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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous

State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI's many pitfalls.

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Google Chrome Rolls Out Support for 'Privacy Sandbox' to Bid Farewell to Tracking Cookies

Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. "We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and preserve access to information, whether it's news, a how-to-guide, or a fun video," Anthony Chavez, vice president of Privacy Sandbox initiatives at Google, said. "Without viable

Re-air: What teenagers face growing up online: Lock and Code S04E19

Categories: Podcast This week on Lock and Code, we revisit an earlier conversation with a Bay Area teenager about the hardest parts about growing up online. (Read more...) The post Re-air: What teenagers face growing up online: Lock and Code S04E19 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

New HijackLoader Modular Malware Loader Making Waves in the Cybercrime World

A new malware loader called HijackLoader is gaining traction among the cybercriminal community to deliver various payloads such as DanaBot, SystemBC, and RedLine Stealer. "Even though HijackLoader does not contain advanced features, it is capable of using a variety of modules for code injection and execution since it uses a modular architecture, a feature that most loaders do not have," Zscaler

Chrome's "Enhanced Ad Privacy": What you need to know

Categories: Personal Tags: google Tags: chrome Tags: website Tags: API Tags: Topics Tags: tracking Tags: ads Tags: adverts Tags: cookies We take a look at a Chrome popup related to Topics API, which you may be seeing in the near future. (Read more...) The post Chrome's "Enhanced Ad Privacy": What you need to know appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

Millions Infected by Spyware Hidden in Fake Telegram Apps on Google Play

Spyware masquerading as modified versions of Telegram have been spotted in the Google Play Store that’s designed to harvest sensitive information from compromised Android devices. According to Kaspersky security researcher Igor Golovin, the apps come with nefarious features to capture and exfiltrate names, user IDs, contacts, phone numbers, and chat messages to an actor-controlled server. The

Cybercriminals Weaponizing Legitimate Advanced Installer Tool in Crypto-Mining Attacks

A legitimate Windows tool used for creating software packages called Advanced Installer is being abused by threat actors to drop cryptocurrency-mining malware on infected machines since at least November 2021. "The attacker uses Advanced Installer to package other legitimate software installers, such as Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk 3ds Max, and SketchUp Pro, with malicious scripts and uses