Category: MalwareBytes

Gemini AI logo
27
Feb
2026

Public Google API keys can be used to expose Gemini AI data

Google Maps/Cloud API (Application Programming Interface) keys that used to be safe to publish can now, in many cases, be…

Google logo with a rat
27
Feb
2026

Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT

A website styled to resemble a Google Account security page is distributing what may be one of the most fully…

APT choosing attack vectors
26
Feb
2026

How to understand and avoid Advanced Persistent Threats

By definition, an advanced persistent threat (APT) is a prolonged, targeted attack on a specific victim with the intention to compromise their…

Conduent and major clients logos
26
Feb
2026

The Conduent breach; from 10 million to 25 million (and counting)

The Conduent breach has quietly grown into one of the biggest third‑party data incidents in US history, and the real…

Instagram logo
26
Feb
2026

Instagram flagged explicit messages to minors in 2018. Image-blurring arrived six years later

Meta took six years to blur explicit images on Instagram, even though internal emails show executives were aware in 2018…

A group of people wearing a variety of sunglasses looking up at the sky and into the camera
25
Feb
2026

Developer creates app to detect nearby smart glasses

An independent developer, moved after reading about the abuse of smart glasses to film people without their consent, decided to…

Roblox logo
24
Feb
2026

Roblox gives predators “powerful tools” to target children, says LA County

Los Angeles County has sued online gaming company Roblox, adding to a series of suits that accuse the virtual worlds…

age verification stamp
24
Feb
2026

Reddit, porn sites fined by UK regulators over children’s safety and privacy

The UK’s online safety and privacy regulators are targeting companies that violate new age verification laws at both ends :…

zoom logo on a background showing a warning triangle
24
Feb
2026

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs surveillance software

A fake Zoom meeting website is silently pushing surveillance software onto Windows machines. Visitors land on a convincing imitation of…

Fake Avast phishing site
24
Feb
2026

Refund scam impersonates Avast to harvest credit card details

A fraudulent website dressed in Avast’s brand is tricking French-speaking users into handing over their full credit card details—card number,…

OpenClaw logo
24
Feb
2026

OpenClaw: What is it and can you use it safely?

An AI tool with a funny name has caused quite a commotion as of late—including some allegations of machine consciousness—so…

remembering passwords
23
Feb
2026

Password managers keep your passwords safe, unless…

I’m a big advocate of password managers. Granted, there are better alternatives for passwords like passkeys, but if a provider…