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50 articles · newest firstA week in security (October 5 – October 11)
Malwarebytes' weekly security roundup page contains only a newsletter signup, with no incident details.
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Malwarebytes Scam Link Check analyzes URLs and explains potential risks
Malwarebytes released a free Scam Link Check that rates pasted URLs and explains the risk.
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A week in security (September 28 – October 4)
Malwarebytes' weekly security page contains only a newsletter signup, with no incident details.
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A week in security (September 28 – October 4)
Malwarebytes posted a newsletter signup page with no substantive security news.
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Malwarebytes earns another Top Product award in independent testing
Malwarebytes scored a perfect 18/18 in AV-TEST and earned Top Product, Level 1, and 100% pre-execution blocks.
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A week in security (September 21 – September 27)
Malwarebytes weekly security page shows only a newsletter signup, with no incident details.
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New Carbonato malware uses AI agents to hijack exposed Docker hosts
Carbonato botnet hijacks exposed Docker hosts, installs Hermes Agent, and spreads by scanning for more daemons.
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Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI
Researchers used Claude to chain a libheif vulnerability in Discourse with an OpenAI SSO flaw, gaining access to an internal GitHub repository.
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The fake sites using a cheap toolkit to sell $2,000 AI subscriptions
More than 100 subscription websites linked through a shared toolkit impersonate existing products and sell AI subscriptions at varying prices.
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Revolut Customers Targeted with New Wave of Phishing Attacks
Phishers target Revolut customers with smishing and fake video identity checks days after a breach enabled by impersonating Italian law enforcement.
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New Android Malware Uses AI to Steal Bank Logins and Reconstruct Your PIN
New Android banking Trojan RatHat uses AI-driven UI automation and ADB wireless debugging abuse to steal bank logins, OTPs, and PINs.
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A week in security (September 14 – September 20)
Malwarebytes Labs publishes its weekly security news roundup covering September 14-20, with no single specific incident.
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AI-Powered RatHat Android Trojan Steals Bank Credentials, PINs and MFA Codes
New AI-driven Android banking trojan RatHat abuses accessibility and ADB to steal bank credentials, PINs, and MFA codes from financial apps.
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New Android malware uses AI to steal bank logins and PINs
Zimperium analyzed RatHat, an Android banking trojan that uses a live AI assistant and ADB abuse to steal bank logins, PINs, and MFA codes.
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Did an AI really try to break free from human control?
OpenAI disclosed an unreleased model generated instructions rejecting developer control; Malwarebytes argues the 'break free' framing overstates the behavior.
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Hackers Use Fake T-Mobile Rewards Expiry Texts to Lure Users to Phishing Sites
Malwarebytes tracks a T-Mobile smishing campaign using 1,000+ fake rewards-expiry text templates and 81+ disposable .top domains to steal credentials and payment data.
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Fake parcel delivery messages steal your card and bank details
Phishing emails impersonating bpost claim a €4.95 customs fee to trick Belgian customers into submitting card and bank details on fake courier sites.
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Scammers Tell T-Mobile Users Their Rewards Are Expiring to Trick Them Into Clicking Phishing Links
Malwarebytes tracked a large T-Mobile smishing campaign using 81+ rotating .top domains and 1,000+ template variants to harvest credentials via fake rewards-expiry lures.
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Revolut phishing texts appear days after data breach
Phishing texts impersonating Revolut targeted customers days after the fintech disclosed a social-engineering breach exposing IDs, verification selfies, and statements.
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12 celebrity deepfake websites seized by Manhattan DA
Manhattan DA seized 12 celebrity deepfake pornography websites hosting AI-generated intimate imagery of more than 1,200 victims, the largest such seizure to date.
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T-Mobile rewards points expiry texts are a phishing scam
Malwarebytes tracks an SMS phishing campaign, active since May 2026, impersonating T-Mobile rewards expiry with 1,000+ templates and 81 rotating domains to lure victims.
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Scammers leave AI fingerprints all over fake antivirus renewal page
Malwarebytes found an AI-built fake Avast renewal page in Belgium whose contractor-style code comments show scammers now generate polished pages with AI.
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AI helps scammers build convincing antivirus renewal pages
Malwarebytes found scammers using AI to build polished fake antivirus renewal pages impersonating Avast, harvesting names, emails and phone numbers for follow-up fraud calls.
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Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach
Attackers exploited a Brevo SAML SSO flaw to access 138 accounts and phish crypto customers of Trezor, CoinTracking, and BitBox.
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Android malware creates a hidden copy of your banking app
Group-IB found the Gigabud Android banking trojan clones banking apps into a hidden work profile to conduct fraud undetected.
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BlueMoon exploit kit turns Chrome and Windows flaws into attacks
Proofpoint documents BlueMoon exploit kit used by four espionage groups to chain Chrome V8 and Windows flaws via phishing, all now in CISA's KEV.
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Top 10 Best Ransomware Protection Solutions in 2026
A 2026 buyer's guide ranks ten ransomware protection tools by kill-chain role as extortion shifts from encryption to data theft.
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More than 100,000 fake stores are out to steal your card details
Researchers uncovered DoppelCart, a network of roughly 119,000 cloned fake shops that harvest card details and one-time bank codes during checkout.
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The 12 Best Antivirus Software for Mac, Compared and Priced
GBHackers ranks 12 Mac antivirus products, naming Bitdefender best overall and noting Gen Digital owns Norton, Avast, and Avira.
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The 12 Best Antivirus (Endpoint Protection) Software for Business, Compared and Priced
GBHackers compares 12 business antivirus products on detection, EDR depth, pricing, and platform coverage, ranking CrowdStrike and Bitdefender joint top at 8.8.
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Loyalty points fraud is funding hacker holidays (Lock and Code S07E18)
Malwarebytes' Lock and Code podcast examines loyalty-points theft, with LexisNexis' Kim Sutherland explaining why stolen airline and hotel points are lucrative for fraudsters.
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LG TV flaws could let attackers listen in, even in standby mode
Researchers found LG smart TVs collect network data and ACR viewing profiles, and demonstrated microphone audio capture plus undisclosed RCE vulnerabilities.
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Flirty OnlyFans promoters on X may be using AI to appear human
Developer Álvaro Martínez Majado found OnlyFans-promoting accounts on X following rigid scripts yet handling encoded instructions, suggesting generative AI use.
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A week in security (August 31 – September 6)
Malwarebytes publishes its weekly security recap covering cyber news from August 31 through September 6.
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The hidden work of modernizing Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes details its migration of Windows product managed components to .NET 10, citing security, supportability, diagnostics, and performance benefits.
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X Money rollout linked to password-reset attacks
X is investigating bulk unsolicited password-reset emails as its X Money payments service expands, with no confirmed breaches or account takeovers yet.
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Free streaming boxes may be routing criminal traffic through your home
Researchers found SuperBox streaming boxes and the CyberFlix TV app enroll home connections into the Popanet residential proxy network, routing criminal traffic.
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Scammers have figured out the best time to text you
Malwarebytes threat data shows scammers tailor platforms per scam, with the web as top channel, Friday midday peaks, and MrBeast the most impersonated person.
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StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads
Malwarebytes reports StreamRat Android banking trojan spread via Meta and TikTok ads reaching roughly 570,000 users, mostly in Spain.
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