A week in security (August 3 – August 9)
Brief
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- AI chat bots are sliding into League of Legends friend requests
- Meta ordered to pay $942 million over harm to children
- Apple WebKit vulnerabilities reveal your IP address, despite Private Relay
- Scammers target OnlyFans users with deepfakes
- Amazon and Apple impersonated in “$149.99 unauthorized charge” scam
- Anthropic’s Mythos AI used social engineering to target real people
- Google’s synchronized passkeys can be stolen in “Pass‑ta‑key” attacks
- Junk Cleaner clears the clutter from your Android
- Apple battles it out again with the UK over encrypted iCloud access
- Travelers targeted when logging into hotel Wi-Fi networks
- Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day
- WhatsApp account takeover scam asks you to “vote for my friend”
- “Adult TikTok” searches lead to scams
- The AI Act kicks into action, forces
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A week in security (August 3 – August 9)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- AI chat bots are sliding into League of Legends friend requests
- Meta ordered to pay $942 million over harm to children
- Apple WebKit vulnerabilities reveal your IP address, despite Private Relay
- Scammers target OnlyFans users with deepfakes
- Amazon and Apple impersonated in “$149.99 unauthorized charge” scam
- Anthropic’s Mythos AI used social engineering to target real people
- Google’s synchronized passkeys can be stolen in “Pass‑ta‑key” attacks
- Junk Cleaner clears the clutter from your Android
- Apple battles it out again with the UK over encrypted iCloud access
- Travelers targeted when logging into hotel Wi-Fi networks
- Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day
- WhatsApp account takeover scam asks you to “vote for my friend”
- “Adult TikTok” searches lead to scams
- The AI Act kicks into action, forces companies to be clear about AI chatbots
- Californians can tell data brokers to DROP their information
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A week in security (August 3 – August 9)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- AI chat bots are sliding into League of Legends friend requests
- Meta ordered to pay $942 million over harm to children
- Apple WebKit vulnerabilities reveal your IP address, despite Private Relay
- Scammers target OnlyFans users with deepfakes
- Amazon and Apple impersonated in “$149.99 unauthorized charge” scam
- Anthropic’s Mythos AI used social engineering to target real people
- Google’s synchronized passkeys can be stolen in “Pass‑ta‑key” attacks
- Junk Cleaner clears the clutter from your Android
- Apple battles it out again with the UK over encrypted iCloud access
- Travelers targeted when logging into hotel Wi-Fi networks
- Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day
- WhatsApp account takeover scam asks you to “vote for my friend”
- “Adult TikTok” searches lead to scams
- The AI Act kicks into action, forces companies to be clear about AI chatbots
- Californians can tell data brokers to DROP their information
Stay safe!
Something feel off? Check it before you click.
Malwarebytes Scam Guard helps you analyze suspicious links, texts, and screenshots instantly.
Available with Malwarebytes Premium Security for all your devices, and in the Malwarebytes app for iOS and Android .
Try it free →