“2.6 million DuoLingo account entries” up for sale
We take a look at claims of large amounts of DuoLingo user data up for sale, supposedly scraped from publicly available sources. Not a week…
Category: MalwareBytes
WhatsApp hijackers take over your account while you sleep
There’s an easy way to protect yourself. Here’s how. Late last week, Twitter user Zuk (@ihackbanme) tweeted an issue about WhatsApp that has the potential…
CISA releases advice on how to safeguard K–12 organizations
CISA’s released a report with recommendations on how to safeguard K–12 organizations from cybersecurity threats. To help K–12 schools and school districts in their struggle…
5 facts about Vice Society, the ransomware group wreaking havoc on the education sector
In this article, we’ll arm you with five facts about Vice Society so you can get the upper-hand against this persistent education sector threat. Move…
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…
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…