This week on the Lock and Code podcast… There’s an easy way to find out what Facebook knows about you—you just have to ask. In 2020, the social media giant launched an online portal that allows all users to access their historical data and to request specific types of information for download across custom time […]
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Four porn sites are being investigated by the European Commission under its Digital Services Act (DSA) for allegedly failing to verify its users’ ages properly. The Commission, which drafts and enforces the European Union’s laws, is focusing the lens on Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos with the investigation. It launched the inquiry after sending requests
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Search hijacking, often referred to as browser hijacking, occurs when cybercriminals modify users’ browser settings without their consent. This often results in users being redirected to potentially malicious websites, such as fake customer service offerings. Search hijacking commonly happens through free downloads, bundled software, or fake browser extensions that pose as helpful tools. These attacks can
A man is facing a $450,000 AU fine after he published deepfake images of prominent Australian women on the now-defunct MrDeepfakes web site. That’s if Australia’s online safety regulator gets its way. Anthony Rotondo faces charges of posting these and other explicit deepfake images to the MrDeepfakes website, which closed down earlier this month. According
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A man is facing a $450,000 AU fine after he published deepfake images of prominent Australian women on the now-defunct MrDeepfakes web site. That’s if Australia’s online safety regulator gets its way. Anthony Rotondo faces charges of posting these and other explicit deepfake images to the MrDeepfakes website, which closed down earlier this month. According
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Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the public’s interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and delivering malware via text-to-video tools. According to researchers at Mandiant, the criminals are setting up websites claiming to offer “AI video generator” services, and then using those fake tools to distribute information stealers, Trojans, and backdoors. Links to the malicious websites were
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Over a year ago the FBI warned about what was then a new form of smishing (phishing via SMS) scam: text messages that demanded payment for toll fees. The FTC sent out a similar warning in January, 2025. Then, in April another wave of toll fee scams began doing the rounds. Now the Departments of
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A recent discovery by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler of an unsecured database containing over 184 million unique login credentials has once again highlighted the growing threat posed by infostealers. While the sheer volume of exposed data—including emails, passwords, and authorization URLs—is alarming, the real concern is not just about the exposure itself, but in how
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Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Lumma information stealer infrastructure disrupted Stalkerware apps go dark after data breach Scammers are using AI to impersonate senior officials, warns FBI 23andMe and its customers’ genetic data bought by a pharmaceutical org Malware-infected printer delivered something extra to Windows users How Los Angeles banned smartphones in schools (Lock and
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Microsoft have disrupted the infrastructure of the Lumma information stealer (infostealer). Lumma Stealer, also known as LummaC or LummaC2, first emerged in late 2022 and quickly established itself as one of the most prolific infostealers. Infostealers is the name we use for a group of malware that collects
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