Malwarebytes Labs – The Security Blog From Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes Labs AI Love/hate relationship: The AI affair. Young people love AI, but it’s breaking their trust August 11, 2026 – The same technology making our lives easier is also making it harder. How are young people navigating this new world? News Sexual predators targeting online accounts for intimate images, FBI warns Scams Watch out for fake TikTok Shops trying to steal your money Scams Fake popular sites offer a free app, instead take over PCs Podcast How to fake a data trail (and maybe lower prices) (Lock and Code S07E16) Podcast Listen to the latest in cybersecurity and privacy. VIEW EPISODES AI Find out the newest developments in AI. READ MORE Data breaches Keep on top of the latest data breach news. READ MORE Threat Intel Stay up to date with our latest research. READ MORE Social media platforms crack down on drone factory recruiting game Pieter Arntz August 11, 2026 0 Comments Researchers found that games and major US social media platforms were used to lure young people into jobs in Russia's drone industry. Sexual predators targeting online accounts for intimate images, FBI warns Pieter Arntz August 11, 2026 0 Comments The FBI is warning that criminals are breaking into social media to steal and distribute non-consensual intimate images and videos. Love/hate relationship: The AI affair. Young people love AI, but it’s breaking their trust Malwarebytes Labs August 11, 2026 0 Comments The same technology making our lives easier is also making it harder. How are young people navigating this new world? Watch out for fake TikTok Shops trying to steal your money Stefan Dasic August 11, 2026 0 Comments TikTok Shop is huge, so it's no wonder that impersonation shops have popped up. Here's how to stay safe. Fake popular sites offer a free app, instead take over PCs Stefan Dasic August 11, 2026 0 Comments Fake branded download pages are tricking Windows users into installing legitimate remote-access software that's being abused by attackers. How to fake a data trail (and maybe lower prices) (Lock and Code S07E16) Malwarebytes Labs August 10, 2026 0 Comments This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Chris Parr about his inventive and all-too-funny stress-test of surveillance pricing. New turnkey kit makes it easy for anyone to become a scammer Malwarebytes Labs August 10, 2026 0 Comments We discovered a kit that gave us an insight into how modern online scams are built, promoted, and potentially used to target everyday consumers. Edge is dropping older extensions, affecting popular privacy tools Pieter Arntz August 10, 2026 0 Comments Microsoft is retiring Manifest V2, the technology behind older Edge extensions. Some popular privacy tools will lose features or stop working. A week in security (August 3 – August 9) Malwarebytes Labs August 10, 2026 0 Comments A list of topics we covered in the week of August 3 to August 9 of 2026 1 2 3 … 642 Next Contributors Threat Center Podcast Glossary Scams
