A week in security (February 16 – February 22)
A list of topics we covered in the week of February 16 to February 22 of 2026
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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
Stay safe!
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[Original source](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/a-week-in-security-february-16-february-22)