You might not know it, but every time you go on the Internet, from checking your social media to playing games…
Month: July 2016
Cross-platform malware Adwind infects Mac
A colleague referred me to an article on a piece of cross-platform malware, called Adwind RAT (short for “remote access tool”), that…
Online scams: Why haven’t we won yet?
We here at Malwarebytes Labs have been posting on the ins and outs of tech support scams since 2013. (First post…
Avoid this “Authorize your Twitter account” phishing scam
“What’s going on” is a very good question. The answer to that question, is that you’ve had a narrow escape from a phish…
Window Range Manager
A recently discovered adware called Window Range Manager aka Winrange uses Chrome components to display 3D advertisements. Found in the installed…
Long lasting Magnitude EK malvertising campaign not affected by slowdown in EK activity
We have been tracking a malvertising campaign distributing the Cerber ransomware linked to the actor behind the Magnitude exploit kit for months….
Third time (un)lucky – improved Petya is out
So far we dedicated several articles to the interesting, low-level ransomware called Petya, hijacking the boot sector. You can read about…
A week in security (Jul 10 – Jul 16)
Last week, we talked about bug poaching, revealed a novelty Pokemon GO scam bait, profiled a new Mac malware called Keydnap,…
Our Pokemon Go blogpost becomes scammer bait
You know when you write about a Pokemon GO scam and casually mention how criminals use Lure Modules as bait for…
Neutrino EK picks up momentum in recent attacks
While overall exploit kit activity has been somewhat low during the past weeks, we have noted some changes in Neutrino, the leading…