Researchers built a chatbot that only knows the world before 1931

2026-04-30T08:51:57Z169d9c395d2741dad5332962773e283a08b468cc75d6dc7b52866a65fc45cb08
account-takeoverai-safetybiobankbrowser-hijackclaude-desktopdata-breachfake-captchaios-bugmalwarephantomrpcphishingransomwareremote-accessscamssms-fraudspywaresupply-chain-trojantech-support-scamtrojanized-installerunpatched-vulnerability

What happened

Collection of Malwarebytes Labs posts (April 2026) covering multiple active threats and security news: researcher-disclosed PhantomRPC exploitation techniques that Microsoft does not plan to patch; an iOS notification-deletion bug that Apple patched; several social-engineering and scam campaigns (fake CAPTCHA SMS billing, tech-support scams abusing real Apple notifications, DHL-themed emails delivering remote access tools); trojanized installers and malicious sites leading to account takeover and browser takeover; allegations that Claude Desktop installed spyware on macOS; a large dataset of 0

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
malwarebytes_labs
Record identifier
169d9c395d2741dad5332962773e283a08b468cc75d6dc7b52866a65fc45cb08
Enrichment time
2026-04-30T08:51:57Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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