A week in security (September 23 – September 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Millions of Kia vehicles were vulnerable to remote attacks with just a license plate number Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement Don’t share the vir...

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent

Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb short for None Of Your Business has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority DPA against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy-Preserving Attribution PPA without explicitly seeking users' consent. "Contrary to its...

Privacy Advocates File Complaint Over Jay-Z's 'MCHG' App,

Privacy advocates called out rapper/entrepreneur Jay-Z this week, filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over an app he released earlier this month that many critics feel goes overboard in the amount of the information it requests from users. Citing “deceptive business practices,”...

Japan orders Google to remove auto-complete function over privacy complaint

Japan orders Google to remove auto-complete function over privacy complaint Google has been ordered to disable part of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy. According to a report by The Japan Times, the court was acting on a petition accusing Google's autocomple...