A mother says Meta AI pieced together names, birth details, photos, and location information about her young daughters from years of family posts.
Category: Malwarebytes
Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts
Fake Bitrefill checkout pages are appearing in search results and tricking people into sending cryptocurrency directly to scammers.
Revolut phishing texts appear days after data breach
Revolut customers received phishing texts only days after the digital bank acknowledged disclosing customer data to a government impostor.
12 celebrity deepfake websites seized by Manhattan DA
The largest known celebrity deepfake seizure has taken 12 websites offline, disrupting access to videos depicting some 1,200 people.
T-Mobile rewards points expiry texts are a phishing scam
A large phishing campaign is using fake T-Mobile rewards points and looming expiry dates to pressure recipients into clicking malicious links.
Revolut gave customer IDs and financial data to a government impostor
The digital bank was tricked into releasing sensitive customer information, including IDs, to an attacker using a legitimate government email domain.
A week in security (September 7 – September 13)
A list of topics we covered in the week of September 7 to September 13 of 2026
Google Pixel owners urged to patch actively exploited modem flaw
Google’s September Pixel update fixes 110 vulnerabilities, including a modem flaw being used in limited, targeted attacks.
AI helps scammers build convincing antivirus renewal pages
A fake Avast renewal page shows how AI is helping scammers create more convincing traps with polished designs and fluent copy.
How to opt out of AI chatbot training
ChatGPT contractors are reviewing real users’ conversations. Here’s how to stop AI companies using your chats for model training.
HBO Max’s verified Reddit account hijacked to spread malware
Cybercriminals used HBO Max’s verified Reddit account to run 108 malicious ads that tricked people into installing information stealers.
Meta AI builds detailed profiles of children from years of family posts
A mother says Meta AI pieced together names, birth details, photos, and location information about her young daughters from years of family posts.
Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts
Fake Bitrefill checkout pages are appearing in search results and tricking people into sending cryptocurrency directly to scammers.
Google’s new search redirects make links harder to check before you click
Google says its new opaque redirects tackle evolving abuse, but they also prevent users from checking a result’s destination by hovering over it.
Revolut gave customer IDs and financial data to a government impostor
The digital bank was tricked into releasing sensitive customer information, including IDs, to an attacker using a legitimate government email domain.
A week in security (September 7 – September 13)
A list of topics we covered in the week of September 7 to September 13 of 2026
Will AI kill us all within the next decade?
AI researchers are warning that the technology could kill us all within the next decade, although they say the risk from current models is low.
Update Chrome now to protect against an actively exploited vulnerability
Chrome issues another monster update, fixing an actively exploited V8 vulnerability and 229 other flaws.
Copyright scammers get Instagram accounts suspended and demand payment
Scammers are filing fraudulent copyright complaints to suspend Instagram accounts, then demanding payment to withdraw them.
Crypto customers targeted by scammers after email marketing provider breach
A breach at email marketing company Brevo exposed Trezor, CoinTracking, and BitBox customers to phishing emails, but others may also be at risk.