How to spot and avoid a tech support scam

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Tech support scams are an ongoing nuisance. Knowing how they operate helps you to recognize them.

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The rise of multi-threat ransomware

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Take a look at our ten minute video walkthrough of ransomware issues and concerns.

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Why MRG-Effitas matters to SMBs

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 13:07:26 +0000

The 360° Assessment & Certification from MRG-Effitas can offer guidance to SMBs looking for a simple, effective cybersecurity product.

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MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluation results: Malwarebytes’ efficiency, delivered simply, earns high marks

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 03:31:37 +0000

The latest results from the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation show that Malwarebytes provides simple, efficient cybersecurity.

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Tech support fraud is still very much alive, says latest FBI report

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:15:27 +0000

In 2021 the IC3 received 23,903 complaints related to tech support fraud from victims in 70 countries. Stay away from these scammers.

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Crafty Web Skimming Domain Spoofs “https”

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:28:57 +0000

Earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity alerted the 10th largest food distributor in the United States that one of its Web sites had been hacked and retrofitted with code that steals credit card and login data. While such Web site card skimming attacks are not new, this intrusion leveraged a sneaky new domain that hides quite easily in a hacked site’s source code: “http[.]ps” (the actual malicious domain does not include the brackets, which are there to keep readers from being able to click on it).

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Threat spotlight: RobbinHood ransomware takes the driver’s seat

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:09:03 +0000

RobbinHood a is a ransomware family that specifically targets organizations using a vulnerable kernel driver to prepare systems for encryption. Learn how to protect against it.

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Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:30:10 +0000

Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies?

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Malwarebytes teams up with security vendors and advocacy groups to launch Coalition Against Stalkerware

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Today, Malwarebytes is announcing its participation in a joint effort to stop invasive digital surveillance: the Coalition Against Stalkerware.

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