Comcast and Truist Bank customers impacted by debt collector’s breach
A data breach at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a US debt collection agency, has led to the loss of data of some Comcast…
Category: MalwareBytes
Large scale Google Ads campaign targets utility software
After what seemed like a long hiatus, we’ve observed threat actors returning to malvertising to drop malware disguised as software downloads. The campaign we identified…
iPhone flaw could read your saved passwords out loud. Update now!
Apple has issued security updates for iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1 which includes a fix for a bug that could allow a user’s saved passwords…
Not Black Mirror: Meta’s smart glasses used to reveal someone’s identity just by looking at them
Like something out of Black Mirror, two students have demonstrated a way to use smart glasses and facial recognition technology to immediately reveal people’s names,…
Browser Guard now flags data breaches and better protects personal data
Two things are true of data online: It will be collected and, just as easily, it will be lost. But a major update to Malwarebytes…
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…
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…