Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave
Tech bros have been wanting to become immortal for years. Until they get there, their fallback might be continuing to post nonsense on social media…
Category: MalwareBytes
Betterment data breach might be worse than we thought
Betterment LLC is an investment advisor registered with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company disclosed a January 2026 incident in which an attacker…
Job scam uses fake Google Forms site to harvest Google logins
As part of our investigation into a job-themed phishing campaign, we came across several suspicious URLs that all looked like this: https://forms.google.ss-o[.]com/forms/d/e/{unique_id}/viewform?form=opportunitysec&promo= The subdomain forms.google.ss-o[.]com…
Scammers use fake “Gemini” AI chatbot to sell fake “Google Coin”
Scammers have found a new use for AI: creating custom chatbots posing as real AI assistants to pressure victims into buying worthless cryptocurrencies. We recently…
Chrome “preloading” could be leaking your data and causing problems in Browser Guard
This article explains why Chrome’s “preloading” feature can cause scary-looking blocks in Malwarebytes Browser Guard and how to turn it off. Modern browsers want to…
Scam Guard for desktop: A second set of eyes for suspicious moments
Scams aren’t so obvious anymore. They’re well-written, have working grammar, and can lead victims to very convincing branded webpages. Scammers increasingly use AI tools to clone…
Update Chrome now: Zero-day bug allows code execution via malicious webpages
Google has issued a patch for a high‑severity Chrome zero‑day, tracked as CVE‑2026‑2441, a memory bug in how the browser handles certain font features that…
Hobby coder accidentally creates vacuum robot army
Sammy Azdoufal wanted to steer his robot vacuum with a PS5 controller. Like any good maker, he thought it would be fun to drive a…
ClickFix added nslookup commands to its arsenal for downloading RATs
ClickFix malware campaigns are all about tricking the victim into infecting their own machine. Apparently, the criminals behind these campaigns have figured out that mshta…
How to find and remove credential-stealing Chrome extensions
Researchers have found yet another family of malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store. This time, 30 different Chrome extensions were found stealing credentials from…
Fake shops target Winter Olympics 2026 fans
If you’ve seen the two stoat siblings serving as official mascots of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, you already know Tina and Milo are…
Outlook add-in goes rogue and steals 4,000 credentials and payment data
Researchers found a malicious Microsoft Outlook add-in which was able to steal 4,000 stolen Microsoft account credentials, credit card numbers, and banking security answers. How…