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…
Category: MalwareBytes
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…
Copyright scammers get Instagram accounts suspended and demand payment
Scammers are abusing Meta’s copyright-reporting system to suspend people’s Instagram accounts and then hold them for ransom, according to the BBC. Criminals file fake copyright…
The push to stop algorithms controlling social media feeds has begun
Remember when social media was filled only with posts from your friends, rather than what an algorithm decided you wanted to see? So does the…
More than 100,000 fake stores are out to steal your card details
Researchers at German cybersecurity company Nebty have identified “DoppelCart,” a cluster of almost 119,000 domains linked to copied online stores. The researchers describe it as…
Microsoft fixes record 964 flaws, including 2 exploited zero-days
Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 964 CVEs, including 104 rated Critical and 860 rated Important, making it the company’s largest Patch Tuesday release on…
Grindr settles HIV status data-sharing lawsuit for $35 million
Grindr has reportedly agreed to pay £26 million (around $35 million) to settle a UK privacy lawsuit alleging that it shared sensitive user data, including…