Category: MalwareBytes

Stalkerware
09
Jan
2026

pcTattletale founder pleads guilty as US cracks down on stalkerware

Reportedly, pcTattletale founder Bryan Fleming has pleaded guilty in US federal court to computer hacking, unlawfully selling and advertising spyware,…

ChatGPT
09
Jan
2026

Are we ready for ChatGPT Health?

How comfortable are you with sharing your medical history with an AI? I’m certainly not. OpenAI’s announcement about its new…

HPE and Powerpoint logos
08
Jan
2026

CISA warns of active attacks on HPE OneView and legacy PowerPoint

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added both a newly discovered flaw and a much older one to…

Lego Smart Brick
08
Jan
2026

Lego’s Smart Bricks explained: what they do, and what they don’t

Lego just made what it claims is its most important product release since it introduced minifigures in 1978. No, it’s…

Winzipper Trojan dropper
08
Jan
2026

Fake WinRAR downloads hide malware behind a real installer

A member of our web research team pointed me to a fake WinRAR installer that was linked from various Chinese…

Brightspeed logo
07
Jan
2026

One million customers on alert as extortion group claims massive Brightspeed data haul

US fiber broadband company Brightspeed is investigating claims by the Crimson Collective extortion group that it stole sensitive data belonging…

Google Cloud logo
06
Jan
2026

Phishing campaign abuses Google Cloud services to steal Microsoft 365 logins

Attackers are sending very convincing fake “Google” emails that slip past spam filters, route victims through several trusted Google-owned services,…

Disney
06
Jan
2026

Disney fined $10m for mislabeling kids’ YouTube videos and violating privacy law

Disney will pay a $10m settlement over allegations that it violated kids’ privacy rights, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said…

An illustrated padlock is mounted into a microphone stand with sound waves emitting from the device.
05
Jan
2026

ALPRs are recording your daily drive (Lock and Code S06E26)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… There’s an entire surveillance network popping up across the United States that…

Grok logo
05
Jan
2026

Grok apologizes for creating image of young girls in “sexualized attire”

Another AI system designed to be powerful and engaging ends up illustrating how guardrails routinely fail when development speed and…

week in security
05
Jan
2026

A week in security (December 29 – January 4)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Stay safe! We don’t just report on privacy—we offer you the option to use it….

convicted AI
02
Jan
2026

How AI made scams more convincing in 2025

This blog is part of a series where we highlight new or fast-evolving threats in consumer security. This one focuses…