Researchers have reported how popular game installers like Super Mario Games are being used to deliver malware. The malicious components include cryptominers,…
Tag: cryptominers
The Hidden Bee infection chain, part 1: the stegano pack
About a year ago, we described the Hidden Bee miner delivered by the Underminer Exploit Kit. Hidden Bee has a complex…
New Mac cryptominer Malwarebytes detects as Bird Miner runs by emulating Linux
A new Mac cryptocurrency miner Malwarebytes detects as Bird Miner has been found in a cracked installer for the high-end music…
2019 State of Malware report: Trojans and cryptominers dominate threat landscape
Each quarter, the Malwarebytes Labs team gathers to share intel, statistics, and analysis of the tactics and techniques made popular by…
Mac malware combines EmPyre backdoor and XMRig miner
Earlier this week, we discovered a new piece of Mac malware that is combining two different open-source tools—the EmPyre backdoor and…
How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser
Is my browser making an effort to keep my system safe and my online behavior private? This is usually not the…
Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum
When Coinhive first came out in September of 2017, it was fairly easy to identify websites using browser miners by looking…
RIG exploit kit campaign gets deep into crypto craze
There isn’t a day that goes by without a headline about yet another massive spike in Bitcoin valuation, or a story…
A week in security (October 9 – October 15)
Last week on the Labs blog, we talked about GDPR as part of our series in the National Cyber Security Awareness…