Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator
We have previously reported on the brand impersonation issue with Google ads: users who search for popular keywords are shown...
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US senators ask FTC to investigate car makers’ privacy practices
An ongoing US Senate investigation indicated that connected car makers violate consumer privacy by sharing and selling drivers’ data, including...
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SIEM is not storage, with Jess Dodson (Lock and Code S05E16)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In the world of business cybersecurity, the powerful technology known as “Security...
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A week in security (July 22 – July 28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and...
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Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram
Meta announced the take-down of 63,000 sextortion-related Instagram accounts in Nigeria alone. The action was directed against a group known...
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Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen
Some Windows users may see a BitLocker Recovery screen after applying the Microsoft patch Tuesday updates. BitLocker is a Windows...
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TracFone will pay $16 million to settle FCC data breach investigation
Following three separate data breaches between 2021 and 2023 which exposed the proprietary information (PI) of TracFone Wireless customers, the...
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Google admits it can’t quite quit third-party cookies
For more than a year, Google has said it would phase out the third-party tracking cookies that power much of...
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Heritage Foundation data breach containing personal data is available online
The Heritage Foundation this month denied that it had suffered an earlier system breach and the subsequent leaking of internal...
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A week in security (July 15 – July 21)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and...
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CrowdStrike update at center of Windows “Blue Screen of Death” outage
A faulty update from the cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike crashed countless Windows computers and sent them into a “Blue Screen of...
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Number of data breach victims goes up 1,000%
Nope, that headline’s not a typo. Over one thousand percent. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) tracked 1,041,312,601 data breach...
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