A co-worker forwarded this rather convincing PayPal scam to me. Thanks Elena. A highly sophisticated email scam is targeting PayPal users with the subject line of “Set up your account profile.” We decided to see what the scammers are after. First thing to do is to look at the headers: The sender address service@paypal.com (sometimes […]
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The State of California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently issued a warning to taxpayers to protect themselves from tax scams. In their warning the FTB states: “Recently, the FTB received reports of a scam targeting taxpayers through text messages that appear to be from FTB. These text messages contain a link to a fraudulent version
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WhatsApp says it has issued an update to patch a vulnerability that has been used in conjunction with an Apple vulnerability to target specific users and compromise their devices. Reportedly, attackers used this exploit against dozens of WhatsApp users, and WhatsApp has notified those affected: “Our investigation indicates that a malicious message may have been
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Two step verification is the name Meta uses for what is generally referred to as Two-factor authentication (2FA). 2FA is not fool-proof, but it is one of the best ways to protect your accounts from hackers. It adds an extra step when logging in, which is a small extra effort for you, but it dramatically
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Since January 8, 2025, travelers from most countries, including the US, Australia, and Canada have to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for visa free travel to the UK. You can apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation using the ETA App, or via an online form. When you apply for a UK ETA you
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Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Microsoft wants to automatically save your Word docs to the cloud “No place in our networks”: FCC hangs up on thousands of voice operators in robocall war Claude AI chatbot abused to launch “cybercrime spree” Developer verification: a promised lift for Android security More vulnerable stalkerware victims’ data exposed in
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Microsoft has revealed it plans to automatically save all Word document to the cloud. The feature is currently only available to Microsoft 365 Insiders, although it’s likely to expand this to all users in the future. Microsoft proudly announced: “We are modernizing the way files are created and stored in Word for Windows! Now you
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Everyone hates robocalls. However, it’s difficult to track down all the scammers and spammers that make them, so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken another approach: it just disconnected over a thousand voice operators from the public telephone network for not doing their part to stop the scourge. This week, the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau
Anthropic—the company behind the widely renowned coding chatbot, Claude—says it uncovered a large-scale extortion operation in which cybercriminals abused Claude to automate and orchestrate sophisticated attacks. The company issued a Threat Intelligence report in which it describes several instances of Claude abuse. In the report it states that: “Cyber threat actors leverage AI—using coding agents
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Anthropic—the company behind the widely renowned coding chatbot, Claude—says it uncovered a large-scale extortion operation in which cybercriminals abused Claude to automate and orchestrate sophisticated attacks. The company issued a Threat Intelligence report in which it describes several instances of Claude abuse. In the report it states that: “Cyber threat actors leverage AI—using coding agents
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