A week in security (January 6 – January 12)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Dental group lied through teeth about data breach, fined $350,000 AI-supported spear phishing fools more than 50% of targets US Cyber Trust Mark logo for smart devices is coming GroupGreeting e-card site attacked in "zqxq" campaign Massive breach at location data...

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...

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes...

Massive breach at location data seller: “Millions” of users affected

Like many other data brokers, Gravy is a company you may never have heard of, but it almost certainly knows a lot about you if you’re a US citizen. Data brokers come in different shapes and sizes. What they have in common is that they gather personally identifiable data from various sources—from...

NextGeography NG Analyser 安全漏洞

NextGeography NG Analyser is a location-based data visualization and analysis application from NextGeography. A security vulnerability exists in NextGeography NG Analyser that stems from an authorization authentication that can be bypassed via a user control key, potentially leading to misuse of...

Data brokers should stop trading health and location data, new bill proposes

Senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data. Data brokers have drawn attention this year by leaking several large databases, with the worst being the National Public Data leak. The data breach made international...

CVE-2024-44200

This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2024-44200

This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, macOS Sequoia 15.1. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

Apple iOS和iPadOS 安全漏洞

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CVE-2024-44200

CVE-2024-44200 affects iOS and iPadOS with an issue where an app may read sensitive location information due to inadequate redaction. Apple fixed this in iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 by improving redaction of sensitive data. The connected OpenVUL and Red Hat/Apple security content entries corroborate...

CVE-2024-44290

CVE-2024-44290 affects Apple platforms and is described as a location-privacy issue. The vulnerability is addressed in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and watchOS 11.1; installing these updates resolves the issue. The public description indicates an app could determine a user’s current location. The CVSS ...

PT-2025-3040 · Apple · Apple Macos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS versions prior to 14.7.2 macOS versions prior to 15.2 Description: The issue is related to insufficient protection of service data in the Find My component of MacOs, which may allow an attacker to disclose protected information. An app...

CVE-2024-44289

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2024-44222

This issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.1, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

CVE-2024-27849

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

PT-2024-31033 · Apple · Ios +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iOS versions prior to 18.1 iPadOS versions prior to 18.1 Description: The issue allows an app to potentially read sensitive location information due to inadequate redaction of sensitive information. Recommendations: For iOS versions prior to...

Apple macOS 安全漏洞

Apple macOS is a specialized operating system developed for Mac computers by Apple Inc. in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS version 13.7.1, which originates from an application that may be able to read sensitive location information...

Apple macOS 安全漏洞

Apple macOS is a specialized operating system developed for Mac computers by Apple Inc. in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS version 13.7.1, which originates from an application that may be able to read sensitive location information...

Apple macOS 安全漏洞

Apple macOS is a proprietary operating system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac computers. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS version 15, which originates from a malicious application with root privileges that may be able to access keyboard input and location information without user...

PT-2024-31111 · Apple · Apple Macos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS versions prior to 13.7.1 macOS versions prior to 14.7.1 Description: A privacy issue allowed an app to potentially read sensitive location information due to inadequate private data redaction for log entries. Recommendations: For macOS...