brings word of a system compromise…
What privacy can get you
For this year’s Data Privacy Day (and Data Privacy Week), we’re offering the most convenient advantages and benefits of privacy. The fight for data privacy…
VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled
An evasive ad fraud campaign affecting iOS users has come to light. It’s called VASTFLUX. Researchers have successfully dismantled a massive ad fraud campaign they…
Own an older iPhone? Check you’re on the latest version to avoid this bug
Apple has now released security content for iOS 12.5.7 which includes a patch for an actively exploited vulnerability in WebKit and many other updates. In…
T-Mobile reports data theft of 37 million customers in the US
T-Mobile has disclosed that an attacker was able to obtain the information of approximately 37 million US customers. T-Mobile has announced that an attacker has…
Ransomware revenue significantly down over 2022
According to blockchain data platform Chainanalysis, ransomware revenue plummeted significantly in 2022 due to a growing unwillingness to pay. According to blockchain data platform Chainalysis, ransomware…
Microsoft to end direct sale of Windows 10 licenses at the end of January
We take a look at reports that Microsoft will shortly be ending the direct sale of Windows 10 licenses. Windows 10 is slowly coming to…