A week in security (January 5 – January 11)
12 January 2026 at 09:02
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:
- pcTattletale founder pleads guilty as US cracks down on stalkerware
- Are we ready for ChatGPT Health?
- CISA warns of active attacks on HPE OneView and legacy PowerPoint
- Legoβs Smart Bricks explained: what they do, and what they donβt
- Fake WinRAR downloads hide malware behind a real installer
- One million customers on alert as extortion group claims massive Brightspeed data haul
- Phishing campaign abuses Google Cloud services to steal Microsoft 365 logins
- Disney fined $10m for mislabeling kidsβ YouTube videos and violating privacy law
- ALPRs are recording your daily drive (Lock and Code S06E26)
- Grok apologizes for creating image of young girls in βsexualized attireβ
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