Category: MalwareBytes

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…

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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…

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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….

week in security
06
May
2024

A week in security (April 29 – May 5)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: You get a passkey, you get a passkey, everyone should get a passkey Dropbox Sign…

for everyone their own passkey
04
May
2024

You get a passkey, you get a passkey, everyone should get a passkey

Microsoft is rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts. Passkeys are a very secure replacement for passwords that can’t…

Dropbox Sign logo
03
May
2024

Dropbox Sign customer data accessed in breach

Dropbox is reporting a recent “security incident” in which an attacker gained unauthorized access to the Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign)…

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02
May
2024

Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results

This blog post was written based on research carried out by Jérôme Segura. A campaign using sponsored search results is…