A week in security (October 12 – October 18)

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What happened

Malwarebytes Labs weekly security feed covering critical browser and Windows vulnerabilities, phishing and credential theft campaigns, data breaches, privacy violations, AI-assisted attacks, smart-device threats, and cyberattacks against operational technology. The collection includes reports of actively exploited vulnerabilities and high-impact credential-stealing campaigns, but contains no explicit CVE identifiers in the provided metadata.

Why it matters

A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.

Evidence and limitations

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malwarebytes_labs
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b1510296f0233fbe6b46aaf1fc8edb0c194fc7e49870b5c77aa36f9c8f5f3b57
Enrichment time
2026-10-19T08:51:45Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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