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Categories: News Tags: tiktok Tags: fine Tags: cookie Tags: consent Tags: opt out Tags: France Tags: CNIL We take a look at the latest fine hitting a social media network, this time over the issue of cookie consent. (Read more...) The post TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Karlee Besse Tags: Reach CPA Tags: time theft Tags: bossware Tags: TimeCamp Tags: Court Order Interest Act Tags: COIA Tags: Civil Resolution Tribunal Tags: CRT Bossware helped an employer fire an accountant for not working during work time. The accountant sued for wrongful termination. (Read more...) The post Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows "time theft" appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Erik McCauley Tags: SweetWizard Tags: law enforcement app Tags: ODIN Intelligence Tags: Wired SweepWizard, an app designed to assist law enforcement is causing a bit of trouble, was found inadvertently leaking sweeping data for years. (Read more...) The post Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chromium Tags: Rust Tags: memory safety Tags: rule of two Google has announced that it will support the use of third-party Rust libraries in Chromium which is a step forward in memory safety for the browsers. (Read more...) The post Google to support the use of Rust in Chromium appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: AWIS Tags: weekly blog roundup Tags: week in security Tags: Slack Tags: GitHub Tags: Magecart Tags: Microsoft Tags: Pokemon NFT Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Snapchat Tags: TikTok Tags: YouTube Tags: Google Tags: Meta Tags: identity theft Tags: Maternal and Family Health Services Tags: 2023 predictions Tags: Royal Mail Tags: K-12 security Tags: K-12 Tags: WhatsApp Tags: NSO Group Tags: Department of Interior Tags: weak passwords Tags: Vice Society Tags: ransomware. Vice Society ransomware The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15. (Read more...) The post A week in security (January 9—15) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: Lorenz Tags: ransomware Tags: CVE-2022-29499 Tags: Mitel Tags: backdoor Tags: web shell A recent case-study showed once again that timely patching is important, but it's not a silver bullet for stopping ransomware. (Read more...) The post Timely patching is good, but sometimes it's not enough appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: high society Tags: compromise Tags: school Tags: schools Tags: learning Tags: documents Tags: data Tags: leak We take a look at reports of 14 schools being compromised by ransomware group Vice Society. (Read more...) The post Multiple schools hit by Vice Society ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: US department of the interior Tags: password Tags: hashes Tags: cracking Tags: requirements Tags: MFA A recent audit cracked 21 percent of the department's passwords. (Read more...) The post US Department of the Interior's passwords "easily cracked" appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: Personal The Internet is kind of like the Wild West when it comes to threats to our privacy and security. But Malwarebytes can help you become the sheriff of your own digital frontier. (Read more...) The post 3 ways Malwarebytes helps you browse securely and privately online appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Pegasus Tags: spyware Tags: Pegasus spyware Tags: NSO Group Tags: NSO Tags: Apple Tags: WhatsApp Tags: Meta Tags: Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act The US Supreme Court essentially gave Meta’s WhatsApp the go ahead to pursue their case against Pegasus’s NSO Group. (Read more...) The post WhatsApp lawsuit against NSO Group greenlit by Supreme Court appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.