Results for 'hoax'
Exposing the ransomware lie to “leave hospitals alone”
January 9, 2024 - Ransomware gangs are getting more ruthless to increase the pressure on their victims. Now, even swatting cancer patients seems to be on the table.
“Amazon got hacked” messages are a false alarm
December 11, 2023 - A message about extra delivery addresses getting added to Amazon accounts has gone wild on social media. Luckily, it's nothing to worry about.
AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter
May 23, 2023 - Twitter’s recent changes to checkmark verification continue to cause chaos, this time in the realm of potentially dangerous misinformation. A checkmarked...
A week in security (April 17 – 23)
April 24, 2023 - Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Malwarebytes removes all remnants of ransomware and prevents you from getting reinfected. Want to learn more...
Swatting-as-a-Service is a growing and complicated problem to solve
April 18, 2023 - One Telegram channel has been found to be behind a great deal of swatting incidents in the US. Using the anonymity provided by...
BreachForums to be shut down after all for fear of law enforcement infiltration
March 23, 2023 - On March 15, 2023 US law enforcement arrested a man from New York who was accused of being the administrator of BreachForums, a...
A week in security (December 5 – 11)
December 12, 2022 - Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
Scammers threaten businesses with “total reputation damage”
November 16, 2022 - Email extortion is the name of the game for an unpleasant scam currently in circulation. These mails claim that your data...
A week in security (September 5 – 11)
September 12, 2022 - Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!
Ransomwater confusion, does the criminal know who the victim is?
August 17, 2022 - When we say that attribution is always tricky, we are obviously only seeing the half of it. Apparently sometimes even the...
