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We talk to Chris Boyd at Malwarebytes about facial recognition technology—its history, its failures in accuracy, and whether it will ever be “good” for us.

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Lock and Code S1Ep5: Mythbusting and understanding VPNs with JP Taggart

April 27, 2020 admin a week in security, android trojan, biometrics, bots, ios mail bug, lock and code, lock and code podcast, lock and code s01e05, lock and code s1ep5, malwarebytes privacy, Online privacy, OpenSSL, privacy, smart hubs, Vivaldi, VPN, VPNs

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to JP Taggart, senior security researcher at Malwarebytes, about VPNs—debunking their myths, explaining their actual capabilities, and providing some advice on what makes a strong VPN.

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A week in security (April 13 – 19)

April 20, 2020 admin a week in security, Adware, Android, coronavirus, malware, phish, Week in security, weekly roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:36:48 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security news, including phishing scams, coronavirus scams, Apple scams, and more.

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A week in security (March 30 – April 5)

April 6, 2020 admin a week in security, covid-19, cyber volunteers, draytek, GDPR, houseparty, Marriott, online shopping, RDP, VPN, zoom, zoom-bombing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:05:42 +0000

A roundup of the week’s security news, including data privacy issues, increases in cyberattacks due to COVID-19, Zoom vulnerabilities, and more.

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A week in security (March 16 – 22)

March 23, 2020 admin a week in security, apt36, awis, covid-19, emotet, fake news, money mule, monitorminor, phishing scam, romance scam, shadow iot, slack, stalkerware, trickbot, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, who, World Health Organization

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:44:58 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including COVID-19-themed threats, child identity theft, and securely working from home.

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A week in security (March 2 – 8)

March 17, 2020 admin a week in security, awis, cathay pacific, coronavirus, exploit, GDPR, malware, microsoft, Mobile, phishing, round up, Security, tesco, Week in security, zynga

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:07:46 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security headlines, including the introduction of a new series on child identity theft, an examination of law enforcement’s cybersecurity woes, a progress check on our stalkerware initiative, and more coronavirus scammers on the prowl.

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A week in security (February 17 – 23)

February 24, 2020 admin a week in security, awis, BlueKeep, catfishing, Chrome Extension, Crypto scams, deepfakes, Elections, Epic Games, firmware, IDaaS, identity-as-a-service, jamila kaya, LokiBot, ransomware, scammers, Twitter, voatz, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, youtube hack

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:32:34 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including cloud identity management, a noteworthy Twitter scam-tastrophy, RobbinHood ransomware, and more.

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