Facebook’s misleading privacy claims land Meta a $25 billion penalty

2026-10-22T20:51:45Z•94060088eb85e4e9792c78a6ad49620bdf36e3951b861ccc9da4c5d14e0626fc
AI securityChromeIoT securityPHPSignalcredential theftdata breachidentity theftmalwarephishingprivacyremote code executionscamssecurity newssextortionsoftware vulnerabilitiessupply chain compromiseupdate server hijacking

What happened

Malwarebytes Labs security feed covering privacy violations, phishing and identity scams, data breaches, software vulnerabilities, supply-chain compromise, malware delivery, and AI/IoT privacy and security issues. Notable items include a PHP remote-code-execution emergency, an AOMEI Backupper update-server compromise that delivered malware, Chrome critical vulnerabilities, a Signal call-audio privacy flaw, and breaches exposing sensitive student data.

Why it matters

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