Malwarebytes
- 25 avril 2024 Ring agrees to pay $5.6 million after cameras were used to spy on customers
Amazon’s Ring has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that the company allowed employees and contractors to access customers’ private videos, and failed to implement security protections which enabled hackers to take control of customers’ accounts, cameras, and videos. The FTC is now sending refunds totaling more than $5.6 million to US consumers as a result of … - 24 avril 2024 TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban
The US Senate has approved a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular app. Social video platform TikTok has experienced explosive growth since it first appeared in 2017, and is now said to have well over 1.5 billion users, with an estimated 170 million of them in the US. Essentially, the bill says that T … - 23 avril 2024 Google ad for Facebook redirects to scam
Today, we are looking at a malicious ad campaign targeting Facebook users via Google search. It is well-known that tech support scammers attract new victims by buying ads for certain keywords related to their audience. What is perhaps less known is how it is even possible to impersonate top brands and get away with it. We will try to respond to the ‘how they do it’ and the ‘why i … - 23 avril 2024 “Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach
UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare, one of its subsidiaries. In the update, the company revealed the scale of the breach, saying: “Based on initial targeted data sampling to date, the company has found files containing protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII), which could cover a substantial proportion of p … - 22 avril 2024 Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman: Lock and Code S05E09
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make: “Sorry for all the depressing episodes.” When the Lock and Code podcast explored online harassment and abuse this year, our guest provided several guidelines and tips for individuals to lock down their accounts and remove their sensitive information from the internet, but larger problems re … - 22 avril 2024 Billions of scraped Discord messages up for sale
Four billions public Discord messages are for sale on an internet scraping service called Spy.pet. At first sight there doesn’t seem to be much that is illegal about it. The messages were publicly accessible and there are no laws against scraping data. However, it turns out the site did disregard some laws: more on that later. To get this amount of data the platform gathered information from 14,20 … - 22 avril 2024 A week in security (April 15 – April 21)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Law enforcement reels in phishing-as-a-service whopper Mental health company Cerebral failed to protect sensitive personal data, must pay $7 million Cannabis investment scam JuicyFields ends in 9 arrests Should you share your location with your partner? Giant Tiger breach sees 2.8 million records leaked Last week on ThreatDown: What makes some zero-day vulnerabiliti … - 18 avril 2024 Law enforcement reels in phishing-as-a-service whopper
A major international law enforcement effort involving agencies from 19 countries has disrupted the notorious LabHost phishing-as-a-service platform. Europol reports that the organization’s infrastructure has been compromised, its website shut down, and 37 suspects arrested, including four people in the UK linked to the running of the site, which also allegedly included the original develope … - 18 avril 2024 Mental health company Cerebral failed to protect sensitive personal data, must pay $7 million
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with online mental health services company Cerebral after the company was charged with failing to secure and protect sensitive health data. Cerebral has agreed to an order that will restrict how the company can use or disclose sensitive consumer data, as well as require it to provide consumers with a simple way to cancel services. After a … - 18 avril 2024 Cannabis investment scam JuicyFields ends in 9 arrests
Europol and its associates have arrested 9 people in conjunction with a cannabis investment scam known as “JuicyFields”. The suspects used social media to lure investors to their website. There they found information about a “golden opportunity” to invest in the cultivation, harvesting and distribution of cannabis plants to be used for medicinal purposes. Taken from the JuicyFields web …
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- 26 avril 2024Major phishing-as-a-service platform disrupted – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The investigation uncovered at least 40,000 phishing domains that were linked to LabHost and tricked victims into handing over their sensitive details - 24 avril 2024What makes Starmus unique? A Q&A with award-winning filmmaker Todd Miller
The director of the Apollo 11 movie shares his views about the role of technology in addressing pressing global challenges, as well as why he became involved with Starmus - 23 avril 2024How technology drives progress – A Q&A with Nobel laureate Michel Mayor
We spoke to Michel Mayor about the importance of public engagement with science and how to foster responsibility among the youth for the preservation of our changing planet - 23 avril 2024The vision behind Starmus – A Q&A with the festival’s co-founder Garik Israelian
Dr. Israelian talks about Starmus’s vision and mission, the importance of inspiring and engaging audiences, and a sense of community within the Starmus universe - 19 avril 2024Protecting yourself after a medical data breach – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
What are the risks and consequences of having your health data exposed and what are the steps to take if it happens to you? - 18 avril 2024The many faces of impersonation fraud: Spot an imposter before it’s too late
What are some of the most common giveaway signs that the person behind the screen or on the other end of the line isn’t who they claim to be? - 16 avril 2024The ABCs of how online ads can impact children’s well-being
From promoting questionable content to posing security risks, inappropriate ads present multiple dangers for children. Here’s how to help them stay safe. - 12 avril 2024eXotic Visit includes XploitSPY malware – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
Almost 400 people in India and Pakistan have fallen victim to an ongoing Android espionage campaign called eXotic Visit - 15 avril 2024Bitcoin scams, hacks and heists – and how to avoid them
Here’s how cybercriminals target cryptocurrencies and how you can keep your bitcoin or other crypto safe - 11 avril 2024Beyond fun and games: Exploring privacy risks in children’s apps
Should children’s apps come with ‘warning labels’? Here’s how to make sure your children’s digital playgrounds are safe places to play and learn.
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- 18 avril 2024ESET MSP Administrator version 2.6.43 has been released
ESET MSP Administrator version 2.6.43 has been released.
- 16 avril 2024ESET Inspect On-Prem version 2.1.3779.0 has been released
ESET Inspect On-Prem version 2.1.3779.0 has been released and is available for download.
- 16 avril 2024ESET Endpoint Encryption version 5.2.54.0 has been released
ESET Endpoint Encryption (EEE) version 5.2.54.0 has been released and is available in the Web Console repository.
- 4 avril 2024ESET PROTECT version 5.2 has been released
ESET PROTECT version 5.2 has been released. The staged roll-out will begin on April 4, 2024.
- 2 avril 2024ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE) version 1.4.62.0 has been released
ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE) version 1.4.62.0 has been released and is available for download.
- 2 avril 2024ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server version 11.0 has been released
ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server version 11.0 has been released and is available for download.
- 2 avril 2024ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server version 11.0 has been released
ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server version 11.0 has been released and is available for download.
- 27 mars 2024ESET Inspect version 2.1.3771 has been released
ESET Inspect version 2.1.3771 has been released.
- 26 mars 2024ESET PROTECT On-Prem Virtual Appliance version 11.0 for Rocky Linux 9 has been released
ESET PROTECT On-Prem Virtual Appliance version 11.0 for Rocky Linux 9 has been released and is available to download and update.
- 20 mars 2024ESET Direct Endpoint Management plugin for NinjaOne 2.0 has been released
ESET Direct Endpoint Management plugin NinjaOne 2.0 has been released and is available to download.