Blocking children from social media is a badly executed good idea

2026-04-03T20:51:54Z548394c549e104232ea7948d8c943605b6a92be7790a42c7eb39ef39618c5ce5
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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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