Beware of scammers impersonating Malwarebytes
Scammers and other cybercriminals love to use our name to defraud their victims. Here’s what to look out for.
Scammers and other cybercriminals love to use our name to defraud their victims. Here’s what to look out for.
Categories: Personal Tags: TikTok Tags: celeb Tags: celebrity Tags: fake Tags: nude Tags: nudes Tags: scam Tags: referral Tags: temu A bogus celebrity leaked photos scam linked to Temu referrals is doing the rounds on TikTok. |
The post TikTok flooded with fake celebrity nude photo Temu referrals appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Personal Tags: app Tags: finance Tags: india Tags: loan Tags: rogue Tags: Apple Store Tags: play store Tags: google Tags: threaten Tags: blackmail Tags: sextortion Tags: fake Tags: deepfake Tags: deepfakes Tags: morph Multiple finance apps have been removed from the App Store after making dubious charges and issuing blackmail threats and other awful behavior. |
The post Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Business Tags: reviews Tags: fake Tags: ftc Tags: fine Tags: fraud Tags: bogus Tags: portal Tags: site Tags: rating Tags: score The FTC’s new proposed rule would apply large fines to those found distributing fake reviews online. |
The post Fake reviewers face big fines appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Personal Tags: audio Tags: edit Tags: editing Tags: tags Tags: fake Tags: deepfake Tags: patterns Tags: vocal recognition Tags: voice recognition Tags: AI Tags: authenticate Tags: authentication We take a look at research which claims a way to bypass voice recognition security by stripping synthetic aspects out of fake recordings. |
The post New technique can defeat voice authentication “after only six tries” appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Personal Tags: evil dead Tags: evil dead rise Tags: fake Tags: scam Tags: podcast Tags: movie Tags: download Tags: stream Tags: audible Tags: amazon music Tags: bruce Campbell Tags: sam ramai Tags: lily Sullivan Tags: Alyssa Sutherland Tags: lee Cronin Tags: chainsaw We take a look at a bogus Amazon podcast listing which promises free streams of Evil Dead Rise. |
The post “Free” Evil Dead Rise movie scam lurks in Amazon listings appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Personal Tags: UPS Tags: delivery Tags: scam Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: smishing Tags: SMS Tags: text Tags: fake Tags: data UPS is warning Canadian customers of potential phishing attempts after data was left accessible via look-up tool. |
The post UPS warns customers of phishing attempts after data accessed appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Business Tags: door dash Tags: delivery Tags: phish Tags: phishing Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: theft Tags: call Tags: support Tags: phone We take a look at a phishing scam that cost 700 DoorDash drivers a combined total of roughly $950k. |
The post Phishing scam takes $950k from DoorDash drivers appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: News Tags: GitHub Tags: malware Tags: repository Tags: security researcher Tags: fake Tags: download Tags: scam Tags: twitter Tags: social We take a look at reports of fake security researchers offering up malware downloads via GitHub repositories. |
The post Fake security researchers push malware files on GitHub appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Categories: Personal Tags: Taylor Tags: swift Tags: eras Tags: music Tags: gig Tags: concert Tags: tour Tags: scam Tags: ticket Tags: reseller Tags: fraud Tags: fake We take a look at multiple reports of ticket reseller fraud aimed at fans of Taylor Swift’s Era tour. |
The post Ticket scammers target Taylor Swift tour appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.