All across the world, governments and corporations are looking to invest in or develop facial recognition technology. From law enforcement to…
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Changing California’s privacy law: A snapshot at the support and opposition
This month, the corporate-backed, legislative battle against California privacy met a blockade, as one Senate committee voted down and negotiated changes…
A week in security (July 8 – 14)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at ways to send your sensitive information in a secure fashion, examined some tactics…
Radiohead’s ransom response shows novel approach for ransomware victims
Last week, British rock band Radiohead thwarted an attempted digital ransom, in which unnamed hackers stole roughly 18 hours of unreleased…
Magecart skimmers found on Amazon CloudFront CDN
Update (06-08-2019): The compromises of Amazon S3 buckets continue and some large sites are being affected. Our crawler spotted a malicious…
A week in security (May 27 – June 2)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took readers through a deep dive—way down the rabbit hole—into the novel malware called “Hidden…
NIST’s privacy framework lets privacy tell its own story
Online privacy remains unsolved. Congress prods at it, some companies fumble with it (while a small handful excel), and the public…
A week in security (April 8 – 14)
Last week on Labs, we said hello to Baldr, a new stealer on the market, we wondered who is managing the…
The global data privacy roadmap: a question of risk
For most businesses, complying with US data privacy laws follows a somewhat linear, albeit lengthy, path. Set up a privacy policy,…
A week in security (February 4 – 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a closer look at the technical and reputational challenges for Facebook as it tries…