Category: MalwareBytes

Home Depot logo
21
Oct
2025

Home Depot Halloween phish gives users a fright, not a freebie

We received a timely phishing email pretending to come from Home Depot. It claimed we’d won a Gorilla Carts dump…

An illustrated padlock is mounted into a microphone stand with sound waves emitting from the device.
20
Oct
2025

What does Google know about me? (Lock and Code S06E21)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Google is everywhere in our lives. It’s reach into our data extends…

An illustrated padlock is mounted into a microphone stand with sound waves emitting from the device.
20
Oct
2025

What does Google know about me? (Lock and Code S06E21)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Google is everywhere in our lives. It’s reach into our data extends…

Project Red Hook investigates scam texts
20
Oct
2025

Chinese gangs made over $1 billion targeting Americans with scam texts

We regularly warn our readers about new scams and phishing texts. Almost everyone gets pestered with these messages. But where…

week in security
20
Oct
2025

A week in security (October 13 – October 19)

October 17, 2025 – While Prosper says no funds or accounts were accessed, the stolen data could lead to targeted…

Prosper logo
17
Oct
2025

Prosper data breach puts 17 million people at risk of identity theft

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper detected unauthorized activity on their systems on September 2, 2025. It published an FAQ page later…

Looks like we’re stuck with Zoom: Is it any safer?
16
Oct
2025

Video call app Huddle01 exposed 600K+ user logs

The Cybernews research team found that video call app Huddle01 exposed email addresses, real names, and other identifiers through an…

Mango logo
16
Oct
2025

Mango discloses data breach at third-party provider

Mango has reported a data breach at one of its external marketing service providers. The Spanish fashion retailer says that…

Roku
16
Oct
2025

Roku accused of selling children’s data to advertisers and brokers

The state of Florida has accused Roku, which powers many smart TVs and streaming devices, of selling children’s data to…

Robinhood logo
15
Oct
2025

Scammers are still sending us their fake Robinhood security alerts

A short while ago, our friends at Malwaretips wrote about a text scam impersonating Robinhood, a popular US-based investment app…

TikTok
15
Oct
2025

TikTok scam sells you access to your own fake money

This scam starts in your TikTok DMs. A brand-new account drops a melodramatic message—terminal illness, last goodbye, “I left you…

satellite
15
Oct
2025

Satellites leak voice calls, text messages and more

Scientists from several US universities intercepted unencrypted broadcast through geostationary satellites using only off-the-shelf equipment on a university rooftop. Geostationary…