A week in security (January 26 – February 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Match, Hinge, OkCupid, and Panera Bread breached by ransomware group TikTok’s privacy update mentions immigration status. Here’s why. Meta confirms it’s working on premium subscription for its apps Microsoft Office zero-day lets malicious documents slip past securi...

PT-2025-21585 · Zulip · Zulip

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Zulip versions 10.0 through 10.2 Description: The issue concerns the "Who can create public channels" access control mechanism in Zulip, which can be circumvented by creating a private or web-public channel and then changing the channel priva...

CVE-2023-23537

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3, iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4, watchOS 9.4, macOS Big Sur 11.7.5. An app may be able to read sensitive location information...

Brave browser goes the extra mile to block third party cookies

Brave is testing a new feature to stop bounce tracking, a sneaky method that websites use to load third-party tracking cookies so they can gather more information about who is visiting their site. The Brave browser As you may remember from our post about the best browsers for privacy and security...

Facebook Hits Back At Apple’s iOS 14 Privacy Update

Facebook is lambasting an upcoming Apple mobile operating system privacy update, which requires application to ask users for permission before collecting and sharing their data. In the iOS 14 update, Apple iPhone and iPad users have an explicit option to opt out of allowing apps to collect data...

Change This Browser Setting to Stop Xiaomi from Spying On Your Incognito Activities

If you own a Xiaomi smartphone or have installed the Mi browser app on any of your other brand Android device, you should enable a newly introduced privacy setting immediately to prevent the company from spying on your online activities. The smartphone maker has begun rolling out an update to its...