Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- This new Windows malware can take over your PC and wipe it clean
- How mule betting scams recruit ordinary people
- Two Chrome updates in two days fix critical vulnerabilities
- How World Cup crypto prediction sites take your money
- 6.9 million driver’s license numbers stolen from AssuranceAmerica
- Microsoft fixes RoguePlanet zero-day in Defender
- Turn off this Meta setting before someone generates AI images of you
- Your next car could be watching your face
- How the Reddit and Discord false report scam steals accounts
- Fake Netflix, Coca-Cola, and FIFA job scams target marketers
- Claude Code’s hidden tracker was an “experiment,” says Anthropic
- Scammers are using AI to sell impossible flowers
- How to tell if an image is AI-generated
- Choose your WhatsApp username carefully
- NetNut botnet takes a hit. Don’t be part of the next one.
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Article Link: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/07/a-week-in-security-july-6-july-12