A week in security (August 10 – August 16)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• Apple now uses iPhone alerts for targets of mercenary spyware
• WhatsApp is testing a new warning for scam messages
• New Android malware lets criminals use your bank card in real time
• Parents take on Meta, TikTok, Google, and Snap in 3,000 youth safety lawsuits
• “Zoomsday” flaws could let one Zoom participant attack another
• Patch Tuesday: Update now to fix 421 flaws, including three zero-days
• Fake CCleaner installs GhostDesk Chrome spyware
• Valve warns Steam hardware buyers: Expect fake delivery scams
• Social media platforms crack down on drone factory recruiting game
• Sexual predators targeting online accounts for intimate images, FBI warns
• Love/hate relationship: The AI affair. Young people love AI, but it’s breaking their trust
• Watch out for fake TikTok Shops trying to steal your money
• Fake popular sites offer a free app, instead take over PCs
• How to fake a data trail (and maybe lower prices) (Lock and Code S07E16)
• New turnkey kit makes it easy for anyone to become a scammer
• Edge is dropping older extensions, affecting popular privacy tools

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