Microsoft is warning Office 365 users to watch out for a phishy emails asking you to install an app called Upgrade. The…
Month: January 2022
Senate Committee passes new antitrust bill aimed at Big Tech companies
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), a bill that forbids Big Tech platforms like Apple, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), and…
Windows Update has changed over the years. Here are 25 group policies to avoid
Microsoft has published a list of 25 group policies that administrators should not use in Windows 10 and Windows 11 as…
New DazzleSpy malware attacks macOS
DazzleSpy, a piece of malware that attacks macOS, was discovered last fall by researchers at ESET, and now those researchers have…
Warning issued over tampered QR codes
Avid readers of the Malwarebytes Labs blog will be well aware of QR code scams. Take, for example, that QR code…
Discord scammers go CryptoBatz phishing
It’s not been a great couple of weeks for people looking to get in on NFTs. Missing apes, rug-pulls, it’s all go in non-fungible…
Dark Souls servers taken offline over hacking fears
There’s been trouble brewing over the weekend for players of the smash-hit Dark Souls series. PvP (player vs player) servers were…
A week in security (January 17 – 23)
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Segway store compromised with Magecart skimmer
In the early 2000’s, the Segway company released a personal transporter that would become iconic. The Segway Human Transporter was quickly…
Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private
Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much…