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Avoid this “lost injured dog” Facebook hoax

April 18, 2023 - Facebook users are advised to be wary of posts involving injured dogs receiving treatment at a vet surgery, or pets sitting...

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“Baby dumped at the gate” post is a Facebook hoax

December 5, 2022 - Every so often, bizarre but oddly believable scams do the rounds on Facebook.  And so we have the latest: A tragic tale...

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Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax

September 6, 2022 - Everyone loves a good campfire story prone to exaggeration. However, when told online it’s not quite got the same effect. Long...

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Brad Pitt subject of new hoax after split with Jolie

September 28, 2016 - News of famed actor, Brad Pitt, purportedly taking his own life has been making rounds within Facebook immediately after TMZ revealed...

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New celebrity death hoax hits Facebook

August 9, 2016 - These past few days, it appears that Facebook (and YouTube) has become the launchpad to yet another celebrity death hoax. This...

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January 1st Instagram Profile Deletion Hoax

December 30, 2014 - Watch out for accounts on Instagram claiming a mass purge is coming on January 1, 2015 unless your account is “verified”, with...

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Hoaxes

March 25, 2013 - A hoax ( to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous ) is the word we...

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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...

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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...

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