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A week in security (October 21 – 27)

October 28, 2019 - Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we explored a link between Magecart Group 5 and the Carbanak APT, we discussed the growing...

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News | Privacy

Helping survivors of domestic abuse: What to do when you find stalkerware

July 1, 2019 - We’re going to talk about something different today. We’re going to talk about domestic abuse. Earlier this year, cybersecurity company Kaspersky...

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Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Magniber ransomware improves, expands within Asia

July 16, 2018 - This blog post was authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura. The Magnitude exploit kit is one of the longest-serving browser exploitation...

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Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Magnitude exploit kit switches to GandCrab ransomware

April 17, 2018 - The GandCrab ransomware is reaching far and wide via malspam, social engineering schemes, and exploit kit campaigns. On April 16, we...

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News | Threats

Napoleon: a new version of Blind ransomware

December 8, 2017 - The ransomware previously known as Blind has been spotted recently with a .napoleon extension and some additional changes. In this post,...

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A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

October 23, 2017 - Last week was an eventful one in security, keeping our research and intel teams on their toes. Multiple security researchers homed...

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News | Threats

Magniber ransomware: exclusively for South Koreans

October 18, 2017 - The Magnitude exploit kit has been pretty consistent over the last few months, dropping the same payload—namely, the Cerber ransomware—and targeting...

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Cybercrime | News

RIG exploit kit distributes Princess ransomware

August 31, 2017 - We have identified a new drive-by download campaign that distributes the Princess ransomware (AKA PrincessLocker), leveraging compromised websites and the RIG...

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Cybercrime | News

Malware vaccination tricks: blue pills or red pills

August 30, 2017 - First, let me explain what I mean by malware vaccination tricks. Most of you will have heard about some of these....

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Week in Security (August 7 – August 13)

August 14, 2017 - Last week, we explained how security certificates work and how malware authors have used them to block security software from being...

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