Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- Criminals are renting virtual phones to bypass bank security
- Bogus Avast website fakes virus scan, installs Venom Stealer instead
- Infiniti Stealer: a new macOS infostealer using ClickFix and Python/Nuitka
- GlassWorm attack installs fake browser extension for surveillance
- Landmark verdicts put Meta’s “addiction machine” platforms on trial
- Hackers claim to have accessed data tied to millions of crime tipsters
- New FCC router ban could leave home networks less secure
- Meet Khaled Mohamed: the bug hunter who found a Microsoft flaw
- FBI, CISA warn of Russian hackers hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts
- Scam compounds hiring “AI models” to seal the deal in deepfake video calls
- FriendlyDealer mimics official app stores to push unvetted gambling apps
- The March Madness scam playbook
- Advanced Flow will make Android sideloading safer
- This is all it takes to stop a train (Lock and Code S07E06)
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