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A week in security (January 9—15)

January 16, 2023 0 Comments 2023 predictions, awis, department of interior, facebook, github, Google, identity theft, Instagram, k-12, k-12 security, Magecart, maternal & family health services, meta, Microsoft, news, nso group, pokemon nft, ransomware. vice society ransomware, royal mail, Slack, snapchat, TikTok, vice society, weak passwords, week in security, weekly blog roundup, whatsapp, youtube

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15.

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WhatsApp lawsuit against NSO Group greenlit by Supreme Court

January 12, 2023 0 Comments Apple, foreign sovereign immunity act, meta, news, nso, nso group, pegasus, pegasus spyware, spyware, whatsapp

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The US Supreme Court essentially gave Meta’s WhatsApp the go ahead to pursue their case against Pegasus’s NSO Group.

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US school district sues Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok over harm to kids

January 10, 2023 0 Comments alphabet, bytedance, facebook, Instagram, meta, news, seattle public school, section 230, snap, snapchat, sps, TikTok, youtube

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A whole school district in Seattle is suing social media giants for causing harm to kids and youths.

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Warning: “FaceStealer” iOS and Android apps steal your Facebook login

October 18, 2022 0 Comments Awareness, facebook, facebook stealer, facestealer, fake android apps, fake ios apps, meta, nathan collier, news

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FaceStealer is back. As a seasoned threat to legitimate app stores, expect it to be gone and then back again.

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A week in security (October 10 – 16)

October 17, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, ai bill of rights, Android, chinese apt, chrome, cisa, disinformation, FBI, final fantasy xiv, iOS, lock and code s03e21, managed detection response, mdr, meta, news, Ransomware, tax scam, week in security, whatsapp

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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Meta accuses apps of stealing WhatsApp accounts

October 10, 2022 0 Comments account, Android, apps, credentials, device, meta, Mobile, news, Spam, whatsapp

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Meta is suing developers for multiple credential-stealing apps found on Google Play and elsewhere.

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WhatsApp goes after Chinese password scammers via US court

October 7, 2022 0 Comments Android, Google Play, malware, meta, scammers, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:14:07 +0000

If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em!

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Spying on the spies. See what JavaScript commands get injected by in-app browsers

August 19, 2022 0 Comments facebook, inappbrowser.com, Instagram, krause, meta, news, Privacy, TikTok

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A developer and privacy expert created a platform that allows iOS users to see injected JavaScript in their in-app browsers

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Europe threatens to ban Facebook over data transfers to the US

July 11, 2022 0 Comments cjeu, court of justice of eu, Data Protection Commission, dpd, eu-us privacy shield, faebook, GDPR, Instagram, max schrems, meta, Privacy, privacy shield, scc, schrems ii, standard contractual clauses, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:36:30 +0000

The EU is warning Meta that it needs to make big changes to the way it handles data transfers between the Europe and US.

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Instagram introduces new ways for users to verify their age

June 27, 2022 0 Comments GDPR, Instagram, Machine Learning, meta, neural networks, Privacy, social vouching, video selfie

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:47:00 +0000

Meta has announced it’s going to test new age verification methods like social vouching and video selfies for INstagram users.

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