When we talk to people that have been infected, they often ask how it happened. In a growing number of cases,…
Month: January 2015
“To view this content, you need the Tumblr Plugin”
While digging through a number of popular hashtags on Tumblr, we noticed the following page located at dangerouslovedinosaur(dot)tumblr(dot)com Fantastic URL aside,…
New Adobe Flash Zero-Day found in the Wild
Security researcher Kafeine has discovered a Zero-Day in Adobe Flash Player distributed through the Angler Exploit Kit. An Oday is an…
Backup and Lockdown: When Device Theft Strikes
I often advise people to backup their data in case of flooding, explosions and melted motherboards – you never know when…
A Week in Security (Jan 11 – 17)
Phishing and game-related threats dominated last week’s posts on Malwarebytes Unpacked. Security Researcher Christopher Boyd shared to blog readers videos about…
Adobe Phish Back in the Wild
We recently found a compromised site serving what appears to be an Adobe phish. Like most phishing campaigns, this one may have…
Good at Games? Steam Scammers Suggest You Join a League
It has come to our attention that a seemingly friendly comment being posted to Steam profiles about an invitation to be part of…
Avoid this Outlook Phish
Watch out for a phish mail in circulation which has a hankering for Outlook accounts. The email reads as follows: Dear…
Popular Game Rental Site Issues Statement on Alleged “Fraudulent Payment Attempts”
It’s come to light that Boomerangrentals(dot)co(dot)uk [traffic stats], is investigating claims from customers that they’ve had fraudulent payment attempts on cards registered…
iPhone 6 Scam Returns
We’re seeing what appears to be a familiar scam on the verge of a comeback. As you can see, we first encountered the spammed link…