A week in security (February 23 – March 1)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
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- Public Google API keys can be used to expose Gemini AI data
- Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT
- Fake Zoom and Google Meet scams install Teramind: A technical deep dive
- How to understand and avoid Advanced Persistent Threats
- The Conduent breach; from 10 million to 25 million (and counting)
- Instagram flagged explicit messages to minors in 2018. Image-blurring arrived six years later
- Developer creates app to detect nearby smart glasses
- Reddit, porn sites fined by UK regulators over children’s safety and privacy
- Roblox gives predators “powerful tools” to target children, says LA County
- Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs unauthorized version of monitoring tool abused by cybercriminals to spy on victims
- Refund scam impersonates Avast to harvest credit card details
- OpenClaw: What is it and can you use it safely?
- Password managers keep your passwords safe, unless…
- Fake Huorong security site infects users with ValleyRAT
- What can’t you say on TikTok?
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