The king of tricks is dead. Long live the new king. Or will it make a comeback? While we already assumed…
Month: February 2022
How Crisis Text Line crossed the line in the public’s mind: Lock and Code S03E05
Last month, Politico reported that Crisis Text Line, a national mental health support nonprofit whose volunteers help people through text-based chats,…
Covid app’s privacy information ruled not clear enough
The UK’s data watchdog has issued a reprimand to both the Scottish government and NHS National Services Scotland about their Covid…
A week in security (February 21 – February 27)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
Potential cybersecurity impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
On Thursday night, Russia launched a military invasion of its neighbor and former Soviet Union member Ukraine, drawing a broad rebuke…
Google and Microsoft accused of feeding smaller search engines spam ads
Google and Microsoft appear to have been flooding their smaller search engine rivals with spam ads, to limit the number of…
Yik Yak “cyberbullying”: What can be done?
In August 2021, Yik Yak, the once-popular anonymous social media platform on Android and iOS, made a comebackafter shutting its doors…
How to update your drivers and when you need to
Many software vendors have a driver updater in their arsenal. But is it really that important to have the latest computer…
Cyclops Blink malware: US and UK authorities issue alert
According to a joint security advisory published yesterday by US and UK cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies, a new malware called…
Hive ransomware: Researchers figure out a method to decrypt files
Files encrypted by ransomware can’t be recovered without obtaining the decryption key, if the encryption has been done properly. But that…