PixelSmash flaw turns video files into attack tools
2026-06-24T20:51:55Z•86e41931aca62a2a26d5677b5f8cef593ea25468a2de73cb3a400e0537f3ad09
Android banking trojanAryStingerBeats Studio BudsBluetooth eavesdroppingD-LinkFFmpegMicrosoft DefenderPixelSmashRCERoguePlanetRokarollaShinyHuntersSocGholishbotnetdata breachmalicious‑videomedia‑processingremote code executionscamssextortion
What happened
Malwarebytes Labs roundup (mid–late June 2026) that highlights multiple active threats and incidents. Most critical: a newly reported "PixelSmash" vulnerability in FFmpeg that researchers describe as critical and which could allow a malicious video file to compromise vulnerable systems. Other high‑impact items include Microsoft working on a fix for the unpatched "RoguePlanet" Defender flaw that grants full PC control, an Apple Beats Studio Buds Bluetooth flaw that could enable eavesdropping, thousands of D‑Link routers absorbed into the AryStinger botnet, discovery of the Rokarolla Android‑or‑
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- malwarebytes_labs
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- 86e41931aca62a2a26d5677b5f8cef593ea25468a2de73cb3a400e0537f3ad09
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- 2026-06-24T20:51:55Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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