Apple’s Hide My Email doesn’t hide it very well

2026-07-02T20:51:52Z10170ce1ef049ea85a1890363f8f4c4ab9a56af777f5e763c4092752c4f6ba65
ai-abuseapplechromeexploitffmpeginfostealerloadermalicious-extensionsmalwarephishingprivacyscamsthreat-intelvulnerabilitywinrar

What happened

Collection of Malwarebytes posts (late June–early July 2026) highlighting multiple high-impact software vulnerabilities and active abuse campaigns. Key themes: a critical FFmpeg (PixelSmash) flaw that can weaponize video files; a WinRAR vulnerability that may allow full system compromise; large Chrome security updates addressing many critical bugs; Apple’s “Hide My Email” privacy bypass reported but unpatched; and ongoing abuse campaigns using fake Google/Cloudflare verification pages (ClickFix) to distribute infostealers and a new loader. Additional coverage describes malicious browser/Edge/​

Why it matters

A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.

Evidence and limitations

Source ID
malwarebytes_labs
Record identifier
10170ce1ef049ea85a1890363f8f4c4ab9a56af777f5e763c4092752c4f6ba65
Enrichment time
2026-07-02T20:51:52Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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