Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) last week disclosed “a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features”…
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Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack
Ransomware attacks, despite dramatically increasing in frequency this summer, remain opaque for many potential victims. It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since…
Analysts “strongly believe” the Russian state colludes with ransomware gangs
“We have the smoke, the smell of gunpowder and a bullet casing. But we do not have the gun to link…
A week in security (July 12 – July 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Other cybersecurity news: Stay safe!
TrickBot indictment reveals the scale and complexity of organized cybercrime
Back in 2016, we saw the emergence of a botnet mainstay called TrickBot. Initially observed by our Labs team spreading via…
How ransomware gangs are connected, sharing resources and tactics
Many of us who read the news daily encounter a regular drum beat of ransomware stories that are both worrying and…
Report goes “behind enemy lines” to reveal SilverFish cyber-espionage group
The PRODAFT Threat Intelligence Team has published a report (pdf) that gives an unusually clear look at the size and structure…
Ryuk ransomware develops worm-like capability
The French government’s computer emergency readiness team, that’s part of the National Cybersecurity Agency of France, or ANSSI, has discovered a…
Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report
Last year, threat actors took advantage of the COVID-19 public health crisis in a way previously considered unimaginable, not only preying…
A week in security (January 25 – January 31)
January 28 was Data Privacy Day, but for Malwarebytes Labs, it was Data Privacy Week. As such, we’re packed with more…