A week in security (July 28 – August 3)

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Title A week in security (July 28 – August 3)
Update ID MALWAREBYTES:8E92724DBC4B14F2E22E328B5DB736BB
Type malwarebytes
Published 2025-08-04T07:08:08
Last Updated 2025-08-04T07:08:08

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Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

* Apple ID scam leads to $27,000 in-person theft of Ohio man
* OpenAI kills “short-lived experiment” where ChatGPT chats could be found on Google
* Trump Administration and Big Tech want you to share your health data
* Prison visitor details shared with all inmates at correctional facility
* That seemingly innocent text is probably a scam
* VPN use rises following Online Safety Act’s age verification controls
* Apple patches multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!
* Tea Dating Advice app has users’ private messages disclosed
* Allianz Life says majority of 1.4 million US customers’ info breached
* How the FBI got everything it wanted (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E15)

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