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A week in security (February 23 – March 1)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Public Google API keys can be used to expose Gemini AI data Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT Fake Zoom and Google Meet scams install Teramind: A technical deep dive How to understand and avoid Advanced Persistent Threats The Conduent...
New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children
The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate...
A week in security (April 7 – April 13)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: The Pall Mall Pact and why it matters Child predators are lurking on dating apps, warns report Your 23andMe genetic data could be bought by China, senator warns WhatsApp for Windows vulnerable to attacks. Update now! Man accused of using keylogger to spy on...
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...
Don’t let your kids on Roblox if you’re not comfortable, says Roblox CEO
In response to growing worries about the safety of children using Roblox, the CEO of the company has said to parents: "My first message would be, if you're not comfortable, don't let your kids be on Roblox." Roblox is one of the most popular gaming platforms, especially among young children...
Snake Mimics a Spider
This is a fantastic video. Its an Iranian spider-tailed horned viper Pseudocerastes urarachnoides. Its tail looks like a spider, which the snake uses to fool passing birds looking for a meal...
There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764
A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse...
Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor
Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down...
What is MDR ?
Gaining Insight: Decoding MDR's Functions As we navigate the continually evolving cybersecurity landscape, Managed Detection and Response MDR surfaces as a game-changing strategy. But, what does MDR truly signify? In its purest form, MDR marries technical expertise with sector-specific knowledge ...
Child Predators Mine Twitch to Prey on Kids
Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report finds Facebook and Instagram violated Palestinian rights, and more...
The Wren Eleanor story: Why you should keep your kids’ images off social media
TikTok moms have started a movement: Calling out potential creeps who follow child influencer accounts on the platform. The latest account in the spotlight is @wren.eleanor, a TikTok account with a massive 17.3 million followers. Its an impressive number and one that got the attention of armchair...
Internet Safety Month: Everything you need to know about Omegle
Omegle reached the heady heights of fame when everyone least expected it. Thanks to TikTok influencers, children flocked to this 13-year-old platform during the pandemic, unaware of the dangers already there. The concept of talking to strangers online is Omegles main selling point, but its not ne...
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Eating Maine Shrimp
Squid are eating Maine shrimp, causing a collapse of the ecosystem. This seems to be a result of climate change. Maines shrimp fishery has been closed for nearly a decade since the stocks collapse in 2013. Scientists are now saying a species of squid that came into the Gulf of Maine during a...
11-13 year old girls most likely to be targeted by online predators
The Internet Watch Foundation IWF, a not-for-profit organization in England whose mission is "to eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online", has recently released its analysis of online predator victimology and the nature of sexual abuse media that is currently prevalent online. The scope of th...
Are TikTok’s new settings enough to keep kids safe?
TikTok, the now widely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, amateur short clips—usually something akin to music videos—has been enjoying explosive growth since it appeared in 2017. Since then, it hasn’t stopped growing—more so during the current pandemic...
Op protected childhood: 113 online child predators arrested
By Waqas The arrests took place as part of Operation protected childhood initiated by ICE, HSI, MJSP against child sexual abuse material CSAM. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Op protected childhood: 113 online child predators arrested...
torontopredators.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1267506
Following 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...
Children Stream on Twitch—Where Potential Predators Find Them
A WIRED investigation found dozens of channels belong to children apparently under 13 and anonymous chat participants sending inappropriate messages their way...
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video from the Gulf of Mexico
Fantastic video: Scientists had used a specialized camera system developed by Widder called the Medusa, which uses red light undetectable to deep sea creatures and has allowed scientists to discover species and observe elusive ones. The probe was outfitted with a fake jellyfish that mimicked the...
How to Model Risk in an Apex Predator Cyber-World
The threat-intelligence researchers at Alphabet’s Chronicle have borrowed the apex predator concept from ecology to describe today’s multi-organizational, multinational threat actors — the evolution of which could provoke an overhaul of risk analysis and management. However, it’s important to kee...