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Android users targeted on Facebook and porn sites, served adware

ThreatDown research uncovered a campaign that spreads a annoying adware for Android devices through several methods

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Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

The Data Protection Commission has fined Meta $101M because 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext.

A week in security (September 23 – September 29)

A list of topics we covered in the week of September 23 to September 29 of 2024

Millions of Kia vehicles were vulnerable to remote attacks with just a license plate number

Researchers found a method to remotely take over any Kia with only the license plate number as a starting point.

Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution

Mozilla has introduced a feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution and turned it on by default, much to the chagrin of a privacy watchdog.

Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement

Telegram is making changes to make it less attractive for users with criminal intentions, by saying it will share user IPs and phone numbers with authorities.

Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post

Instagram users are sharing a hoax in enormous numbers in an attempt at preventing Meta from harvesting their posts and photos to train its AI.

Romance scams costlier than ever: 10 percent of victims lose $10,000 or more

A Malwarebytes survey has found 66 percent of people were targeted by a romance scam, with 10 percent of victims losing $10,000 or more.

Malwarebytes Personal Data Remover: A new way to help scrub personal data online 

Malwarebytes is simplifying your security and privacy with the release of our new Personal Data Remover.

100 million+ US citizens have records leaked by background check service

A background check service called MC2 Data has leaked information of over 100 million US citizens in an unprotected online database.