A week in security (May 11 – May 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Attackers replaced JDownloader installer downloads with malware Meta’s confusing new approach to chat privacy Why Malwarebytes blocks some Yahoo Mail redirects Fake Claude search results lure Mac users into ClickFix attack Deepfake sextortion forces schools to remo...

A week in security (January 26 – February 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Match, Hinge, OkCupid, and Panera Bread breached by ransomware group TikTok’s privacy update mentions immigration status. Here’s why. Meta confirms it’s working on premium subscription for its apps Microsoft Office zero-day lets malicious documents slip past securi...

CVE-2025-10588

The PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL TAG & API Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 11.1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the adminEnableGdprAjax function. This makes it possible for unauthenticate...

Instagram Privacy Changes Start Clock Ticking for Users Who Want to Opt-Out

Instagram users have some soul searching to do between now and Jan. 16 when new terms of service kick in that give the photo-sharing social network the right to sell personal photos without the user’s permission or compensating them. The most startling change reads: “To help us deliver interestin...

Facebook Proposes Eliminating User Voting System for Privacy Changes

Facebook today announced plans to eliminate its voting system that gave users a say in how their privacy is handled. In a statement issued Wednesday, Elliot Schrage, Vice President, Communications, Public Policy and Marketing for the Menlo Park, Calif.-based social media company, said the voting...