How scammers use fake insurance texts to steal your identity

Sometimes it’s hard to understand how some scams work or why criminals would even try them on you. In this case it may have been a matter of timing. One of my co-workers received this one: “Insurance estimates for certain age ranges: 20-30 200 – 300/mo 31-40 270 – 450/mo 41-64 350 – 500/mo Please...

1 million victims, 17,500 fake sites: Google takes on toll-fee scammers

A Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS platform based in China, known as “Lighthouse,” is the subject of a new Google lawsuit. Lighthouse enables smishing SMS phishing campaigns, and if you’re in the US there is a good chance you've seen their texts about a small amount you supposedly owe in toll fees...

This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a 'Staggering’ Scam Text Operation

Google is suing 25 people it alleges are behind a “relentless” scam text operation that uses a phishing-as-a-service platform called Lighthouse...

CVE-2025-12113: Missing Authorization

The Alt Text Generator AI – Auto Generate & Bulk Update Alt Texts For Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the atgaideleteapikey function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.3. This makes it possible for authenticated...

Secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation against Poisoning Attacks

Large language models LLMs have transformed natural language processing NLP, enabling applications from content generation to decision support. Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG improves LLMs by incorporating external knowledge but also introduces security risks, particularly from data poisoning...

A week in security (October 20 – October 26)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is AI moving faster than its safety net? Thousands of online stores at risk as SessionReaper attacks spread Apple may have to open its walled garden to outside app stores Meta boosts scam protection on WhatsApp and Messenger Home Depot Halloween phish gives users a...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted...

Phishing scams exploit New York’s inflation refund program

A warning from the New York State on their website informs visitors that: “Scammers are calling, mailing, and texting taxpayers about income tax refunds, including the inflation refund check.” Here's the warning on the website: We can confirm that several phishing campaigns are exploiting a...

Fake TikTok and WhatsApp Apps Infect Android Devices with ClayRat Spyware

Zimperium's zLabs warns of ClayRat, a fast-spreading Android spyware targeting Russia. It hides in fake apps like TikTok and steals texts, calls records, and camera photos...

EUVD-2023-32656

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EUVD-2023-29038

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EUVD-2024-17280

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EUVD-2023-50942

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Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts

Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them...

Tax refund scam targets Californians

The State of California Franchise Tax Board FTB recently issued a warning to taxpayers to protect themselves from tax scams. In their warning the FTB states: “Recently, the FTB received reports of a scam targeting taxpayers through text messages that appear to be from FTB. These text messages...

More vulnerable stalkerware victims’ data exposed in new TheTruthSpy flaw

TheTruthSpy is at it again. A security researcher has discovered a flaw in the Android-based stalkerware that allows anyone to compromise any record in the system. TheTruthSpy stalkerware is designed to be installed surreptitiously on a victim's Android phone. It then monitors that phone's...

A week in security (July 28 – August 3)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Apple ID scam leads to $27,000 in-person theft of Ohio man OpenAI kills "short-lived experiment" where ChatGPT chats could be found on Google Trump Administration and Big Tech want you to share your health data Prison visitor details shared with all inmates at...

CVE-2025-5537: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

The Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image alternative texts in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated...

[SECURITY] [DLA 4216-1] cjson security update

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New warning issued over toll fee scams

Over a year ago the FBI warned about what was then a new form of smishing phishing via SMS scam: text messages that demanded payment for toll fees. The FTC sent out a similar warning in January, 2025. Then, in April another wave of toll fee scams began doing the rounds. Now the Departments of Mot...