“We will hold them accountable”: General Motors sued for selling customer driving data to third parties
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued General Motors (GM) for the unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million...
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Hacked GPS tracker reveals location data of customers
Stalkerware researcher maia arson crimew strikes again. Big time. We know maia as a researcher that loves to go after...
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Millennials’ sense of privacy uniquely tested in romantic relationships
Millennials are in a bind. According to a new analysis of research released earlier this year by Malwarebytes, Millennials are...
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A week in security (August 12 – August 18)
August 15, 2024 – In a clever scheme designed to abuse Google in more than one way, scammers are redirecting...
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Dozens of Google products targeted by scammers via malicious search ads
In a previous blog, we saw criminals distribute malware via malicious ads for Google Authenticator. This time, brazen malvertisers went...
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Microsoft patches bug that could have allowed an attacker to revert your computer back to an older, vulnerable version
Microsoft has released a patch for a bug for a “downgrade attack” that was recently revealed by researchers at security...
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X accused of unlawfully using personal data of 60 million+ users to train its AI
In what may come as a surprise to nobody at all, there’s been yet another complaint about using social media...
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We’re making it easier for you to protect your identity
Things have changed in cybersecurity. Gone are the days when our only worry was downloading a virus. Now, 71% of...
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Malwarebytes awarded Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval
We’re delighted to say Malwarebytes has been awarded the Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal of Approval for product excellence. The...
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Data theft forum admins busted after flashing their cash in a life of luxury
Two men without a clear source of income landed cyberfraud charges after being so flash with their ill-gotten cash that...
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AI girlfriends want to know all about you. So might ChatGPT (Lock and Code S05E17)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Somewhere out there is a romantic AI chatbot that wants to know...
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Google Manifest V3 and Malwarebytes Browser Guard
We wanted to update you on some changes that Google’s making, and what we’re doing in Browser Guard to keep...
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