SUSE-SU-2026:3907-1 Security update for python-sqlparse

This update for python-sqlparse fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-54284: high algorithm complexity when parsing SQL payloads with hundreds of nesting levels can lead to denial of service via excessive resource consumption bsc1275459. - CVE-2026-59893: quadratic complexity when processing...

Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day

Google has walked back an AI feature that allowed users to generate artificial images inside Google Earth, after a predictable flurry of deepfakes. Google switched on the AI image generation feature inside Google Earth's web version on July 30. It was available to everyone. The system used Google...

A week in security (July 13 – July 19)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Shark vacuum flaw exposes cameras, home maps and Wi-Fi passwords How to use GitHub safely The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading Security updates available for Adobe, Chrome, Firefox, VMWare, and Zoom Samsung backs down on threat to delete health data Clau...

The backlash against Flock cameras is spreading

Flock-style ALPR systems carry serious privacy and civil-liberties risks, and the backlash is now starting to show up in agency decisions too. For those not yet familiar with Flock, Flock Safety operates an automated license plate recognition ALPR system that uses cameras and computer vision to...

Meta pauses controversial employee-tracking program after security review

Meta has paused a controversial employee‑tracking program after an internal security review found that highly granular keystroke and screen‑capture data from staff laptops was far more widely accessible inside the company than intended. The program was part of Meta's Model Capability Initiative...

Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI

Cast your mind back to May of this year: Congress was in the throes of debate over the massive budget bill. Amidst the many seismic provisions, Senator Ted Cruz dropped a ticking time bomb of tech policy: a ten-year moratorium on the ability of states to regulate artificial intelligence. To many,...

From threats to apology, hackers pull child data offline after public backlash

Last week we yelled at some “hackers” that threatened parents after stealing data from their children's nursery. This followed a BBC report that a group calling itself “Radiant” claimed to have stolen sensitive data related to around 8,000 children from nursery chain Kido, which operates in the U...

CVE-2025-59140

backlash parses collected strings with escapes. On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing account for backslash was taken over after a phishing attack. Version 0.2.1 was published, functionally identical to the previous patch version, but with a malware payload added attempting to redirect...

CVE-2025-59140

backlash parses collected strings with escapes. On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing account for backslash was taken over after a phishing attack. Version 0.2.1 was published, functionally identical to the previous patch version, but with a malware payload added attempting to redirect...

The US Court Records System Has Been Hacked

Plus: Instagram sparks a privacy backlash over its new map feature, hackers steal data from Google's customer support system, and the true scope of the Columbia University hack comes into focus...

Mozilla Tweaks Firefox Terms After Uproar Over Data Use Language

Firefox's new Terms of Use spark user backlash over data rights. Learn how Mozilla responded to concerns about…...

Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Firefox browser maker Mozilla on Friday updated its Terms of Use a second time within a week following criticism overbroad language that appeared to give the company the rights to all information uploaded by users. The revised Terms of Use now states - You give Mozilla the rights necessary to...

Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot Keeps Telling Users to Die

Google's Gemini AI Chatbot faces backlash after multiple incidents of it telling users to die, raising concerns about…...

National Amusements Reveals Data Breach Amid Backlash Affecting 82,000+

By Waqas The company under criticism is National Amusements, the parent company of media giants such as Paramount and CBS. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: National Amusements Reveals Data Breach Amid Backlash Affecting 82,000+...

backlash.dk Improper Access Control vulnerability OBB-3818633

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

“Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash

A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of its branches across the UK. The cameras analyze and convert video face captures into biometric data. The data is compared with a database of people who have committed...

Apple Delays Plans to Scan Devices for Child Abuse Images After Privacy Backlash

Apple is temporarily hitting the pause button on its controversial plans to screen users' devices for child sexual abuse material CSAM after receiving sustained blowback over worries that the tool could be weaponized for mass surveillance and erode the privacy of users. "Based on feedback from...

Backdoor.Win32.Backlash.101 Missing Authentication

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/4ba3c08d8ad964328f2b6f618f714df2.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Backlash.101 Vulnerability: Missing Authentication Description: BackLash Server 1.0...

The Zoom Privacy Backlash Is Only Getting Started

A class action lawsuit. Rampant zoombombing. And as of today, two new zero-day vulnerabilities...

Apple Suspends Siri Program After Privacy Backlash

Apple is suspending a program that lets contractors listen in on Siri voice recordings after facing a rain of backlash regarding the privacy implications of the program. The suspension comes after a report in The Guardian last week outlining how contractors regularly listen to intimate voice...