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November 20, 2020

Black Friday 2020: How to shop safely online

Black Friday 2020 promises to be somewhat different from years gone by thanks to COVID-19. The annual surge of in-store chaos and trolley dashes isn’t compatible with social distancing, and so retailers will be looking to drive shoppers online. Friday 27th November is when things kick off this year, and yet some aspects will be radically different. If you intend to go to physical stores, then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Black Friday, Hacking, Malware, online, phishing, retail, scams, shopping, social media, stores
November 16, 2020

A week in security (November 9 – November 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on multiple patch releases: from Mozilla’s Firefox and Thunderbird to Google’s Chrome. We also had a chat with our resident experts, Adam Kujawa and John Donovan, about the future of IoT cybersecurity in our latest Lock and Code podcast episode. Lastly, we took a look at a new ransomware called RegretLocker, and guided college students on how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: a week in security, amazon, amazon scam, android malware, BBB, Better Business Bureau, Black Friday, Black Friday 2020, Check Point, Check Point Software Technologies, Chrome patch, college cybersecurity, COVID scam, discord, Firefox patch, gaming console scam, Google Play, Google Play Store, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT cybersecurity, Iranian APT, lock & code, lock and code podcast, malicious attachment, Pay2Key, phishing, Playstation 5, regretlocker, scam, text scam, Thunderbird patch, TroubelGrabber
December 9, 2019

Please don’t buy this: smart doorbells

Though Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, the two shopping holidays were just precursors to the larger Christmas season—a time of year when online packages pile high on doorsteps and front porches around the world. According to some companies, it’s only logical to want to protect these packages from theft, and wouldn’t it just so happen that these same companies have the perfect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: amazon, August View, Bitdefender, Black Friday, Christmas, Cyber Monday, El Monte, Gizmodo, Google Nest Hello, Jeff Bezos, Motherboard, please don't buy this, Ring, Senator Ed Markey, Senator Ron Wyden, smart doorbells, The Intercept, Vice