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Last week on Malwarebytes Labs:

• Update Chrome now: Critical bugs could let attackers run code
• Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild
• TikTok, YouTube, and Roblox face scrutiny, but age gates won’t fix child safety
• Catch spyware in the act with Windows Webcam Monitoring
• Researchers left AI agents alone in a virtual town and watched it all unravel
• Fake malware-signing service Fox Tempest dismantled by Microsoft
• Firefox 151 packs big privacy upgrades into a small update
• Biometrics, diagnoses, and bank details exposed in major healthcare breach
• Facebook scam promises cheap Aldi meat boxes, steals payment info instead
• YouTube wants your face to fight deepfakes
• Microsoft is changing Edge’s plaintext password behavior
• AI is distorting the Holocaust (Lock and Code S07E10)

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