Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts
Bitrefill is a legitimate company that sells gift cards for popular stores like Amazon, Deliveroo, Apple, Nintendo, and thousands of others. They also sell eSIMs,…
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How to opt out of AI chatbot training
The tech journalists at 404 Media learned that OpenAI is hiring hundreds of contractors to read and review a massive stream of real users’ ChatGPT…
HBO Max’s verified Reddit account hijacked to spread malware
Researchers at Hudson Rock found that cybercriminals hijacked HBO Max’s verified Reddit account and used it to run 108 malicious ads over roughly 48 hours.…
Meta AI builds detailed profiles of children from years of family posts
If you’re still OK with posting pictures of your kids on social media, take a minute to hear from mother of two Kalie Robins. At…
Revolut gave customer IDs and financial data to a government impostor
Revolut has acknowledged that it disclosed sensitive customer records to an unauthorized party. The company had accepted fraudulent information requests sent from an email address…
Google’s new search redirects make links harder to check before you click
Google is changing how some links in its search results work. Instead of linking directly to the destination, Google has started routing some search result…
A week in security (September 7 – September 13)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach Android malware creates a hidden copy of your banking app…
Android malware creates a hidden copy of your banking app
Researchers at Group-IB found that the Android banking Trojan Gigabud can create a separate work profile on an infected phone and run a cloned banking…
Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach
An attacker breached an email marketing platform and launched targeted attacks against the newsletter subscribers of some of its customers, especially those working in cryptocurrency…
Update Chrome now to protect against an actively exploited vulnerability
Chrome is rolling out an update for its desktop browser. The update includes 230 security fixes, one of which is known to be actively exploited. The stable…
BlueMoon exploit kit turns Chrome and Windows flaws into attacks
BlueMoon, a shared Chrome and Windows exploit kit, shows why “patch later” is becoming a dangerous gamble. Security updates are easy to put off. The…
Will AI kill us all within the next decade?
The Wall Street Journal reports that concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that could…