The last couple of years saw a growth in diversity- and women-focused tech events and programs; suddenly, everyone seems to be…
Month: December 2016
Mobile menace monday: safe practices with your mobile device
‘Tis the season for gift giving, and who wouldn’t be excited about receiving a brand new mobile device! Before you start…
Why Malwarebytes detects PC Pitstop as Potentially Unwanted
At Malwarebytes, we take great pride in the fact that we’re protecting customers – not just from malware – but from…
Malwarebytes teams up with America SCORES
Malwarebytes was proud to participate in America SCORES Bay Area’s Corporate Cup this winter. The local non-profit helps provide after school…
Vetting your vendors: money isn’t everything
Over the past year, we’ve seen a handful of cyber threat intelligence vendors sputter out. Some with an effluence of defensive lawsuits, some…
Scam as a service 2: the B team
It’s easy to run into mentions of the Darknet and its many ills, real or imagined. Even the late CSI: Cyber made…
A week in security (Dec 11 – Dec 17)
Malwarebytes released our annual list of predictions for the year 2017. We claimed that ransomware will remain king—and personal. We also…
Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
NOTE: thanks to the Wack0lian for research contributions It would seem that scams as a service are a growth business…
Goldeneye Ransomware – the Petya/Mischa combo rebranded
From March 2016 we’ve observed the evolution of an interesting low-level ransomware, Petya – you can read about it here. The second…
Security in 2017: Ransomware will remain king
2016 was the year of ransomware, with hackers focusing their attention on exploiting Internet users and businesses around the world for…