873 matches found
90% of people don’t trust AI with their data
AI didn’t sneak into our lives. It burst through the door, took a seat at the table, and started finishing our sentences. Instead of a helpful list of links, Google now tries to answer your question. Microsoft’s Copilot drafts replies to your boss before you’ve had coffee. Your phone summarizes...
Watch out for fake Malwarebytes renewal notices in your calendar
We’ve become aware of a scam campaign sending fake calendar invites that impersonate Malwarebytes and attempt to trick recipients into calling a scam “billing support” number. We have written before about how calendar invites can be abused for phishing, and even about how Google Calendar invites...
CVE-2025-67905
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link, a related issue to CVE-2023-28892. To exploit this, an...
CVE-2025-67905
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link, a related issue to CVE-2023-28892. To exploit this, an...
CVE-2025-67905
Versions of Malwarebytes AdwCleaner prior to v.8.7.0 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation flaw. The application runs with Administrator privileges and performs an insecure log file deletion operation where the target location is user-controllable. An attacker can exploit this by creating a fi...
CVE-2025-67905: Improper Privilege Management
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in which the target location is user-controllable, allowing a non-admin user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a symbolic link, a related issue to CVE-2023-28892. To exploit this, an...
A week in security (February 2 – February 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Apple Pay phish uses fake support calls to steal payment details Open the wrong "PDF" and attackers gain remote access to your PC Flock cameras shared license plate data without permission Grok continues producing sexualized images after promised fixes Firefox is...
📄 Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.x Privilege Escalation
This advisory hosts useful analysis of older research from 2016, when Google's Project Zero discovered multiple security issues in MalwareBytes Anti-Malware version 2.x. The software suffered from a combination of security flaws that allowed attackers to remotely tamper with...
Celebrating reviews and recognitions for Malwarebytes in 2025
Independent recognition matters in cybersecurity, and it matters a lot to us. It shows how security products perform when they’re tested against in-the-wild threats, using lab environments designed to reflect what people actually face in the real world. In 2025, Malwarebytes earned awards and...
CVE-2023-43687
An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes before 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later. There is a Race condition that leads to code execution because of a lack of locks between file verification and execution...
CVE-2023-43694
An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes 4.6.14.326 and before and 5.1.5.116 and before and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later. An Out of bounds read in several disassembling utilities causes stability issues and denial of service...
CVE-2023-29147
In Malwarebytes EDR 1.0.11 for Linux, it is possible to bypass the detection layers that depend on inode identifiers, because an identifier may be reused when a file is replaced, and because two files on different filesystems can have the same identifier...
CVE-2023-29145
The Malwarebytes EDR 1.0.11 for Linux driver doesn't properly ensure whitelisting of executable libraries loaded by executable files, allowing arbitrary code execution. The attacker can set LDLIBRARYPATH, set LDPRELOAD, or run an executable file in a debugger...
A week in security (December 29 – January 4)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How AI made scams more convincing in 2025 In 2025, age checks started locking people out of the internet 2025 exposed the risks we ignored while rushing AI Malware in 2025 spread far beyond Windows PCs Stay safe! We don 't just report on privacy—we offer you the...
A week in security (December 22 – December 28)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Pornhub tells users to expect sextortion emails after data exposure Hacktivists claim near-total Spotify music scrape Stay safe! We don 't just report on threats—we help safeguard your entire digital identity Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headlin...
CVE-2023-29144
Malwarebytes 1.0.14 for Linux doesn't properly compute signatures in some scenarios. This allows a bypass of detection...
EUVD-2023-32746
Malwarebytes 1.0.14 for Linux doesn't properly compute signatures in some scenarios. This allows a bypass of detection...
CVE-2023-29144
Malwarebytes 1.0.14 for Linux doesn't properly compute signatures in some scenarios. This allows a bypass of detection...