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New Mac OS X remediation offering and forensics capabilities for enterprise

May 26, 2016 - At Malwarebytes, our mission is to protect consumers and businesses from the most dangerous cyber threats. Today, we announced a new...

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Explained | News

Hacking your head: how cybercriminals use social engineering

January 20, 2016 - Social engineering is nothing new. It’s a tool of psychological manipulation that’s been used since the dawn of man. Why? To...

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News | Threats

Ukrainian Media Site RBC[dot]UA Drops CryptoWall Ransomware

July 27, 2015 - Popular news site rbc[dot]ua is currently hacked and infecting its visitors via the RIG exploit kit. The majority of the traffic to...

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Patching the End User: How to Recognize the Social Engineering In Scams

June 11, 2013 - Scammers use psychological manipulation to defraud their victims, so it is extremely useful to be able to identify the social engineering elements...

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News | Personal

Deepfake Taylor Swift images circulate online, politicians call for laws to ban deepfake creation

January 30, 2024 - Explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift caused problems on social media and caused politicians to ask for more legislation

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“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.

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News | Scams

Scammers can easily phish your multi-factor authentication codes. Here’s how to avoid it

May 16, 2024 - Phishers are using new authentication-in-the-middle techniques to dupe victims into providing their login and MFA credentials.

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TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

April 24, 2024 - The US Senate has approved a bill that will ban TikTok, unless it finds a new owner, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.

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News | Privacy

Mental health company Cerebral failed to protect sensitive personal data, must pay $7 million

April 18, 2024 - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with online mental health services company Cerebral after the company was charged with failing to secure and protect sensitive health data.

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News | Scams

Cannabis investment scam JuicyFields ends in 9 arrests

April 18, 2024 - JuicyFields was an investment scam that urged victims to invest in cannabis production.

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