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A week in security (August 5 – August 11)

A list of topics we covered in the week of August 5 to August 11 of 2024

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Security company ADT announces security breach of customer data

Home surveillance provider ADT just announced they suffered a data breach and cybercriminals are already leaking the data

Stolen data from scraping service National Public Data leaked online

Cybercriminals have leaked records from National Public Data, a data scraping service that provides background checks.

Android vulnerability used in targeted attacks patched by Google

Google has issued security updates for 46 vulnerabilities, including a patch for a remote code execution flaw which has been used in limited targeted attacks.

Men report more pressure and threats to share location and accounts with partners, research shows

Men face more pressure—and threats—from significant others to grant access to their personal devices, online accounts, and locations.

Magniber ransomware targets home users

Home users are being targeted by a ransomware called Magniber which locks up files and demands money for the key.

A week in security (July 29 – August 4)

A list of topics we covered in the week of July 29 to August 4 of 2024

Scammers are impersonating cryptocurrency exchanges, FBI warns

The FBI warns about scammers that impersonate employees of cryptocurrrency exchanges as a means to defraud victims

Meta to pay $1.4 billion over unauthorized facial recognition image capture

Meta has settled a Texas lawsuit over gathering biometric data for Facebook's "Tag Suggestions" feature without informed consent.

Apple fixes Siri vulnerabilities that could have allowed sensitive data theft from locked device. Update now!

Apple has released security updates that patch vulnerabilities in Siri and VoiceOver that could be used to access sensitive user data.