A week in security (July 14 – July 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Meta execs pay the pain away with $8 billion privacy settlement Adoption agency leaks over a million records Meta AI chatbot bug could have allowed anyone to see private conversations WeTransfer walks back clause that said it would train AI on your files Chrome fix...

Dating app scammer cons former US army colonel into leaking national secrets

Even hard-headed military types can fall victim to romance scams, it seems. A former US army colonel faces up to ten years in prison after revealing national secrets on a foreign dating app. David Slater was a retired colonel in the US army who took up work as a civilian at US Strategic Command,...

CVE-2023-51470

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.11.1...

CVE-2023-51425

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...

CVE-2023-51468

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...

CVE-2017-20135

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Itech Dating Script 3.26. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /seemoredetails.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed...

CVE-2010-1096

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in searchmatch.php in ScriptsFeed Dating Software allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 1 txtgender and 2 txtlookgender parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third par...

A week in security (May 4 – May 10)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The AI chatbot cop squad is here Lock and Code S06E09 Android fixes 47 vulnerabilities, including one zero-day. Update as soon as you can! "Your privacy is a promise we don’t break": Dating app Raw exposes sensitive user data FBI issues warning as scammers target...

Child predators are lurking on dating apps, warns report

Using a dating app? Beware of your potential partner's motives. A report from Edinburgh University warns that child abusers are using these apps to find single parents with vulnerable children. The Searchlight 2025 report, from the University's Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, analyses t...

Intimate images from kink and LGBTQ+ dating apps left exposed online

A researcher found millions of pictures from specialized dating apps for iOS stored online without any kind of password protection. The pictures, some of which are explicit, stem from dating apps that all have a specific audience. The five platforms, all developed by M.A.D. Mobile are kink sites...

Apps That Are Spying on Your Location

404 Media and Wired are reporting on all the apps that are spying on your location, based on a hack of the location data company Gravy Analytics: The thousands of apps, included in hacked files from location data company Gravy Analytics, include everything from games like Candy Crush to dating ap...

Meta takes down more than 2 million accounts in fight against pig butchering

Meta provided insight this week into the company's efforts in taking down more than 2 million accounts that were connected to pig butchering scams on their owned platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Pig butchering scams are big business, with hundreds of millions of dollars involved every year. The...

Man Gets 25 Years for Online Dating Hostage Scams Targeting Americans

Romance Scammer Sentenced to 25 Years for Hostage-Taking. The Venezuelan national lured US citizens via online dating and…...

FBI warns online daters to avoid “free” online verification schemes that prove costly

The FBI has warned of fraudsters targeting users of dating websites and apps with “free” online verification service schemes that turn out to be very costly. Instead of being free, as advertised, the verification schemes involve steep monthly subscription fees, and will steal personal information...

Ukraine Targeted in Cyberattack Exploiting 7-Year-Old Microsoft Office Flaw

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a targeted operation against Ukraine that has been found leveraging a nearly seven-year-old flaw in Microsoft Office to deliver Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The attack chain, which took place at the end of 2023 according to Deep Instinct, employs...

CVE-2023-51425

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...

CVE-2023-51425 WordPress Rencontre plugin <= 3.10.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...

CVE-2023-51425 WordPress Rencontre plugin <= 3.10.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...

PT-2024-14123 · Unknown · Rencontre – Dating Site

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Rencontre – Dating Site versions 3.10.1 and earlier Description: The issue is related to Improper Privilege Management, allowing Privilege Escalation. Recommendations: For versions 3.10.1 and earlier, update to a version that contains a fix f...

CVE-2023-51468

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jacques Malgrange Rencontre – Dating Site.This issue affects Rencontre – Dating Site: from n/a through 3.10.1...