MalwareBytes

A week in security (September 21 – September 27)


Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

  • LinkedIn adds new checks for fake profiles and work histories
  • Kothamine malware uses Tailscale’s tailcat to evade network detection
  • Criminals turn placeholder domain into ClickFix trap
  • That shipping rebate offer may come with a monthly charge
  • OpenAI agent breached Australian government site, took months to report it
  • New Browser Guard features add protection before and after you click
  • Update Chrome: 108 security fixes for desktop, new release for Android
  • Google’s location data privacy failures draw a €403 million fine
  • How device code phishing gives scammers access to your account
  • Fake Claude Max giveaway hides a Google account phishing trap
  • ShinyHunters claims FBI breach was revenge for “false” report
  • Some cheap smart glasses are a security disaster
  • Meta’s Muse AI assistant has a zero-day that can turn it into a Mac backdoor
  • Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
  • The AI plot to scan and destroy books (Lock and Code S07E19)
  • The fake sites using a cheap toolkit to sell $2,000 AI subscriptions
  • Gemini’s breach of real companies exposes an AI guardrail problem
  • ShinyHunters hacks rival extortion gang and takes over its dark web site

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