ALL POSTS US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally David Ruiz March 28, 2019 0 Comments The United States might be the only country of its size—both in economy and population—to lack a comprehensive data privacy law… Location data leaks from family tracking app database Christopher Boyd March 27, 2019 0 Comments An app called Family Locator, which allows family members to keep track of one another recently experienced an exposed database issue of… Facebook’s plain text misstep, and other password sins William Tsing March 27, 2019 0 Comments Two days after an article by Brian Krebs disclosed that hundreds of millions of Facebook account passwords had been stored in… Plugin vulnerabilities exploited in traffic monetization schemes Jérôme Segura March 26, 2019 0 Comments In their Website Hack Trend Report, web security company Sucuri noted that WordPress infections rose to 90 percent in 2018. One aspect… A week in security (March 18 – 24) Malwarebytes Labs March 25, 2019 0 Comments Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we touched on the susceptibility of hospitals against phishing attacks, password reuse, the risk of interactive… Researchers go hunting for Netflix’s Bandersnatch Christopher Boyd March 22, 2019 0 Comments A new research paper from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras explains how popular Netflix interactive show Bandersnatch could fall victim to… Are hackers gonna hack anymore? Not if we keep reusing passwords Kacy Zurkus March 21, 2019 0 Comments Enterprises have a password problem, and it’s one that is making the work of hackers a lot easier. From credential stuffing… Facebook’s history betrays its privacy pivot David Ruiz March 20, 2019 0 Comments Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg proposed a radical pivot for his company this month: it would start caring—really—about privacy, building out a… New research finds hospitals are easy targets for phishing attacks Joan Goodchild March 19, 2019 0 Comments New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston finds hospital employees are extremely vulnerable to phishing attacks. The study highlights just… Previous 1 … 373 374 375 376 377 … 620 Next Contributors Threat Center Podcast Glossary Scams
