How the FBI got everything it wanted (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E15)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… For decades, digital rights activists, technologists, and cybersecurity experts have worried about what would happen if the…
Category: MalwareBytes
Steam games abused to deliver malware once again
A cybercriminal known as EncryptHub (aka Larva-208) has reportedly abused the online game platform Steam to distribute information stealers. EncryptHub managed to sneak malicious files…
Watch out: Instagram users targeted in novel phishing campaign
A phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is doing the rounds. There are plenty of those around, but when we took a look at this particular…
Introducing the smarter, more sophisticated Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor, your cybersecurity personal assistant
You ever get that feeling when you double-check the locks, but still wonder if you’ve missed something? That’s what a lot of people feel about…
Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?
With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions based on a user’s age,…
iPhone vs Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online
The smartphone wars have a winner, and it’s Android. No, this isn’t about which device has the best camera, the snappiest processor, or the flashiest…
AI-generated image watermarks can be easily removed, say researchers
Now that AI can make fake images that look real, how can we know what’s legitimate and what isn’t? One of the primary ways has…
Proton launches Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot
Proton, known for its privacy focused set of services, announced the introduction of Lumo, a privacy-first Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot. It is good to know…
Startup takes personal data stolen by malware and sells it on to other companies
A tech startup is using personal data stolen by infostealer malware that it has found on the dark web, and then selling access to that…
‘Car crash victim’ calls mother for help and $15K bail money. But it’s an AI voice scam
A woman in Florida was tricked into giving thousands of dollars to a scammer after her daughter’s voice was AI-cloned and used in a scam.…
“Ring cameras hacked”? Amazon says no, users not so sure
In the last week, countless Amazon Ring users on TikTok, Reddit, and X have been saying they believe their Ring cameras were hacked starting May…
Meta execs pay the pain away with $8 billion privacy settlement
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and several other members of the social media giant’s top brass agreed to settle increasingly heated privacy violation claims for the…