How to fake a data trail (and maybe lower prices) (Lock and Code S07E16)

2026-08-10T20:51:45Z6bbf29e0807b623a41232e2b481cf7a2dbe5017c77b09fac6ab0187f2ef54a28
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What happened

Malwarebytes Labs weekly feed covering scams, phishing, social engineering, privacy, browser and mobile security, AI-enabled abuse, account takeover, and emerging vulnerabilities. Notable topics include turnkey scam kits, hotel Wi-Fi campaigns attributed to Russian cybercrime groups, WhatsApp account takeover fraud, impersonation scams, deepfake-enabled scams, passkey theft concepts, and Apple WebKit issues affecting Private Relay. The document is an aggregate news feed rather than a single incident report.

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2026-08-10T20:51:45Z
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