Category: MalwareBytes

Qantas logo
02
Jul
2025

Qantas: Breach affects 6 million people, “significant” amount of data likely taken

Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that cybercriminals have gained access to a third party customer servicing platform that contained…

Bluetooth headphones
01
Jul
2025

Bluetooth vulnerability in audio devices can be exploited to spy on users

Researchers have found vulnerabilities in 29 Bluetooth devices like speakers, earbuds, headphones, and wireless microphones from reputable companies including Sony,…

Chrome logo
01
Jul
2025

Update your Chrome to fix new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability

Google has released an update for its Chrome browser to patch an actively exploited flaw. This update is crucial since…

Facebook icon on a mobile phone screen
01
Jul
2025

Facebook wants to look at your entire camera roll for “AI restyling” suggestions, and more

Facebook’s pursuit of your personal data continues apace, and now it has a new target: photos on your phone that…

The Lock and Code logo, which includes the Malwarebytes Labs insignia ensconced in a pair of headphones
30
Jun
2025

Corpse-eating selfies, and other ways to trick scammers (Lock and Code S06E14)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… There’s a unique counter response to romance scammers. Her name is Becky…

AT&T logo
30
Jun
2025

AT&T to pay compensation to data breach victims. Here’s how to check if you were affected

AT&T is set to pay $177 million to customers affected by two significant data breaches. These breaches exposed sensitive personal information of…

Android logo
30
Jun
2025

Android threats rise sharply, with mobile malware jumping by 151% since start of year

The Android threat landscape in the first half of 2025 has entered a new phase. An era marked not just…

week in security
30
Jun
2025

A week in security (June 23 – June 29)

June 27, 2025 – An invitation to sign a DocuSign document went through mysterious ways and a way-too-easy Captcha to…

how to docusign
27
Jun
2025

Fake DocuSign email hides tricky phishing attempt

On my daily rounds, I encountered a phishing attempt that used a not completely unusual, yet clever delivery method. What…

jailbroken
26
Jun
2025

Jailbroken AIs are helping cybercriminals to hone their craft

Cybercriminals are bypassing the guardrails that are supposed to keep AI models from carrying out criminal activities, according to researchers….

A man sitting at his desk is annoyed about a phone call he is receiving before answering it
26
Jun
2025

Why the Do Not Call Registry doesn’t work

The “Do Not Call Registry” receives a lot of hate online for failing to do its job: Stop calls. “What’s…

facial recognition
26
Jun
2025

Facial recognition: Where and how you can opt out

Our remote team recently took a trip to our Estonian office. When we arrived from our various destinations, we started…