This post describes the process of unpacking a malware delivered in a spam campaign. The described sample has been delivered on…
Month: October 2015
New Neutrino EK Campaign Drops Andromeda
On October 15, we started seeing a new pattern of redirections to the Neutrino Exploit Kit via compromised websites. What actually…
eFast browser hijacks file associations
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Mozilla Add-on guidelines
Curious about the effectiveness of the Add-on guidelines that Mozilla enforced a few years ago, I decided to find some more information….
Stolen 7-zip bundled with adware?
Recently, we found a popular free software called SevenZip (not to be confused with 7-Zip, a popular open source file archiver) was…
New Flash Player Zero-Day in The Wild (updated)
Update(2): 10/16 Adobe releases a fix to patch this vulnerability with Flash Player version 19.0.0.226. You should download the latest version…
Angler Exploit Kit Blasts Daily Mail Visitors Via Malvertising
There has been a lot of buzz about the powerful Angler Exploit Kit in recent days. One thing is for sure,…
“Casino Online Award” 419 Scam…
Steer clear of the below 419 mail which reads as though it can’t quite decide how you’ve come to win, so it…
10 ways to protect against hackers
Hackers (of the criminal variety) are a scary bunch—whether working as part of an organized unit or an idealist with a…
Security Tips & Tricks for the iPhone 6s/6s Plus
iOS has a reputation for security but that doesn’t mean that the 4+ million pre-orders of the iPhone 6s and 6s…