In this day and age, companies great and small are vulnerable to potential attacks that they are exposed to every day….
Month: October 2017
BYOD, why don’t you?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a policy that allows employees to bring their own devices to the workplace and use…
Exhibition: it-sa Nuremberg
Scroll down for the German version of this post. Since 2009, security professionals, developers, and product providers have shared their ideas…
Why is Malwarebytes blocking Coinhive?
If you’ve encountered a Malwarebytes web protection block for coinhive.com over the last few weeks, you are either glad about it,…
When an “Outstanding” rating from CNET isn’t enough
The editors at respected tech site CNET/Download.com have awarded Malwarebytes for Windows with an “outstanding” rating of 4.5 stars out of…
Magniber ransomware: exclusively for South Koreans
The Magnitude exploit kit has been pretty consistent over the last few months, dropping the same payload—namely, the Cerber ransomware—and targeting…
419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child
Scammers often come crawling out of the woodwork in all sorts of places you wouldn’t necessarily expect. This is to their…
Yet more mobile adware found in Google Play
Finding an adware variant that made its way past the Google Play store is out of the ordinary. So when two…
Release the KRACKen: flaw in Wi-Fi security leaves users vulnerable
A serious flaw in the wireless protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks has been discovered. How serious? If your…
Old MS Office feature weaponized in malspam attacks
Update (11-08-2017): Microsoft has issued a security advisory about DDE-based attacks and is also providing tips on how to disable that…