A week in security (August 26 – September 1)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and...
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Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign
An Iranian state-sponsored group often referred to as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is making headlines again this season...
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Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock
In a previous blog post, we showed how fraudsters were leveraging features from the very company (Microsoft) they were impersonating....
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged with allowing criminal activity
France has indicted the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram on charges of complicity in the distribution of child...
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CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets
The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims....
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SMS scammers use toll fees as a lure
In April 2024, the FBI warned about a new type of smishing scam. Smishing is the term we use for...
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TDECU data breach affects half a million people
The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) has filed a data breach notification, reporting that the data of 500,474 people...
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PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you
Many people turn to their favorite search engine when they are facing an issue with their computer. One common search...
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Move over malware: Why one teen is more worried about AI (re-air) (Lock and Code S05E18)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Every age group uses the internet a little bit differently, and it...
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A week in security (August 19 – August 25)
August 23, 2024 – Facebook scammers are posting links to fake funeral live streams to get victims to sign up...
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Fake funeral “live stream” scams target grieving users on Facebook
Some scammers have the morals of an alley cat. But some sink even lower. Over the last few months, Malwarebytes...
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Hundreds of online stores hacked in new campaign
Whenever you shop online and enter your payment details, you could be at risk of being a victim of fraud....
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