Lowe’s employees phished via Google ads
In mid-August, we identified a malvertising campaign targeting Lowes employees via Google ads. Like many large corporations, Lowe’s has their...
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“Hello pervert” sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus—and a picture of your home
After using passwords obtained from one of the countless breaches as a lure to trick victims into paying, the “Hello...
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How to avoid election related scams
With the US election campaigns at full throttle, scammers have taken a renewed interest in the ways this can be...
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London’s city transport hit by cybersecurity incident
Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, is fighting through an ongoing cyberattack. TfL runs three separate units that...
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City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher
The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we...
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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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