Malwarebytes Premium Security awarded “Product of the Year” from AVLab
Malwarebytes Premium Security has once again been awarded “Product of the Year” after successfully blocking 100% of “in-the-wild” malware samples. The samples were deployed in…
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Reddit will start warning users that upvote violent content
In a post on r/RedditSafety by a Reddit administrator, the platform announced that it will start sending warnings to users that upvote violent content. Reddit…
Ransomware threat mailed in letters to business owners
Business owners and CEOs across the United States received customized ransomware threats this month from the most unusual of places—letters in the mail. The letters,…
Android botnet BadBox largely disrupted
Removing 24 malicious apps from the Google Play store and silencing some servers almost halved a botnet known as BadBox. The BadBox botnet focuses on…
I spoke to a task scammer. Here’s how it went
Tasks scam are surging, with a year over year increase of 400%. So I guess it should have been no surprise when I was contacted…
Android zero-day vulnerabilities actively abused. Update as soon as you can
Google has issued updates to fix 43 vulnerabilities in Android, including two zero-days that are being actively exploited in targeted attacks. The updates are available…
PayPal scam abuses Docusign API to spread phishy emails
PayPal scammers are using an old Docusign trick to enhance the trustworthiness of their phishing emails. We’ve received several reports of this recently, so we…
TikTok: Major investigation launched into platform’s use of children’s data
TikTok is the subject of yet another major investigation, reports BBC News. This time around, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is going to look…
Millions of stalkerware users exposed again
There are many reasons not to use stalkerware, but the risk of getting exposed yourself seems to be a recurring deterrent, according to a new…
PayPal’s “no-code checkout” abused by scammers
We recently identified a new scam targeting PayPal customers with very convincing ads and pages. Crooks are abusing both Google and PayPal’s infrastructure in order…
Countries and companies are fighting at the expense of our data privacy
Data privacy issues are a hot topic in a world where we apparently don’t know who to trust anymore. A few weeks ago, we reported…
Android happy to check your nudes before you forward them
Sometimes the updates we install to keep our devices safe do a little bit more than we might suspect at first glance. Take the October…