Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say
• Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets
• AI-generated passwords are a security risk
• Intimate products maker Tenga spilled customer data
• Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave
• Betterment data breach might be worse than we thought
• Job scam uses fake Google Forms site to harvest Google logins
• Scammers use fake “Gemini” AI chatbot to sell fake “Google Coin”
• Chrome “preloading” could be leaking your data and causing problems in Browser Guard
• Scam Guard for desktop: A second set of eyes for suspicious moments
• Update Chrome now: Zero-day bug allows code execution via malicious webpages
• Hobby coder accidentally creates vacuum robot army
• ClickFix added nslookup commands to its arsenal for downloading RATs

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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Malwarebytes authored by Malwarebytes. Read the original post at: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/a-week-in-security-february-16-february-22