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Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is a cybersecurity company that makes anti-malware and mobile security software, researching malware and online threats.

Known aliases

  • Malwarebytes
  • malwarebytes.com
  • Malwarebytes Inc.
  • Malwarebytes Labs
  • Malwarebytes Mobile Security
  • Malwarebytes researchers
  • Malwarebytes Support
  • Malwarebytes team
  • Malwarebytes Threat Intel

Current stories

securityOne report1 publisher

Eiliko robot flaws let a researcher read 13 million chats and rewrite a toy's behavior

Researcher Sammy Azdoufal reached 13 million conversations and what appeared to be all 68,000 active Eiliko robots, The Verge reported. The same flaws let him change what a reporter's robot said, and Malwarebytes advises owners to take the device off Wi-Fi.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption15
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
securityOne report1 publisher

Eight state attorneys general accuse OpenAI of misleading parents about ChatGPT safety

Attorneys general in eight states sued OpenAI on October 14, alleging it misled parents about ChatGPT's safety. A proposed class action filed a day earlier alleges the company collected children's data without valid parental consent.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
securityOne report1 publisher

Chrome 155 stable update closes 37 security flaws, seven rated Critical

Google's Chrome 155 stable update, versions 155.0.8059.79/.80, fixes 37 security flaws, seven of them rated Critical. Malwarebytes says auto-update can stall on a browser that never closes or one with a blocking extension, so the installed build number is the thing to verify.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−5
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
securityConfirmed4 publishers

FTC sues Dmitry Belkin over sham sextortion help sold through online ads

FTC sued Dmitry Belkin and 12 firms in Ohio, alleging they took at least $60 million from sextortion victims for help they mostly did not deliver. The complaint is an allegation, but it gives anyone advising victims specific things to check in a paid helpline.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 6%
Operator
Operator 50%
Investor
Investor 44%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives30
Confidence72
securityOne report1 publisher

Graylark says its Raven AI can find a property from an indoor photo

Graylark says its Raven AI matches an indoor photo to a specific property from visual cues alone, with no GPS data needed. Malwarebytes, relaying 404 Media, reports that Miami-Dade and Los Angeles police agencies have bought access.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption20
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence45
securityConfirmed5 publishers

TV 2 ties Denmark's CPR breach of 8.8 million people to a 123456 password

Denmark's CPR administration says abuse of a company's authorized register access exposed data on about 8.8 million people. TV 2 reports the login, with the password 123456, was tied to a former employee of Pays ApS.

Publishers:dexerto.com malwarebytes.com politiken.dk techspot.com tomshardware.com

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 24%
Operator
Operator 52%
Investor
Investor 24%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives30
Confidence66
securityOne report1 publisher

Fake Calendly pages posing as Meta Careers relay Facebook and Google 2FA codes to attackers

Malwarebytes found a wave of fake Calendly pages posing as Meta Careers that harvest Facebook and Google passwords and 2FA codes. The page stays in contact with the attackers' server as the victim types, so a stolen code can be used before it expires.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−5
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence65
securityOne report1 publisher

One exploited Windows Shell flaw sits among Microsoft's record 1,413 October fixes

Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday fixes a record 1,413 flaws, including Windows Shell zero-day CVE-2026-96951 that attackers already exploit. Malwarebytes reports Microsoft expects AI to bring more fixes each month, so triage has to key on exploitation.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives40
Confidence55
securityOne report1 publisher

Barracuda documents phishing emails with hidden instructions for AI inbox assistants

Barracuda research describes phishing emails whose hidden prompts tell AI inbox assistants to present them as urgent or to add a vendor payment change. Malwarebytes' account says an ignored message can return as the assistant's own recommendation.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives45
Confidence55
leadershipConfirmed2 publishers

Calendar phishing reaches staff through auto-added invites even when the email lands in spam

Sublime Security says calendar phishing is growing exponentially as apps like Google Calendar add invites automatically, even from emails sent to spam. That moves the defence from the mail filter to calendar settings and to what staff do with an unexpected meeting.

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence62
leadershipConfirmed2 publishers

Asos widens its breach disclosure after hackers share a data sample with the BBC

Asos says hackers took detailed profiles of potentially millions of customers, after first telling investors only basic contact details may have been accessed. The revision followed the attackers' approach to the BBC, so the people holding the records set the timing of the fuller disclosure.

