Woman tracks down and turns table on Airbnb scammer
A “superhost” scammed a woman out of a thousand dollars. She didn’t take it lying down. The internet is full of Airbnb scams and accounts…
Category: MalwareBytes
Update Chrome now! Google patches actively exploited flaw
Google has released an updated version of Chrome to address a zero-day flaw that is being exploited in the wild. In a recent security advisory, Google…
Fake IRS tax email wants your Microsoft account
Expect more IRS tax-related shenanigans from fraudsters, who are now going for corporate accounts, after some states received deadline extensions. Last week, the IRS reminded taxpayers that…
Ransomware in Germany, April 2022–March 2023
In the last 12 months, Germany was one of the most attacked countries in the world, the most attacked in the EU, and a favourite…
Detecting ransomware gangs hiding in plain sight
Good tools gone bad. Regular readers of our monthly ransomware review (read our April edition here) know that Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs have been making headlines…
Massive malvertising campaign targets seniors via fake Weebly sites
Scammers are buying ads on for the most common Google searches made by seniors and defrauding them with tech support scams. Knowing their audience is…
Is AI being used for virtual kidnapping scams?
We take a look at claims that AI is now being used for a notorious form of kidnapping hoax. You may have seen a worrying…
Protecting your business from RDP attacks and Mirai botnets
Prevent port scanning attacks with Malwarebytes for Business. Compromised IP addresses and domains—otherwise legitimate sites that are exploited by hackers without the owner’s knowledge—are frequently…
Google Pay accidentally handed out free money, bug now fixed
All good things must end, they say, including generous offers of “rewards” caused by a short-lived glitch in Google Pay. Days ago, several Google Pay…
Sextortion “assistance” scammers con victims further
We take a look at an FBI warning regarding for-profit entities making money from people targeted by sextortion attacks. The FBI is warning of a…
Ransomware in France, April 2022–March 2023
In the last 12 months France was one of the most attacked countries in the world, and a favourite target of LockBit, the world’s most…
Ransomware review: April 2023
Cl0p was the most used ransomware in March 2023, dethroning the usual frontrunner LockBit, after breaching over 104 organizations with a zero-day vulnerability. This article…