It’s difficult to say if the below defacement (spotted in the wild by the awesome Techhelplist) was intentionally targeted, or a case of…
Month: September 2016
IT companies unite against illegal online hate speech
Note: the below is just a reporting about a topic, Malwarebytes is not actually involved in their project in any way….
Ahoy there! More HMRC tax refund scams ahead
Phishing campaigns banking on the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tax claim are not unheard of, especially in the UK. We…
Neutrino EK’s Afraidgate pushed in malvertising attack
During the past few weeks there has been an increase in malvertising attacks, for example via a series of compromises of open source…
Avoid: BofA, Wells Fargo SMS phishing
It always pays to be cautious where unsolicited text messages are concerned, as conniving phishers don’t always stick to the tried and…
A week in security (Sep 04 – Sep 10)
Last week, we debuted our first-ever Mobile Menace Monday post where we talked about a fake Pokémon Go app, which turned…
PUP Friday: MPlayerX
MPlayerX began to be associated with malware about two years ago, or possibly even longer. Back in 2014, an emerging piece…
Google empowers website owners with added security features
In addition to warning users when they’re about to download malware or potentially unwanted software, or about to visit a questionable…
Mobile Menace Monday: Pokemon NO NO
Mobile Menace Monday is a bi-monthly entry to the Malwarebytes Labs wherein our Android OS security experts highlight the specific dangers…
A week in security (Aug 28 – Sep 03)
Last week, we discovered a technical support scam using an iPad error-type message to get potential targets’ attention; brought to light…