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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Google patches actively exploited zero-day in Chrome. Update now!
Google has released an update for its Chrome browser which includes a patch for a vulnerability that Google says is already being...
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Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser’s patience and skills
In the past year alone, we have reported almost five hundred unique malvertising incidents related to Google search ads. While...
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My child had her data stolen—here’s how to protect your kids from identity theft
Recently, I received a letter in the mail from a company about a data breach. The letter said that the...
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Man certifies his own (fake) death after hacking into registry system using stolen identity
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail after hacking governments systems to fake his own death...
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National Public Data leaked passwords online
Earlier this month, a huge trove of data from scraping service National Public Data was posted online. The dump made...
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Toyota confirms customer and employee data stolen, says breach at third party to blame
Last week, a cybercriminal using the handle ZeroSevenGroup dumped 240GB of data on the infamous stolen data site BreachForums, that...
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Why you need to know about ransomware
Last month, a strange thing happened in cybersecurity: a type of cyberthreat typically reserved for large businesses and critical services...
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