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YouTube launches “global effort” to block ad blockers

November 5, 2023 admin ad blockers, extensions, news, personal, Youtube

The ongoing struggle between YouTube and ad blockers is turning ugly. Users are left with the choice between paying for Premium or watching ads.

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A week in security (November 25 – December 1)

December 2, 2019 admin a week in security, ad blockers, awis, data as property, dexphot, energy sector security issues, iphone phishing, iphone phishing scam, nursing home ransomware, sextortion scammers, trickbot, universal healthcare security, venezuela cybercrime

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:23:55 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 25 – December 1, including the concept of “data as property”, the increasing creativity of sextortion scammers, and the security risks of switching to “healthcare for all” policies in the US.

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A week in security (June 10 – 16)

June 17, 2019 admin a week in security, ACLU, ad blockers, Adware, AI, American Civil Liberties Union, APT, Artificial Intelligence, breach, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, cyberbullying, disinformation campaign, fishwrap, Google Calendar notification abuse, Healthcare security, Maine, MuddyWaters, privacy, pups, push notifications, sextortion, trolling, twitter list abuse, VLC

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:09:19 +0000

A roundup of security news from June 10–16, including MegaCortex, the latest news on privacy, the abuse of Twitter’s Lists feature, and more.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 68

December 17, 2018 admin ad blockers, ExPetr, Facebook, insurance, Lenovo, news, NotPetya, Petya, podcast, privacy, ransomware, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:00:36 +0000

In this episode, Dave and Jeff discuss Facebook’s battle with ad-blockers, NotPetya ransomware, Lenovo losing employees’ private data, and more.

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Introducing: Malwarebytes Browser Extension

July 26, 2018 admin ad blockers, ad blocking, Betas, block, chrome, clickbait, Firefox, Malwarebytes Browser Extensions, Malwarebytes news, speed up browser, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:21:22 +0000

Malwarebytes Browser Extensions (BETA) are available in the official web stores for Chrome and Firefox. Read what they can do for you, and try one, if you haven’t already..

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A week in security (July 9 – July 15)

July 16, 2018 admin ad blockers, Android malware, crypto mining, data breach, domestic abuse, Facebook, ico fraud, MITM, multi-factor authentication, prime day 2018, Security world, spectre, Threat Intel, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:00:01 +0000

A roundup of the security news from July 9 – July 15, including sextortion, Spectre, cryptomining, mobile malware, ICO scams and more.

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Everybody and their mother is blocking ads, so why aren’t you?

July 9, 2018 admin ad blockers, ad blocking, adblocks, exactis, malvertising, privacy, trackers

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:00:00 +0000

If you’re not blocking ads on your PC and mobile device, you should be! In this two-part series, we dispel some of the myths surrounding ad blocking, and cover the reasons why you should be blocking ads on your network and devices.

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