A list of topics we covered in the week of February 12 to February 18 of 2024
Tag: robocall
AI-generated voices in robocalls are illegal, rules FCC
The FCC has ruled that the use of AI generated voices in robocalls is illegal, by considering them as artificial under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
FCC comes down hard on robocallers with record $300m fine
Robocallers are in the news after the FCC issued a $300 million forfeiture to a persistent offender and shut down their…
More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year
More and more Americans have been falling victim to phone scams since 2019. According to the latest report from Truecaller (Google…
Telegram-powered bots circumvent 2FA
Two-factor authentication is a great way to protect your online accounts, and we always recommend you turn it on. But where…
Second colossal LinkedIn “breach” in 3 months, almost all users affected
LinkedIn has reportedly been breached—again—following reports of a massive sale of information scraped from 500M LinkedIn user profiles in the underground…
Here are the most popular robocall scams and how to avoid them
We recently examined how robocall scams are a serious threat to privacy, alongside the astonishing rate at which their volume continues…
Growing rate of robocalls threatens user privacy
When a person sees a call from an unknown number and picks up to hear a recorded voice on the other…
A week in security (September 30 – October 6)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, Malwarebytes renewed its pledge to fight stalkerware for National Cybersecurity Awareness (NCSA) and Domestic Violence Awareness…
A week in security (August 5 – 11)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we explained how brain-machine interface (BMI) technology could usher in a world of Internet of Thoughts,…