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A week in security (September 22 – September 28)_MALWAREBYTES:ED647D42A355B8799B91DDF4F8D1EC1A

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Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

* Hackers threaten parents: Get nursery to pay ransom or we leak your child’s data
* Google and Flo to pay $56 million after misusing users’ health data
* Neon App pays users to record their phone calls, sells data for AI training [updated]
* New SVG-based phishing campaign is a recipe for disaster
* LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now
* TikTok is misusing kids’ data, says privacy watchdog
* Police using drones to read your license plates, warns EFF
* Malwarebytes for Teams now includes VPN
* Fake Malwarebytes, LastPass, and others on GitHub serve malware
* Can you disappear online? (Lock and Code S06E19)
* American Archive of Public Broadcasting allowed access to restricted media for years
* Scammers are impersonating the FBI to steal your personal data
* Beware of Zelle transfer scams
* ChatGPT solves CAPTCHAs if you tell it they’re fake



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Published Sep 29, 2025 at 07:01

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