We have been tracking this particular malware campaign that leverages compromised websites for well over a year. What made it stand out from…
Month: March 2016
“Exclusive” Fallout 4 iOS Release Banished to the Wasteland
Online marketplaces such as Google Play and Apple’s App Store have various checks in place to ensure rogue / fake apps don’t…
“Copyright Violation” Facebook Phish
Copyright warnings appearing out of the blue can be vaguely terrifying at the best of times, and we’ve spotted a phishing…
“Your Android is Expired!”
We’ve seen reports of a dubious URL being served up via mobile advertising over the last day or two. This is…
Canadian Hospital Serves Ransomware Via Hacked Website
Ransomware attacks have made a lot of headlines in the past year with several high-profile cases, including that of the Hospital in…
A Week in Security (Mar 13 – Mar 19)
Last week, we touched on a 419 scam, modding on games (in general), a much talked about iCloud scam that “may…
Scammers Impersonate ISPs in New Tech Support Campaign
Update: 04/08/16 This campaign is still very active with a few more ISPs added to the list, as well as a…
This Steam Scam is a Rat Race
We are alerted by someone who submits to hpHosts, a free-to-use Malwarebytes facility where users can look up potentially malicious URLs,…
Teslacrypt Spam Campaign: “Unpaid Issue…”
We have all seen the current upsurge in Ransomware attacks. It has been covered on an international scale, with new variants…
TopFlix: a DNS Unlocker variant
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…