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Categories: Awareness Tags: back to school Tags: device Tags: encryption Tags: Mobile Tags: school Tags: theft Tags: university We give you some tips as you gear up to return to school or college to ward off theft, and limit the impact should the worst happen. (Read more...) The post How to protect yourself and your kids against device theft appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

A college student fell victim to a Snapchat sextortion scheme. With a friend's help, she 'hacked back' and sent him to jail. The post When a sextortion victim fights back appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Hacking Tags: hacking Tags: sextortion Tags: snapchat A college student fell victim to a Snapchat sextortion scheme. With a friend's help, she 'hacked back' and sent him to jail. (Read more...) The post When a sextortion victim fights back appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

A researcher has found a serious vulnerability in the muhttpd webserver that is used in millions of routers and modems. A patch is available but ISPs are often slow to push out firmware updates. The post Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to path traversal attacks appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale. The post Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Scams Tags: charity Tags: compromised Tags: hijack Tags: security Tags: twitter We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale. (Read more...) The post Wrestling star Mick Foley's Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities A researcher has found a serious vulnerability in the muhttpd webserver that is used in millions of routers and modems. A patch is available but ISPs are often slow to push out firmware updates. (Read more...) The post Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to path traversal attacks appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

This week on Lock and Code, we talk with some of the team behind Malwarebytes Labs about whether we've lost the fight for data privacy. The post Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Podcast Tags: Data privacy Tags: facebook Tags: Google Tags: lock and code Tags: lock and code podcast Tags: malwarebytes labs Tags: podcast This week on Lock and Code, we talk with some of the team behind Malwarebytes Labs about whether we've lost the fight for data privacy. (Read more...) The post Have we lost the fight for data privacy? Lock and Code S03E16 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. The post A week in security (July 25 – July 31) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.