Category: MalwareBytes

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11
Aug
2025

“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (Lock and Code S06E16)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The internet is cracking apart. It’s exactly what some politicians want. In…

car dealership
11
Aug
2025

Online portal exposed car and personal data, allowed anyone to remotely unlock cars

A carmaker’s online dealership portal has been found leaking the private information and vehicle data of its customers. This also…

week in security
11
Aug
2025

A week in security (August 4 – August 10)

August 7, 2025 – We found a host of blogspot pages involved in a malware campaign to promote their own…

likes to adult blogspot pages investigated
07
Aug
2025

Adult sites trick users into Liking Facebook posts using a clickjack Trojan

As the use of age verification to access adult websites increases in various countries around the world, shady websites with…

Facebook icon on a mobile phone screen
07
Aug
2025

Facebook users targeted in ‘login’ phish

A few weeks ago we warned our readers of a phishing campaign targeting Instagram users that didn’t resort to the…

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07
Aug
2025

How Google, Adidas, and more were breached in a Salesforce scam

At the heart of multiple data breaches against sophisticated and robust companies, including Google, Adidas, Louis Vuitton, and Chanel, was…

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07
Aug
2025

TeaOnHer, the male version of Tea, is leaking personal information on its users too

Last week we reported about some serious leaks in Tea Dating Advice, an app that provides a space for women…

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07
Aug
2025

Meta accessed women’s health data from Flo app without consent, says court

A jury has ruled that Meta accessed sensitive information from a woman’s reproductive health tracking app without consent. The app…

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07
Aug
2025

Malwarebytes earns MRG Effitas Android 360° Certificate for mobile threat detection 

We’re excited to announce that MRG Effitas, a globally recognized security assessment firm, has awarded Malwarebytes the prestigious MRG Effitas…

weight-loss scams
06
Aug
2025

Weight loss scams, or why ‘Jodie Foster’ wants me to lose weight

It seems like it’s hard to move on social media without some kind of mention of weight-loss injections these days….

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06
Aug
2025

Perplexity AI ignores no-crawling rules on websites, crawls them anyway

Imagine putting up a no-trespassing sign for people walking their dogs, and then finding out that one person dresses up…

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05
Aug
2025

Alleged ‘tap-in’ scammer advertised services on social media

Would you give a complete stranger your credit card in return for the promise of easy money? No, neither would…