Category: MalwareBytes

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02
Jul
2024

Prudential Financial data breach impacts 2.5 million people, not 36,000 as first thought

In February 2024, Prudential Financial reported it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The attack was discovered one day…

Personal data stolen from unsuspecting airport visitors and plane passengers in “evil twin” attacks, man charged
01
Jul
2024

Personal data stolen from unsuspecting airport visitors and plane passengers in “evil twin” attacks, man charged

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged a man for setting up fake free WiFi access points in order to…

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01
Jul
2024

Busted for book club? Why cops want to see what you’re reading, with Sarah Lamdan (Lock and Code S05E14)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… More than 20 years ago, a law that the United States would…

week in security
01
Jul
2024

A week in security (June 24 – June 30)

June 28, 2024 – The Arkansas Attorney General filed a lawsuit against webshop Temu for allegedly being dangerous malware which…

Temu logo
28
Jun
2024

TEMU sued for being “dangerous malware” by Arkansas Attorney General

Chinese online shopping giant Temu is facing a lawsuit filed by State of Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, alleging that…

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27
Jun
2024

Driving licences and other official documents leaked by authentication service used by Uber, TikTok, X, and more

A company that helps to authenticate users for big brands had a set of administration credentials exposed online for over…

'Poseidon' Mac stealer distributed via Google ads
27
Jun
2024

‘Poseidon’ Mac stealer distributed via Google ads

On June 24, we observed a new campaign distributing a stealer targeting Mac users via malicious Google ads for the…

Evolve Bank & Trust logo
26
Jun
2024

Federal Reserve “breached” data may actually belong to Evolve Bank

A shockwave went through the financial world when ransomware group LockBit claimed to have breached the US Federal Reserve, the…

Malwarebytes Premium stops 100% of malware during AV Lab test
26
Jun
2024

Malwarebytes Premium stops 100% of malware during AV Lab test

Malwarebytes Premium has maintained its long-running, perfect record in protecting users against online threats by blocking 100% of the malware…

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26
Jun
2024

Neiman Marcus confirms breach. Is the customer data already for sale?

Luxury retail chain Neiman Marcus has begun to inform customers about a cyberattack it discovered in May. The attacker compromised…

Change Healthcare
24
Jun
2024

Change Healthcare confirms the customer data stolen in ransomware attack

For the first time since news broke about a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, the company has released details about…

week in security
24
Jun
2024

A week in security (June 17 – June 23)

June 21, 2024 – A cybercriminals is giving 1 million data records from the Ticketmaster breach away for free, saying…