The ‘AT&T breach’—what you need to know
Earlier this week, the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. The person selling the data claims…
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Upcoming webinar: How a leading architecture firm approaches cybersecurity
How does a company navigate over 80 years of technical debt? Which tools do a security team of 5 rely on everyday? What threats are…
Store manager admits SIM swapping his customers
A 42-year-old manager at an unnamed telecommunications company has admitted SIM swapping customers at his store. SIM swapping, also known as SIM jacking, is the…
Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves
Social media influencers are attractive targets for identity thieves. With large followings and a literal influence on their followers, it’s no wonder they are targeted…
Ransomware’s appetite for US healthcare sees known attacks double in a year
Following the February 21 attack on Change Healthcare, scores of people in the US have been living with the brutal, real-world effects of ransomware. Described…
Webinar recap: 6 critical cyberthreats in 2024 and how to counter them
Our webinar on the 2024 State of Malware report is now available on-demand. Featuring cybersecurity experts Mark Stockley and Jérôme Segura, this webinar unpacks 2024’s…
TikTok faces ban in US unless it parts ways with Chinese owner ByteDance
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of…
Malwarebytes Premium blocks 100% of malware during external AVLab test
Malwarebytes Premium earned a perfect score in the latest AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation “Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test,” catching and stopping 100% of malware samples, outperforming multiple…
ThreatDown achieves perfect score in latest AVLab assessment
ThreatDown has once again earned a perfect score in AVLabs’ January 2024 real-world malware detection tests, marking the eleventh consecutive quarter in achieving this feat. …
How to update outdated software on Mac endpoints: Introducing ThreatDown VPM for Mac
ThreatDown is happy to announce that our Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management (VPM) tool is now available for Mac endpoints. There are hundreds of third-party…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2024 includes critical Hyper-V flaws
The March 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 61 Microsoft vulnerabilities. Only two of the vulnerabilities are rated critical and both of these are…
FakeBat delivered via several active malvertising campaigns
February was a particularly busy month for search-based malvertising with the number of incidents we documented almost doubling. We saw similar payloads being dropped but…