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Malwarebytes Completes Inaugural Third-Party Security Audit of AzireVPN Infrastructure, Reinforcing Commitment to Radical Transparency
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (163+ words) X41 D-Sec audited VPN software and hardware" In an industry where trust is often requested but rarely verified, Malwarebytes made the strategic decision to open its entire source code, server configurations, and internal processes to external scrutiny." Audit Scope and Methodology…...
WhatsApp on Windows users targeted in new campaign, warns Microsoft
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (426+ words) Microsoft researchers found a campaign that abuses WhatsApp attachments to sneak a script onto Windows machines which will lead to the attacker gaining remote control. WhatsApp offers a desktop application for Windows and macOS, which users can synchronize with their…...
Why we're still not doing April Fools' Day
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (732+ words) People lost an estimated $442 billion to scams last year worldwide, according to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance. The scale of that is hard to picture, but people's day-to-day scam experience is easier to recognize: Our research found that 44% of people say…...
Scam compounds hiring "AI models" to seal the deal in deepfake video calls
1+ week, 3+ day ago (483+ words) Scam compounds in Southeast Asia have already become modern slave farms, trapping victims and forcing many of them to become scammers for them. Now'they've'added another type of'worker'to the mix: so-called AI models. These professional scammers conduct video calls with their targets,…...
Advanced Flow will make Android sideloading safer
1+ week, 4+ day ago (486+ words) Google has announced the introduction of Advanced Flow, designed to let Android users install apps from unverified developers more safely than before. This process is known as sideloading. It means installing an app on your device from somewhere other than…...
How searching for a VPN could mean handing over your work login details
2+ week, 3+ day ago (464+ words) This blog is about how trying to do the "right thing" can lead you straight into a trap. People searching for a VPN ended up downloading credential-stealing malware. From the victim's perspective, their trust was exploited at every step: trust…...
This Android vulnerability can break your lock screen in under 60 seconds
3+ week, 1+ day ago (466+ words) A vulnerability in Android devices can allow attackers to gain access to a phone in less than a minute. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20435, affects certain MediaTek SoCs (System-on-a-Chip) using Trustonic's TEE (Trusted Execution Environment). That may sound rare, but…...
Sextortion "I recorded you" emails reuse passwords found in disposable inboxes
3+ week, 2+ day ago (401+ words) Our malware removal support team recently flagged a new wave of sextortion emails, with the subject line: "You pervert, I recorded you!" If the message sounds familiar, that's because it's a variation of the long-running "Hello pervert" scam. The email…...
How to see your Google Search history (and delete it)
3+ week, 3+ day ago (751+ words) Your Google Search history provides one of the most detailed windows into your private life, and I know this because when I looked at my own search history last year, I was overwhelmed by the information buried within. Google tracked…...
Signal and WhatsApp accounts targeted in phishing campaign
3+ week, 3+ day ago (819+ words) Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD warn that Russian state'backed hackers are running a large'scale campaign to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts of high'value targets. The targets are said to be senior officials, military personnel, civil servants, and journalists....