How the Reddit and Discord false report scam steals accounts
2026-07-07T20:51:51Z•ce5349457ce68ab147485efaeeeae6be3a2134effdbf9d115fab331be0e5cc40
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What happened
A set of Malwarebytes Labs reports highlighting a surge in social‑engineering and supply‑chain abuse: scammers are stealing Reddit/Discord and Microsoft accounts via false‑report and fake verification lures (including nested redirects and fake Google/Cloudflare pages), fake recruiters and job offers target marketers, and malicious or fraudulent browser extensions (Chrome/Edge/Perplexity) are spying on users or delivering infostealers and a new loader. Major platform issues include a WinRAR remote‑code execution bug, a large Chrome update fixing hundreds of vulnerabilities (including multiple R
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- malwarebytes_labs
- Record identifier
- ce5349457ce68ab147485efaeeeae6be3a2134effdbf9d115fab331be0e5cc40
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-07T20:51:51Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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