In part one of this series, we had a look at a few reasons why you should be blocking online advertisements…
Month: July 2018
What’s the real value—and danger—of smart assistants?
You’ve heard them called virtual assistants, digital personal assistants, voice assistants, or smart assistants. Operated by artificial intelligence, technologies such as…
Cybercrime tactics & techniques Q2 2018
A generally slow quarter reflects an overall lull in cybercrime, picking up where Q1 left off with cryptominers continuing to dominate,…
5 ways to find and fix open source vulnerabilities
Guest post by Limor Wainstein A recent discovery of surreptitious execution of cryptomining code by a sandboxed app, riding piggyback on the…
Magniber ransomware improves, expands within Asia
This blog post was authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura. The Magnitude exploit kit is one of the longest-serving browser exploitation…
A week in security (July 9 – July 15)
Last week, we talked about domestic abuse fuelled by IoT, doing threat intel programs right, blocking ICO fraud, and man-in-the-middle attacks….
A primer: How to stay safe on Amazon Prime Day
Bank card—check! Shopping list—check! Lumbar back support pillow—check! Noise canceling headphones—check! And, of course, coffee—check! If you’re an Amazon shopper, then…
When three isn’t a crowd: Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks explained
Gone are the days when eavesdropping is just the stuff of spies and the town gossip. In fact, it has evolved…
Block all or nothing to prevent ICO fraud?
At Malwarebytes, we feel we have reached a point where we need to ask our customers how to proceed on the…
We block shady ad blockers
Some of you have reached out to us concerning Malwarebytes blocking of certain ad blocking extensions, or an influx in web…