The recently departed Stephen Hawking is apparently back from the dead, now a target for scammers wanting to extract some quick…
Month: March 2018
DDoS attacks are growing: What can businesses do?
Depending on the type and size of your organization, a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack can be anything from a…
CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property
At Malwarebytes, we frequently examine apps for detection as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). These are programs that exhibit a wide variety…
The digital entropy of death: link rot
Hot on the heels of a grim blog about digital death comes…another blog about digital death. Except in this case, the…
A week in security (March 12 – March 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at the inner workings of a fileless attack, explored what happened in…
Investors concerned about smartphone addiction; Apple responds with new webpage
Hot on the heels of an open letter from investors urging Apple to do more to protect children from smartphone addiction, the…
A cure for the common cold call: freeze them out
The phone rings and it’s a number I don’t recognize. That’s enough to bring my mood down a few degrees. It…
GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns
Ever since the case of the San Bernadino shooter pitted Apple against the FBI over the unlocking of an iPhone, opinions…
Hermes ransomware distributed to South Koreans via recent Flash zero-day
This blog post was authored by @hasherezade, Jérôme Segura and Vasilios Hioureas. At the end of January, the South Korean Emergency…
Hancitor: fileless attack with a DLL copy trick
This article was authored by David Sánchez, Mickaël Roger, and Jérôme Segura During the past few years, malicious spam campaigns have…