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October 19, 2020

A week in security (September 12 – September 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at journalism’s role in cybersecurity on our Lock and Code podcast, gave tips for safer shopping on Amazon Prime day, and discussed an APT attack springing into life as Academia returned to the real and virtual campus environment. We also dug into potential FIFA 21 scams, the return of QR code scams, Covid fatigue, and the absence of Deepfakes from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: a week in security, awis, facebook, football, Google, Malware, roundup, scams, security, virtual appliance
October 14, 2020

FIFA 21 game scams: watch out for unsporting conduct

Despite COVID-19, soccer season is slowly ebbing its way back into daily life around the world. It’s also sneaking back onto TV screens in the form of huge-budget video games. Step up to the plate, FIFA 21. FIFA games: the football juggernaut The FIFA series is an absolute monster in terms of sales, clocking in at around 280 million copies across 51 countries over the lifetime of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: coins, cybercrime, EA, fake, FIFA, football, FUT, games, origin, scam, Social engineering, social media, steam, video game
June 27, 2018

World Cup 2018: malware attacks gunning for goal

World Cup 2018 is upon us and in full swing, bringing together 32 nations for a month of footballing to see who’ll be crowned World Champion. With the tournament underway, we thought it’d be fun to see which of the footballing powerhouses also expended a similar amount of energy fighting off malware attacks. From January 1 until June 14, the day the World Cup matches began, we gathered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cyber, cybercrime, football, Hacking, Malware, russia, world cup