Category: MalwareBytes

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04
Sep
2025

Popular Android VPN apps found to have security flaws and China links

People use VPNs for different security and privacy reasons, to access content anonymously, or to bypass content controls and age…

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04
Sep
2025

Update your Android! Google patches 111 vulnerabilities, 2 are critical

Google has patched 111 vulnerabilities in Android, including two critical flaws, in its September 2025 Android Security Bulletin. While the…

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03
Sep
2025

Why you should upgrade to Windows 11 now, and how to do it

I know many of us love(d) Windows XP and Windows 7 almost as much as we dislike Windows 10 and…

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03
Sep
2025

PayPal users targeted in account profile scam

A co-worker forwarded this rather convincing PayPal scam to me. Thanks Elena. A highly sophisticated email scam is targeting PayPal…

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02
Sep
2025

Tax refund scam targets Californians

The State of California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently issued a warning to taxpayers to protect themselves from tax scams….

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01
Sep
2025

How to set up two-step verification on your WhatsApp account

Two step verification is the name Meta uses for what is generally referred to as Two-factor authentication (2FA). 2FA is…

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01
Sep
2025

WhatsApp fixes vulnerability used in zero-click attacks

WhatsApp says it has issued an update to patch a vulnerability that has been used in conjunction with an Apple…

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01
Sep
2025

Travelers to the UK targeted in ETA scams

Since January 8, 2025, travelers from most countries, including the US, Australia, and Canada have to apply for an Electronic…

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01
Sep
2025

A week in security (August 25 – August 31)

August 28, 2025 – The FCC has disconnected over a thousand voice operators from the public telephone network for not…

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28
Aug
2025

Claude AI chatbot abused to launch “cybercrime spree”

Anthropic—the company behind the widely renowned coding chatbot, Claude—says it uncovered a large-scale extortion operation in which cybercriminals abused Claude…

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28
Aug
2025

Microsoft wants to automatically save your Word docs to the cloud

Microsoft has revealed it plans to automatically save all Word document to the cloud. The feature is currently only available…

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28
Aug
2025

“No place in our networks”: FCC hangs up on thousands of voice operators in robocall war

Everyone hates robocalls. However, it’s difficult to track down all the scammers and spammers that make them, so the Federal…