Category: MalwareBytes

leaking bucket in the cloud
04
Feb
2025

Valley News Live exposed more than a million job seeker’s resumes

Making your own bad news is not what Valley News Live had in mind, but negligence comes at a price….

WhatsApp logo
03
Feb
2025

WhatsApp says Paragon is spying on specific users

WhatsApp has accused the professional spyware company Paragon of spying on a select group of users. WhatsApp, the Meta-owned, end-to-end…

week in security
03
Feb
2025

A week in security (January 27 – February 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Last week on ThreatDown: Stay safe! Our business solutions remove all remnants of ransomware and…

ClickFix vs. traditional download in new DarkGate campaign
01
Feb
2025

ClickFix vs. traditional download in new DarkGate campaign

During the past several months there have been numerous malware campaigns that use a technique something referred to as “ClickFix”….

Website seized by law enforcement
31
Jan
2025

Cybercrime gets a few punches on the nose

It’s not often that we get to share good news, so we wanted to grab this opportunity and showcase some…

Microsoft advertisers phished via malicious Google ads
30
Jan
2025

Microsoft advertisers phished via malicious Google ads

Just days after we uncovered a campaign targeting Google Ads accounts, a similar attack has surfaced, this time aimed at…

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30
Jan
2025

The DeepSeek controversy: Authorities ask where does the data come from and how safe is it?

The sudden rise of DeepSeek has raised concerns and questions, especially about the origin and destination of the training data,…

entering pin code for an alarm system
29
Jan
2025

These are the 10 worst PIN codes

Australian news outlet ABC NEWS analyzed a data set of 29 million 4-digit PIN numbers that people actually used to…

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28
Jan
2025

The new rules for AI and encrypted messaging, with Mallory Knodel (Lock and Code S06E01)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The era of artificial intelligence everything is here, and with it, come…

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28
Jan
2025

Three privacy rules for 2025 (Lock and Code S06E02)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… It’s Data Privacy Week right now, and that means, for the most…

patched Apple
28
Jan
2025

Apple users: Update your devices now to patch zero-day vulnerability

Apple has released a host of security updates across many devices, including for a zero-day bug which is being actively…

Change Healthcare
27
Jan
2025

UnitedHealth almost doubles victim numbers from massive Change Healthcare data breach

UnitedHealth says it now estimates that the data breach on its subsidiary Change Healthcare affected 190 million people, nearly doubling…