Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• How to find and remove credential-stealing Chrome extensions
• Fake shops target Winter Olympics 2026 fans
• Outlook add-in goes rogue and steals 4,000 credentials and payment data
• Child exploitation, grooming, and social media addiction claims put Meta on trial
• Apple patches zero-day flaw that could let attackers take control of devices
• Criminals are using AI website builders to clone major brands
• February 2026 Patch Tuesday includes six actively exploited zero-days
• Malwarebytes earns PCMag Best Tech Brand spot, scores 100% with MRG Effitas
• Discord will limit profiles to teen-appropriate mode until you verify your age
• How safe are kids using social media? We did the groundwork
• Man tricked hundreds of women into handing over Snapchat security codes
• Is your phone listening to you? (re-air) (Lock and Code S07E03)
• AI chat app leak exposes 300 million messages tied to 25 million users
• Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

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