Category: MalwareBytes

Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator
30
Jul
2024

Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator

We have previously reported on the brand impersonation issue with Google ads: users who search for popular keywords are shown…

A phone showing multiple data streams is being viewed within the front seat of a car.
29
Jul
2024

US senators ask FTC to investigate car makers’ privacy practices

An ongoing US Senate investigation indicated that connected car makers violate consumer privacy by sharing and selling drivers’ data, including…

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29
Jul
2024

SIEM is not storage, with Jess Dodson (Lock and Code S05E16)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In the world of business cybersecurity, the powerful technology known as “Security…

week in security
29
Jul
2024

A week in security (July 22 – July 28)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and…

Meta logo
26
Jul
2024

Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram

Meta announced the take-down of 63,000 sextortion-related Instagram accounts in Nigeria alone. The action was directed against a group known…

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25
Jul
2024

Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen

Some Windows users may see a BitLocker Recovery screen after applying the Microsoft patch Tuesday updates. BitLocker is a Windows…

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24
Jul
2024

TracFone will pay $16 million to settle FCC data breach investigation

Following three separate data breaches between 2021 and 2023 which exposed the proprietary information (PI) of TracFone Wireless customers, the…

Google logo
23
Jul
2024

Google admits it can’t quite quit third-party cookies

For more than a year, Google has said it would phase out the third-party tracking cookies that power much of…

Heritage Foundation logo
22
Jul
2024

Heritage Foundation data breach containing personal data is available online

The Heritage Foundation this month denied that it had suffered an earlier system breach and the subsequent leaking of internal…

week in security
22
Jul
2024

A week in security (July 15 – July 21)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and…

CrowdStrike logo
19
Jul
2024

CrowdStrike update at center of Windows “Blue Screen of Death” outage

A faulty update from the cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike crashed countless Windows computers and sent them into a “Blue Screen of…

data breach report
19
Jul
2024

Number of data breach victims goes up 1,000%

Nope, that headline’s not a typo. Over one thousand percent. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) tracked 1,041,312,601 data breach…