Blocking children from social media is a badly executed good idea
2026-04-03T20:51:54Z•548394c549e104232ea7948d8c943605b6a92be7790a42c7eb39ef39618c5ce5
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What happened
Malwarebytes’ recent articles cover multiple active and emerging threats: Microsoft warns of a campaign targeting WhatsApp on Windows that seeks persistent access, and US/European agencies (FBI, CISA) warn of large-scale social‑engineering hijacks of Signal and WhatsApp accounts. Supply‑chain and malware incidents include an npm (axios) compromise that dropped a Remote Access Trojan, a fake Avast website that installs Venom Stealer, and a new macOS infostealer (Infiniti Stealer / NukeChain) abusing ClickFix and Python/Nuitka. Additional notable items: GlassWorm installs a malicious browser dev
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- malwarebytes_labs
- Record identifier
- 548394c549e104232ea7948d8c943605b6a92be7790a42c7eb39ef39618c5ce5
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-03T20:51:54Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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