London’s city transport hit by cybersecurity incident
Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, is fighting through an ongoing cyberattack. TfL runs three separate units that arrange transports on London’s surface,…
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City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher
The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we imagine, is spotlight the ignorance…
Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign
An Iranian state-sponsored group often referred to as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is making headlines again this season as Meta disclosed that the…
Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock
In a previous blog post, we showed how fraudsters were leveraging features from the very company (Microsoft) they were impersonating. We continue this series with…
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 sex abuse images, aiding organized…
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. Qilin seems to have a…
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 phishing attacks sent via text…
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 has been accessed in an…
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 query is to look for…
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 turns out for at least…
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 Labs has discovered scammers active…
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. Digital skimmers are snippets of…