If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed…
Tag: malware
Malware “Eko” affecting French Facebook users
Since the start of this week, the French media and online forums have been abuzz about a new Facebook Messenger “Trojan…
Malwarebytes gets tougher on PUPs
Several years ago, I blogged that we would be increasing how aggressive we would be in detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and…
Lesser known tricks of spoofing extensions
It is a well-known fact that malware using social engineering tricks is designed to hide itself from being an obvious executable….
Brad Pitt subject of new hoax after split with Jolie
News of famed actor, Brad Pitt, purportedly taking his own life has been making rounds within Facebook immediately after TMZ revealed…
Komplex Mac backdoor answers old questions
A new piece of Mac malware, dubbed Komplex, has been discovered by Palo Alto Networks. This malware provides a backdoor into…
Just For Men website serves malware
The website for Just For Men, a company that sells various products for men as its name implies, was serving malware…
PSA: DetoxCrypto Ransomware imitating Malwarebytes
Scammers will always try and imitate legitimate tools and services in an effort to trick people into harming their accounts and…
PUP Friday: MPlayerX
MPlayerX began to be associated with malware about two years ago, or possibly even longer. Back in 2014, an emerging piece…
Mobile Menace Monday: Pokemon NO NO
Mobile Menace Monday is a bi-monthly entry to the Malwarebytes Labs wherein our Android OS security experts highlight the specific dangers…