Category: MalwareBytes

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07
Jun
2024

Google will start deleting location history

Google announced that it will reduce the amount of personal data it is storing by automatically deleting old data from…

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06
Jun
2024

Advance Auto Parts customer data posted for sale

A cybercriminal using the handle Sp1d3r is offering to sell 3 TB of data taken from Advance Auto Parts, Inc….

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06
Jun
2024

Husband stalked ex-wife with seven AirTags, indictment says

Following their divorce, a husband carried out a campaign of stalking and abuse against his ex-wife—referred to only as “S.K.”—by…

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06
Jun
2024

Microsoft Recall snapshots can be easily grabbed with TotalRecall tool

Microsoft’s Recall feature has been criticized heavily by pretty much everyone since it was announced last month. Now, researchers have…

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05
Jun
2024

Financial sextortion scams on the rise

“Hey there!” messaged Savannah, someone 16-year-old Charlie had never met before, but looked cute in her profile picture. She had…

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05
Jun
2024

Say hello to the fifth generation of Malwarebytes

Announcing the latest version of Malwarebytes, which brings a faster, responsive, and consistent user interface, integrated security and privacy, and…

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05
Jun
2024

Big name TikTok accounts hijacked after opening DM

High profile TikTok accounts, including CNN, Sony, and—er­—Paris Hilton have been targeted in a recent attack. CNN was the first…

Utility scams update | Malwarebytes
05
Jun
2024

Utility scams update | Malwarebytes

Back in February, we reported on malicious ads related to utility bills (electricity, gas) that direct victims to call centers…

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04
Jun
2024

Debt collection agency FBCS leaks information of 3 million US citizens

The US debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has filed a data breach notification, listing the the…

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03
Jun
2024

800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox: Lock and Code S05E12

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… This is a story about how the FBI got everything it wanted….

WhatsApp crypto scam
03
Jun
2024

WhatsApp cryptocurrency scam goes for the cash prize

This weekend a scammer tried his luck by reaching out to me on WhatsApp. It’s not that I don’t appreciate…

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03
Jun
2024

A week in security (May 27 – June 2)

June 1, 2024 – Live Nation has confirmed what everyone has been speculating on for the last week: Ticketmaster has…