Every organization in the financial industry needs to meet certain regulatory obligations, even if it’s just filing a tax return or…
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Facial recognition: tech giants take a step back
Last week, a few major tech companies informed the public that they will not provide facial recognition software to law enforcement….
Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud
In 2013, 30-year-old Axton Betz-Hamilton received an angry phone call from her father two weeks after her mother, Pam, died. “What…
How to protect yourself from doxing
“Abandon hope all ye who enter.” This ominous inscription affixed atop the gates to Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy applies peculiarly…
What role does data destruction play in cybersecurity?
When organization leaders think about cybersecurity, it’s usually about which tools and practices they need to add to their stack—email protection,…
How to securely send your personal information
This story originally ran on The Parallax and was updated on July 3, 2019. A few months ago, my parents asked…
The top six takeaways for corporate data privacy compliance
For nearly two months, Malwarebytes Labs led readers on a journey through data privacy laws around the world, exploring the nuances…
What is personal information? Or personally identifiable information? In legal terms, it depends
In early March, cybersecurity professionals around the world filled the San Francisco Moscone Convention Center’s sprawling exhibition halls to discuss and…
Reputation management in the age of cyberattacks against businesses
Avid readers of the Malwarebytes Labs blog would know that we strive to prepare businesses of all sizes for the inevitability…
2018: The year of the data breach tsunami
It’s tough to remember all of the data breaches that happened in 2018. But when you look at the largest and…