Fake Malwarebytes, LastPass, and others on GitHub serve malware
Fake versions of legitimate software are currently circulating on GitHub pages, in a large-scale campaign targeting Mac users. Unfortunately, Malwarebytes for Mac is one of…
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Can you disappear online? (Lock and Code S06E19)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast There’s more about you online than you know. The company Acxiom, for example, has probably determined whether…
American Archive of Public Broadcasting allowed access to restricted media for years
A security flaw in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) website allowed unauthorized access to protected and private media, according to BleepingComputer. The American…
Scammers are impersonating the FBI to steal your personal data
Been scammed? Hoping to report it to the FBI? Definitely do so, but be careful. Spoofed versions of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)…
Beware of Zelle transfer scams
As we have said many times before, falling for a scam can happen to the best of us. And it can ruin lives. In our…
ChatGPT solves CAPTCHAs if you tell it they’re fake
If you’re seeing fewer or different CAPTCHA puzzles in the near future, that’s not because website owners have agreed that they’re annoying, but it might…
ChatGPT Deep Research zero-click vulnerability fixed by OpenAI
OpenAI has moved quickly to patch a vulnerability known as “ShadowLeak” before anyone detected real-world abuse. Revealed by researchers yesterday, ShadowLeak was an issue in…
Disrupted phishing service was after Microsoft 365 credentials
Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a Phishing-as-a-Service operation, known as RaccoonO365. The primary goal of RaccoonO365 (or Storm-2246 as Microsoft calls it) was to rent…
Age verification and parental controls coming to ChatGPT to protect teens
OpenAI is going to try and predict the ages of its users to protect them better, as stories of AI-induced harms in children mount. The…
Update your Chrome today: Google patches 4 vulnerabilities including one zero-day
Google has released an update for its Chrome browser to patch four security vulnerabilities, including one zero-day. A zero-day vulnerability refers to a bug that has been…
224 malicious apps removed from the Google Play Store after ad fraud campaign discovered
Researchers have discovered a large ad fraud campaign on Google Play Store. The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team found 224 malicious apps which were…
223 malicious apps removed from the Google Play Store after ad fraud campaign discovered
Researchers have discovered a large ad fraud campaign on Google Play Store. The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team found 224 malicious apps which were…