A website styled to resemble a Google Account security page is distributing what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed in the wild. Disguised as a routine security checkup, it walks victims through a four-step flow that grants the attacker push notification access, the device’s contact list, real-time […]

On February 24, 2026, we published an article about how a fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs monitoring software, documenting a campaign that used a convincing fake Zoom waiting room to push a legitimate Teramind installer abused for unauthorized surveillance onto Windows machines. Teramind has stated they are not affiliated with the threat actors described, did not deploy the software referenced, and condemn any unauthorized misuse of commercial monitoring technologies.  […]

The Conduent breach has quietly grown into one of the biggest third‑party data incidents in US history, and the real story now is how many different programs and employers are swept up in it, even for people who have never heard of Conduent. When we first covered this incident, public filings suggested roughly 10.5 million […]

By definition, an advanced persistent threat (APT) is a prolonged, targeted attack on a specific victim with the intention to compromise their system and gain information from or about that target. About a decade ago, the term was mostly used for state-sponsored threat actors. I used threat actors here, because in the state where they operated from […]

Meta took six years to blur explicit images on Instagram, even though internal emails show executives were aware in 2018 that minors were receiving them, according to newly unsealed court documents. In a deposition given last year, Adam Mosseri (now the head of Instagram) discusses an email thread with Guy Rosen, Meta’s VP and chief […]

An independent developer, moved after reading about the abuse of smart glasses to film people without their consent, decided to create an app to detect nearby smart glasses. Smart glasses are wearable devices built into ordinary-looking eyewear that add functions like audio, cameras, sensors, and sometimes a small display. They can let you listen to music, take […]

A fake Zoom meeting website is silently pushing surveillance software onto Windows machines. Visitors land on a convincing imitation of a Zoom video call. Moments later, an automatic “Update Available” countdown downloads a malicious installer—without asking for permission. The software being installed is a covert build of Teramind, a commercial monitoring tool companies use to […]

Los Angeles County has sued online gaming company Roblox, adding to a series of suits that accuse the virtual worlds platform of misleading parents into thinking it’s safe while leaving children exposed to predators and sexually explicit content. The February 19 filing makes LA County the first California government body to take the company to […]

The UK’s online safety and privacy regulators are targeting companies that violate new age verification laws at both ends : Porn sites that did not keep children out, and mainstream platforms that profited from children coming in. On February 23, media regulator Ofcom fined porn operators that failed to put “highly effective” age checks in […]

A fraudulent website dressed in Avast’s brand is tricking French-speaking users into handing over their full credit card details—card number, expiry date, and three-digit security code—under the cover story of processing a €499.99 refund that was never owed to them. The operation combines live chat “support,” a hardcoded alarming transaction amount, and a convincing replica […]