“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (Lock and Code S06E16)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… The internet is cracking apart. It’s exactly what some politicians want. In June, a Texas law that…
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Online portal exposed car and personal data, allowed anyone to remotely unlock cars
A carmaker’s online dealership portal has been found leaking the private information and vehicle data of its customers. This also meant that anyone with access…
Adult sites trick users into Liking Facebook posts using a clickjack Trojan
As the use of age verification to access adult websites increases in various countries around the world, shady websites with adult content have started a…
Facebook users targeted in ‘login’ phish
A few weeks ago we warned our readers of a phishing campaign targeting Instagram users that didn’t resort to the usual links to phishing websites,…
How Google, Adidas, and more were breached in a Salesforce scam
At the heart of multiple data breaches against sophisticated and robust companies, including Google, Adidas, Louis Vuitton, and Chanel, was a rudimentary attack method that…
TeaOnHer, the male version of Tea, is leaking personal information on its users too
Last week we reported about some serious leaks in Tea Dating Advice, an app that provides a space for women to exchange information about men…
Meta accessed women’s health data from Flo app without consent, says court
A jury has ruled that Meta accessed sensitive information from a woman’s reproductive health tracking app without consent. The app in question is called Flo…
Malwarebytes earns MRG Effitas Android 360° Certificate for mobile threat detection
We’re excited to announce that MRG Effitas, a globally recognized security assessment firm, has awarded Malwarebytes the prestigious MRG Effitas Android 360° Certificate, one of…
Weight loss scams, or why ‘Jodie Foster’ wants me to lose weight
It seems like it’s hard to move on social media without some kind of mention of weight-loss injections these days. And, sure, these drugs can…
Perplexity AI ignores no-crawling rules on websites, crawls them anyway
Imagine putting up a no-trespassing sign for people walking their dogs, and then finding out that one person dresses up their Great Dane as a…
Alleged ‘tap-in’ scammer advertised services on social media
Would you give a complete stranger your credit card in return for the promise of easy money? No, neither would we. But apparently well over…
Critical Android vulnerabilities patched—update as soon as you can
Google has patched six vulnerabilities in Android, including two critical vulnerabilities in its August 2025 Android Security Bulletin. It also covers a critical vulnerability which could…