Valorant, the popular free-to-play team based shooter, is attracting the attention of scammers. It’s reported that a malware distribution campaign is…
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Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers
If you’re a YouTuber, watch out for bogus Opera missives winging their way to you. The Browser team has had to…
Google and Facebook fined $240 million for making cookies hard to refuse
French privacy watchdog, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has hit Google with a 150 million euro fine…
“Free Steam games” videos promise much, deliver malware
Gamers are a hot target for scammers, especially in the run up to Christmas. Major games are released throughout the last…
A week in security (Oct 18 – Oct 24)
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Instagram Kids put on hold
Instagram has announced it is pausing the development of its newest brainchild, Instagram Kids—a version of Instagram aimed at 10-12-year-olds, or…
When the coronavirus infodemic strikes
Social media sites are stepping up their efforts in the war against misinformation… specifically, the coronavirus/COVID-19 infodemic. There’s a seemingly endless…
A week in security (September 16 -22)
Last week on Labs, we sounded the alarm about the relaunch of Emotet, one of the year’s most dangerous forms of…
YouTube ordered to cough up $170M settlement over COPPA infraction
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has required Google and YouTube to pay a settlement fee totaling…
A week in security (August 19 – 25)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on the presence of Magecart on a type of poker software; outlined how the…