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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Fake CNN Twitter Feeds Spam Weight Loss Links

January 9, 2015 - We’ve noticed a number of fake CNN-themed Twitter accounts driving traffic to a couple of different weight loss sites. The accounts in...

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News | Threats

Major malvertising campaign spreads Kovter Ad Fraud malware

January 8, 2015 - Last year was a busy year for malvertising with top rank ad networks such as Google’s DoubleClick caught in large scale attacks, and...

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News

A Week in Security (Nov 02 – 08)

November 10, 2014 - A round-up, you say? You’re in luck! On the blog, I took a look at sites claiming to offer up Netflix premium...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

The Emulation Imitation

October 17, 2014 - Back in the day, an obsolete video game console tended to equal dead games tied to the platform and unless you...

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News

A Week in Security (Sept 28 – Oct 04)

October 6, 2014 - Last week, we at Malwarebytes Unpacked tackled on topics related to a phishing campaign targeting AOL and Outlook users, Android, gaming, threat analysis,...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Malware and PUP Disguised as Twitch Bombing Tools

October 3, 2014 - Here’s a scenario: Suppose you went live on Twitch to stream your playthrough of Destiny. Suppose you were getting a lot of...

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Explained | News

Steam Threats: What They Are and What You Can Do to Protect Your Account

September 17, 2014 - UPDATE [9/24/2014 6:38AM] The Steam user in question has reached out to us via Twitter to report that another scammer contacted him, using...

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News

A Week in Security (Sept 07 – 13)

September 15, 2014 - Here’s a review of last week’s posts on Malwarebytes Unpacked: Top news stories: Stay safe! The Malwarebytes Labs Team

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Twitter Phishing Spamrun: “Strange Rumors About You”

September 8, 2014 - Thanks to Janne Ahlberg for notifying us about an ongoing Twitter spam attack which is sending potential victims to phishing pages...

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Cybercrime | News | Scams

Latest Celeb Media Hack Leads to Potential Scam, PUP

September 2, 2014 - As you may have already seen in the news, Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, and Kate Upton were just a few of the latest...

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