A week in security (July 27 – August 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake Fortnite rewards are stealing players’ accounts Fake Flash Player installs AtlasRAT Malwarebytes for Windows, now available on the Microsoft Store Hims & Hers sued over alleged health data privacy failures Hidden prompt turns Microsoft Copilot into an AI worm...

A week in security (September 8 – September 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: AI browsers or agentic browsers: a look at the future of web surfing From Fitbit to financial despair: How one woman lost her life savings and more to a scammer Meta ignored child sex abuse in VR, say whistleblowers When AI chatbots leak and how it happens Fake...

A week in security (April 21 – April 27)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: AI is getting "creepy good" at geo-guessing Zoom attack tricks victims into allowing remote access to install malware and steal money Android malware turns phones into malicious tap-to-pay machines 4.7 million customers’ data accidentally leaked to Google by Blue...

Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more...

Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in 'Incognito Mode'

Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in June 2020 that alleged that the company misled users by tracking their surfing activity who thought that their internet use remained private when using the "incognito" or "private" mode on web browsers. The class-action lawsuit sought at least $5...

Facebook illegally processed user data, says court

The Amsterdam court has ruled that Facebook illegally processed user data in a case started by the Dutch Data Privacy Stichting DPS, a foundation that acts on behalf of victims of privacy violations in the Netherlands. According to the ruling, Facebook used personal data for advertising purposes ...

This Week in Security News: Google Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode and TrickBot Adds Enterprise-grade Module to Malware Arsenal

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a new module for the infamous trojan known as TrickBot that has been deployed. Also, read about Google’s $5 billion class-action...

Zoom Taps Ex-Facebook CISO Amid Security Snafus, Lawsuit

As it faces a major lawsuit, Zoom is taking a significant step to bolster security and privacy efforts by recruiting an industry heavy-hitter – former Facebook CISO Alex Stamos – to provide special counsel. It has also named third-party expert security advisory teams. The popular videoconferencin...