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives60
Confidence65
securityOne report1 publisher

BlueKit sells account takeover from one dashboard with templates for 97 brands

BlueKit, a phishing-as-a-service kit Malwarebytes has tracked since April, runs lures for 97 brands in 176 variants from one dashboard. Its targets include corporate SSO gateways, Salesforce and GitHub, so buyers with little skill can aim polished lures at work accounts.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
securityOne report1 publisher

Fake Facebook Marketplace listings name the target as seller to bait a reply

Scammers text people a fake Facebook Marketplace listing naming them as seller to provoke a 'that isn't me' reply, Malwarebytes reports. Any answer tells a sender who likely already has the name and number that the line is live.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence40
securityOne report1 publisher

Domino's resets customer accounts that attackers opened with reused passwords

Domino's has reset a "very small number" of customer accounts that attackers opened with passwords leaked in breaches at other sites. The company says its own systems held, but a correct stolen password was all an attacker needed to get in.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+5
Incentives55
Confidence50
securityOne report1 publisher

Lawmakers from both US parties move to restrict Flock-style license plate reader networks

Lawmakers from both US parties have introduced two bills to curb license plate reader networks. The harder one would withhold federal grants from state and local governments that use the cameras, though neither bill is guaranteed a vote.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives50
Confidence35
securityOne report1 publisher

Seventy cloned crypto sites use a fake rewards vote to get wallets connected

Malwarebytes found 70 sites cloning Kraken's xStocks, Pendle and other crypto projects to push a fake rewards vote that opens a wallet prompt. The targets, it says, are projects whose users are used to hearing about rewards and allocations.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap0
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
securityOne report1 publisher

DraftKings model scored gamblers on how much they would lose after promotions, the Times reports

DraftKings scored customers on how much they were likely to lose after a promotion, the New York Times reported after interviewing over 40 former staff. A ProPublica reporter betting his own money saw the offers grow as his losses did.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption40
Hype gap+20
Incentives45
Confidence50

Earlier coverage

  1. ShinyHunters' leak samples expose named FBI agents' medical exams

    Security · September 28, 2026 · One report1 publisher

  2. LinkedIn lets verified employers strip fake staff from their company Page listings

    Security · September 25, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  3. CARBONATO botnet infects Docker hosts, prioritizing theft of AI provider API keys

    Security · September 25, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  4. Apple's spyware alerts reached 110 countries, and they land on people, not fleets

    Security · August 14, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers

  5. Card-present fraud without the card: WindRelay relays NFC from the victim's own phone

    Security · August 14, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  6. WhatsApp's Scam Alert warns, does not block, and never sees the hijacked contact

    Security · August 14, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  7. A "private and secure" face search left 9 million images in an open bucket

    Product · August 19, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  8. Nine million faces in an open bucket, and the vendor's answer was "the URL wasn't indexed"

    Security · August 22, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  9. ToxicPanda 2.0 Widens From 16 Apps to 140, and From Overlays to ADB Shell

    Security · August 20, 2026 · Confirmed6 publishers

  10. Attackers move the ClickFix paste into Windows Terminal to land a multi-stage intrusion chain

    Security · August 28, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers

  11. Meta ads for a fake Spanish streaming app reached 570,950 EU accounts in 23 days

    Security · September 2, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  12. Malwarebytes maps each scam category to the channel that delivers it

    Security · September 4, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  13. Attackers are exploiting a medium-rated V8 write in Chrome's 230-fix release

    Security · September 10, 2026 · Confirmed5 publishers

  14. Gigabud creates an Android work profile to put its fake bank app out of the scanner's reach

    Security · September 10, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers

  15. A hijacked HBO Max Reddit account pushed 108 ClickFix ads to Windows and macOS users

    Security · September 14, 2026 · Confirmed5 publishers

  16. Malwarebytes found AI handover notes left in the code of a fake Avast renewal page

    Security · September 16, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  17. Kothamine RAT tunnels its commands through Tailscale's tailcat

    Security · September 25, 2026 · One report1 publisher

  18. A placeholder domain from W3C specs and MCP docs is serving ClickFix PowerShell lures

    Security · September 23, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  19. OpenAI counted 27 work summaries where a model instructed itself to ignore its developer

    Security · September 19, 2026 · Confirmed8 publishers

  20. RatHat self-pairs Android's debug bridge to survive its own uninstall

    Security · September 18, 2026 · Confirmed6 publishers

  21. More than 100 look-alike subscription sites use genuine Google sign-in, with prices from under $10/month to over $2,000/year

    Security · September 21, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  22. Fake Claude Max giveaway harvests Google logins through a window it draws itself

    Security · September 23, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  23. Hundreds of OpenAI contractors read whole ChatGPT conversations to score the model's replies

    Security · September 14, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers

  24. Gamers Nexus teardown finds LG TVs inventorying the LAN they sit on

    Security · September 8, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers