Category: MalwareBytes

week in security
14
Jul
2025

A week in security (July 7 – July 13)

July 10, 2025 – Deepfake attacks aren’t just for recruitment and banking fraud; they’ve now reached the highest levels of…

Marco Rubio, image courtesy of Maxim Elramsisy / Shutterstock.com
10
Jul
2025

Deepfake criminals impersonate Marco Rubio to uncover government secrets

Deepfake attacks aren’t just for recruitment and banking fraud; they’ve now reached the highest levels of government. News emerged this…

McDonald's fries
10
Jul
2025

McDonald’s AI bot spills data on job applicants

McDonald’s has outsourced the initial stages of its hiring process to an AI chatbot which seems to have been built…

Chrome and Edge logos displayed side by side
09
Jul
2025

Millions of people spied on by malicious browser extensions in Chrome and Edge

Researchers have discovered a campaign that tracked users’ online behavior using 18 browser extensions available in the official Chrome and…

Gemini logo
08
Jul
2025

No thanks: Google lets its Gemini AI access your apps, including messages

If you’re an Android user, you’ll need to take action if you don’t want Google’s Gemini AI to have access…

One hand passing US dollars to another hand
08
Jul
2025

Ransomware negotiator investigated over criminal gang kickbacks

If someone is going to negotiate with criminals for you, that person should at least be on your side. That…

Let's Encrypt logo
07
Jul
2025

Free certificates for IP addresses: security problem or solution?

Let’s Encrypt has announced its issued its first certificate for an IP address. Why that’s significant deserves a little explanation….

Call of Duty logo
07
Jul
2025

Gamers hacked playing Call of Duty: WWII—PC version temporarily taken offline

On Saturday, the Call of Duty team announced that the PC version of Call of Duty: WWII has been taken…

week in security
07
Jul
2025

A week in security (June 30 – July 6)

July 3, 2025 – The “El Chapo” Mexican drug cartel snooped on FBI personnel through hacked cameras, and listened in…

FBI car
03
Jul
2025

Drug cartel hacked cameras and phones to spy on FBI and identify witnesses

The “El Chapo” Mexican drug cartel snooped on FBI personnel through hacked cameras, and listened in on their phone calls…

stalkerware cat
03
Jul
2025

Catwatchful “child monitoring” app exposes victims’ data

If an app markets itself as being for “child monitoring”, a customer might expect that their data and those of…

A woman's phone is buzzing with a scam as she looks at her laptop
03
Jul
2025

Microsoft, PayPal, DocuSign, and Geek Squad faked in callback phishing scams

Microsoft, DocuSign, Adobe, McAfee, NortonLifeLock, PayPal, and Best Buy’s Geek Squad are being impersonated online through malicious emails that contain…