Radiology provider exposed tens of thousands of patient files
An anonymous person has disclosed that they gained online access to a radiologist’s platform that hosted patient information using stolen credentials. I-MED Radiology is Australia’s…
Category: MalwareBytes
Fake Disney+ activation page redirects to pornographic scam
A common way to activate digital subscriptions such as Netflix, Prime or Disney+ on a new TV is to visit a website and enter the…
Android users targeted on Facebook and porn sites, served adware
Android users, be on your guard against adware trying to infect your device. The adware—known as MobiDash—is spreading via several channels, according to ThreatDown research.…
Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined
Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91M ($101M) after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and…
Millions of Kia vehicles were vulnerable to remote attacks with just a license plate number
In June of 2024 security researchers uncovered a set of vulnerabilities in the Kia dealer portal that allowed them to remotely take over any Kia…
Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution
A European privacy watchdog has filed a complaint against Mozilla for quietly enabling Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) in its Firefox browser. Noyb (none of your…
Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement
Last month we reported how Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was indicted on charges of complicity in the distribution of child sex abuse images, aiding organized…
Malwarebytes Personal Data Remover: A new way to help scrub personal data online
There’s an awful lot about you online that some awful groups want to exploit. The right combination of personal data points could help an identity…
Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post
A new variation of a hoax that has been doing the rounds on Facebook for years has crossed over to Instagram. We’re seeing this post…
Romance scams costlier than ever: 10 percent of victims lose $10,000 or more
Romance scams continue to plague users, but their costs have risen to staggering heights, according to a Malwarebytes survey carried out last month via our…
100 million+ US citizens have records leaked by background check service
A background check left a huge database unprotected online containing 2.2TB of people’s data, according to research by Cybernews. The database was left passwordless and…
San Francisco’s fight against deepfake porn, with City Attorney David Chiu (Lock and Code S05E20)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… On August 15, the city of San Francisco launched an entirely new fight against the world of…