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A private moment, caught by a Roomba, ended up on Facebook. Eileen Guo explains how: Lock and Code S04E03

A private moment, caught by a Roomba, ended up on Facebook. Eileen Guo explains how: Lock and Code S04E03

January 30, 2023

In 2020, a photo of a woman sitting on a toilet—her shorts pulled half-way down her thighs—was shared on Facebook, and…

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A week in security (January 23—29)

January 29, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe!

What happened in privacy in 2022

What happened in privacy in 2022

January 27, 2023

Annual reviews of any year’s developments in privacy rarely lend themselves to pithy wrap-ups, but 2022 was different, providing the clearest…

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WhatsApp hijackers take over your account while you sleep

January 26, 2023

Late last week, Twitter user Zuk (@ihackbanme) tweeted an issue about WhatsApp that has the potential to turn heads.He explains that attackers…

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“2.6 million DuoLingo account entries” up for sale

January 26, 2023

Not a week goes by where we don’t see an example of data scraping causing concern for both business and folks…

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Video game playing FISH live streams credit card ‘theft’

January 25, 2023

A fish is in hot water (metaphorically speaking) after having performed some incredible antics on a video game live stream. The…

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Grand Theft Auto 5 exploit allows cheaters to tamper with your data

January 25, 2023

Yesterday I spent some time helping to fix a relative’s gaming PC. Their gaming data tied to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5…

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Consumer privacy and social media

January 25, 2023

Looking at the privacy related stories of 2022, it’s not hard to see that much of the focus was on the social…

What privacy can get you

What privacy can get you

January 24, 2023

The fight for data privacy must be won in the middle.No declaration, no call to arms, will sway the worst offenders….