Category: MalwareBytes

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29
Aug
2024

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged with allowing criminal activity

France has indicted the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram on charges of complicity in the distribution of child…

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28
Aug
2024

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

The Qilin ransomware group listed CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, a nonprofit health care treatment organization, as one of their latest victims….

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27
Aug
2024

SMS scammers use toll fees as a lure

In April 2024, the FBI warned about a new type of smishing scam. Smishing is the term we use for…

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27
Aug
2024

TDECU data breach affects half a million people

The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) has filed a data breach notification, reporting that the data of 500,474 people…

PSA: These 'Microsoft Support' ploys may just fool you
26
Aug
2024

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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26
Aug
2024

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…

week in security
26
Aug
2024

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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23
Aug
2024

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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22
Aug
2024

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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22
Aug
2024

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…

Fraudulent Slack ad shows malvertiser's patience and skills
22
Aug
2024

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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22
Aug
2024

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…