Category: MalwareBytes

week in security
17
Nov
2025

A week in security (November 10 – November 16)

November 14, 2025 – Contacted out of the blue for a virtual interview? Be cautious. Attackers are using fake interviews…

job interview virtual meeting
14
Nov
2025

Be careful responding to unexpected job interviews

One of our customers was contacted on LinkedIn about a job offer. The initial message was followed up by an…

Apple
14
Nov
2025

Your passport, now on your iPhone. Helpful or risky?

Apple has launched Digital ID, a way for users in the US to create and present a government-issued ID in Apple…

Trojan lighthouse
13
Nov
2025

1 million victims, 17,500 fake sites: Google takes on toll-fee scammers

A Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform based in China, known as “Lighthouse,” is the subject of a new Google lawsuit. Lighthouse enables…

Online shopping
13
Nov
2025

Are you paying more than other people? NY cracks down on surveillance pricing

When you search for a product online, you might think you’re getting the same price as everyone else. Think again….

A computer from the 1990s
13
Nov
2025

We opened a fake invoice and fell down a retro XWorm-shaped wormhole

Somebody forwarded an “invoice” email and asked me to check the attachment because it looked suspicious. Good instinct—it was, and…

secure message missed emails
12
Nov
2025

Phishing emails disguised as spam filter alerts are stealing logins

Cybercriminals are spoofing “email delivery” notifications to look like they came from spam filters inside your own organization. The goal…

Microsoft logo
12
Nov
2025

Update now: November Patch Tuesday fixes Windows zero-day exploited in the wild

These updates fix serious security issues — including one that attackers are already exploiting to take control of Windows systems….

The Malwarebytes logo rests behind three illustrated people working on their laptops.
12
Nov
2025

How Malwarebytes stops the ransomware attack that most security software can’t see 

Imagine this scenario: Your protection software is running perfectly. Systems are protected, definitions are up to date, behavioral analysis is…

Samsung logo
11
Nov
2025

Patch now: Samsung zero-day lets attackers take over your phone

A critical vulnerability has put Samsung mobile device owners at risk of sophisticated cyberattacks. On November 10, 2025, the US…

iPhone displaying Apple logo
11
Nov
2025

Stolen iPhones are locked tight, until scammers phish your Apple ID credentials

One of the reassuring things about owning an iPhone was knowing you could lock it if it got lost or…

ugly phishing attempt
11
Nov
2025

How credentials get stolen in seconds, even with a script-kiddie-level phish

This attempt to phish credentials caught our attention, mostly because of its front-end simplicity. Even though this is a script-kiddie-level…