Category: MalwareBytes

Pixellated woman
28
Oct
2025

NSFW ChatGPT? OpenAI plans “grown-up mode” for verified adults

If you’ve had your fill of philosophical discussions with ChatGPT, CEO Sam Altman has news for you: the service will…

Instagram
27
Oct
2025

How to set up two factor authentication (2FA) on your Instagram account

Two-factor authentication (2FA) isn’t foolproof, but it is one of the best ways to protect your accounts from hackers. It…

LastPass
27
Oct
2025

Phishing scam uses fake death notices to trick LastPass users

LastPass has alerted users about a new phishing attack that claims the recipient has died. According to the message, a…

week in security
27
Oct
2025

A week in security (October 20 – October 26)

October 24, 2025 – From agentic browsers to chat assistants, the same tools built to help us can also expose…

Welcome to AI browser mode
24
Oct
2025

Is AI moving faster than its safety net?

You’ve probably noticed that artificial intelligence, or AI, has been everywhere lately—news, phones, apps, even in your browser. It seems…

sessionreaper at work
23
Oct
2025

Thousands of online stores at risk as SessionReaper attacks spread

Early September, a security researcher uncovered a new vulnerability in Magento, an open-source e-commerce platform used by thousands of online…

App Store on iPhone
23
Oct
2025

Apple may have to open its walled garden to outside app stores

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled that both Google and Apple have a “strategic market status.” Basically, they…

Meta logo
23
Oct
2025

Meta boosts scam protection on WhatsApp and Messenger

Vulnerable Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp users are getting more protection thanks to a move from the applications’ owner, Meta. The…

spamware
22
Oct
2025

Over 100 Chrome extensions break WhatsApp’s anti-spam rules

Recent research by Socket’s Threat Research Team uncovered a massive, coordinated campaign flooding the Chrome Web Store with 131 spamware…

Zero-click Dolby audio bug lets attackers run code on Android and Windows devices
22
Oct
2025

Zero-click Dolby audio bug lets attackers run code on Android and Windows devices

Researchers from Google’s Project Zero discovered a medium-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that affects multiple platforms, including Android (Samsung and Pixel devices) and Windows….

A man looking at s Windows 11 logo on a computer screen
21
Oct
2025

Windows update breaks USB support in recovery mode

We usually tell our faithful readers to install updates as soon as possible, but this time there’s an exception. Microsoft’s…

poison
21
Oct
2025

You can poison AI with just 250 dodgy documents

Researchers have shown how you can corrupt an AI and make it talk gibberish by tampering with just 250 documents….