Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:30:00 +0000
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| Recently, we discovered a gold mine of fake hack apps that mine for Monero cryptocurrency and serve up annoying adware. Categories: Tags: adwareAndroidcoin hivecoin minershackhack appMobiletrojan |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:55:16 +0000
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| Threat actors are targeting South Korea with a Flash Player zero-day in limited attacks, according to Adobe. Categories: Tags: CVE-2018-4878Flash Player zero-dayKorean |
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Read moreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:57:42 +0000
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| Boomerang Tech solutions had trouble configuring their spambots, thus dropping a few spam bombs on Malwarebytes forums. Watch us catch them red-handed in a scammer call. Categories: Tags: BoomerangforumsMBAMspamTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at the difficulties faced by ransomware authors as they try to adapt and evolve to the next form of stealthier Bitcoin hoarding: cryptocurrency mining. Categories: Tags: bitcoinscoinscryptocryptocurrencycryptominingmalwareminersminingransomware |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000
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| Until a recent fix was applied, users of the VR pornography app SinVR could have found their subscriber information up for grabs. Categories: Tags: datadigital interruptionSinVRvirtual realityvrvr app |
The post Plugging a virtual leak: insecure VR app exposes customer data appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:17:06 +0000
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| Last week saw a Twitter spam app claiming to show who “viewed your profile” and spreading throughout the social media platform. See how it spread, and what you can do to avoid being caught by this common scam. Categories: Tags: applicationsappsscamsocial mediaspamspreadtwitter |
The post “Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:12:47 +0000
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| Twitter’s abuzz as a 20-year-old Mega Millions winner claims to be giving away free money for retweets and Amazon purchases. Is this for real? Categories: Tags: lotteryMega Millionsshane misslertwitterverificationwinnings |
The post Be wary of Mega Millions winner “giveaway” on social media appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:50:29 +0000
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| German users are being targeted with a rogue patch for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre flaws. Categories: Tags: germanmalwareMeltdownphishingsmoke loaderSmoke Loader MalwaresmokeloaderSpectre |
The post Fake Spectre and Meltdown patch pushes Smoke Loader malware appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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