A week in security (August 24 – August 30)
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Protect your WhatsApp account with new passkey and 2FA upgrades
WhatsApp announced on August 25 that more than one billion people now use passkeys to log back into the app. The announcement included two other…
The AI agent swarm that attacked Hugging Face is a warning for the future
The hacking incident involving OpenAI evaluation agents and Hugging Face offers an unusually concrete look at what advanced AI-assisted intrusion can mean in practice: not…
New Instagram and Facebook rules set a default two-hour limit for teens
Meta decided that discretion was the better part of valor on Wednesday, agreeing to settle a landmark child safety case for up to $17 billion.…
Fake listings can turn trusted platforms into scam springboards
Recently, we found a listing on BuzzFeed from someone pretending to be Malwarebytes Support. It reminded us why we need to be cautious about content…
Flock wants privacy to meet surveillance halfway
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley says the United States needs a “compromise” between privacy and public safety. It’s a neat phrase, except I don’t like…
Fake Apple Pay charge brings the classic tech support scam to your phone
iPhone users are being targeted in a new tech support scam, using a fake Apple Pay notification to trick users. Tech support scams that use…
Popular school apps may be sharing student data with advertisers
A two-year investigation into educational technology (EdTech) apps used by Utah schools found that many were collecting and sharing student data in ways that appeared…
Update Chrome before you browse again
Chrome is rolling out an update for its desktop browser. The update includes 327 security fixes, ten of which address critical vulnerabilities. The stable channel has been updated…
Beware of fake Indeed interview apps used to install spyware
From several independent reports, we’ve seen evidence of scammers using fake Android “interview” apps to target job seekers on the Indeed platform. Indeed is one…
ToxicPanda 2.0 can take over your Android phone and banking apps
Researchers have uncovered ToxicPanda 2.0, an Android banking Trojan and remote-access tool designed for account takeover and “on-device fraud.” Not only does ToxicPanda 2.0 have…
GTA 6 leak hunt could expose data belonging to thousands of Discord users
Someone leaked footage of the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 this month, and the game’s publisher badly wants to know who. It’s after…