Category: MalwareBytes

Apple Pay logo
06
Feb
2026

Apple Pay phish uses fake support calls to steal payment details

It started with an email that looked boringly familiar: Apple logo, a clean layout, and a subject line designed to…

PDF and RAT
05
Feb
2026

Open the wrong “PDF” and attackers gain remote access to your PC

Cybercriminals behind a campaign dubbed DEAD#VAX are taking phishing one step further by delivering malware inside virtual hard disks that…

Flock cameras shared license plate data without permission
05
Feb
2026

Flock cameras shared license plate data without permission

Mountain View, California, pulled the plug on its entire license plate reader camera network this week. It discovered that Flock…

Grok deepfake
04
Feb
2026

Grok continues producing sexualized images after promised fixes

Journalists decided to test whether the Grok chatbot still generates non‑consensual sexualized images, even after xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence…

Firefox logo
04
Feb
2026

Firefox is giving users the AI off switch

Some software providers have decided to lead by example and offer users a choice about the Artificial Intelligence (AI) features…

Bondu
03
Feb
2026

An AI plush toy exposed thousands of private chats with children

Bondu’s AI plush toy exposed a web console that let anyone with a Gmail account read about 50,000 private chats…

location tracking
03
Feb
2026

Apple’s new iOS setting addresses a hidden layer of location tracking

Most iPhone owners have hopefully learned to manage app permissions by now, including allowing location access. But there’s another layer…

AT&T logo
03
Feb
2026

AT&T breach data resurfaces with new risks for customers

When data resurfaces, it never comes back weaker. A newly shared dataset tied to AT&T shows just how much more…

locked cloud storage
03
Feb
2026

A fake cloud storage alert that ends at Freecash

Last week we talked about an app that promises users they can make money testing games, or even just by…

The Malwarebytes logo rests behind three illustrated people working on their laptops.
02
Feb
2026

How Manifest v3 forced us to rethink Browser Guard, and why that’s a good thing 

As a Browser Guard user, you might not have noticed much difference lately. Browser Guard still blocks scams and phishing…

Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT 
02
Feb
2026

Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT 

If you’ve ever stared at a suspicious text, email, or link and thought “Is this a scam… or am I overthinking it?” Well, you’re not alone. …

party invite
02
Feb
2026

How fake party invitations are being used to install remote access tools

“You’re invited!”  It sounds friendly, familiar and quite harmless. But in a scam we recently spotted, that simple phrase is being used to trick victims into installing a full remote access tool…