Category: MalwareBytes

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25
Jul
2025

Steam games abused to deliver malware once again

A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub (aka Larva-208) has reportedly abused the online game platform Steam to distribute information stealers. EncryptHub…

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25
Jul
2025

Watch out: Instagram users targeted in novel phishing campaign

A phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is doing the rounds. There are plenty of those around, but when we took…

Introducing the smarter, more sophisticated Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor, your cybersecurity personal assistant
24
Jul
2025

Introducing the smarter, more sophisticated Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor, your cybersecurity personal assistant

You ever get that feeling when you double-check the locks, but still wonder if you’ve missed something? That’s what a…

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24
Jul
2025

Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?

With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions…

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24
Jul
2025

iPhone vs Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online

The smartphone wars have a winner, and it’s Android. No, this isn’t about which device has the best camera, the…

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24
Jul
2025

AI-generated image watermarks can be easily removed, say researchers

Now that AI can make fake images that look real, how can we know what’s legitimate and what isn’t? One…

Proton Lumo AI chatbot
23
Jul
2025

Proton launches Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot

Proton, known for its privacy focused set of services, announced the introduction of Lumo, a privacy-first Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot….

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22
Jul
2025

Startup takes personal data stolen by malware and sells it on to other companies

A tech startup is using personal data stolen by infostealer malware that it has found on the dark web, and…

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22
Jul
2025

‘Car crash victim’ calls mother for help and $15K bail money. But it’s an AI voice scam

A woman in Florida was tricked into giving thousands of dollars to a scammer after her daughter’s voice was AI-cloned…

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21
Jul
2025

“Ring cameras hacked”? Amazon says no, users not so sure

In the last week, countless Amazon Ring users on TikTok, Reddit, and X have been saying they believe their Ring…

week in security
21
Jul
2025

A week in security (July 14 – July 20)

July 18, 2025 – Meta executives settled a shareholders’ lawsuit alleging continuous disregard of privacy regulations for the price of…

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18
Jul
2025

Meta execs pay the pain away with $8 billion privacy settlement

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and several other members of the social media giant’s top brass agreed to settle increasingly heated…