Category: MalwareBytes

week in security
20
May
2024

A week in security (May 13 – May 19)

May 16, 2024 – iOS users are reporting that photos they had deleted long ago suddenly showed up again after…

box of old photos
16
May
2024

Deleted iPhone photos show up again after iOS update

iPhone owners are reporting that photos they’d deleted are now back on their phones, after updating to iOS 17.5. With…

authentication-in-the-middle phishing
16
May
2024

Scammers can easily phish your multi-factor authentication codes. Here’s how to avoid it

More and more websites and services are making multi-factor-authentication (MFA) mandatory, which makes it much harder for cybercriminals to access…

BreachForums seized
16
May
2024

Notorious data leak site BreachForums seized by law enforcement

BreachForums—probably the largest dark web marketplace for stolen data to be leaked and sold—has been seized by law enforcement. Now,…

unwanted tracking
15
May
2024

Apple and Google join forces to stop unwanted tracking

Apple and Google have announced an industry specification for Bluetooth tracking devices which help alert users to unwanted tracking. The…

Chrome
14
May
2024

Update Chrome now! Google releases emergency security patch

Google has released an emergency security update for its Chrome browser. The update includes a patch released four days earlier…

A woman stands beside her car and looks out at the water. She is calm
13
May
2024

Why car location tracking needs an overhaul

Across America, survivors of domestic abuse and stalking are facing a unique location tracking crisis born out of policy failure,…

week in security
13
May
2024

A week in security (May 6 – May 12)

May 9, 2024 – Medical health care provider DocGo has disclosed a cyberincident where an attacker gained access to protected…

Dell logo
10
May
2024

Dell notifies customers about data breach

Dell is warning its customers about a data breach after a cybercriminal offered a 49 million-record database of information about…

DocGo logo
09
May
2024

DocGo patient health data stolen in cyberattack

Medical health care provider DocGo has disclosed in a form 8-K that it experienced a cybersecurity incident involving some of…

ticket scam
08
May
2024

Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams

Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts…

The Lock and Code logo, which includes the Malwarebytes Labs insignia ensconced in a pair of headphones
06
May
2024

Tracing what went wrong in 2012 for today’s teens, with Dr. Jean Twenge: Lock and Code S04E10

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll….