Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:03:51 +0000
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| A roundup of notable security news from March 26 to April 1, including data breaches, encryption, exploit kits, and more. Categories: Tags: Androiddata breachencryptionexploit kitsp2p paymentQuantLoaderTLS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| In this Winter 2018 review, we check the pulse of exploit kits and their latest developments. Categories: Tags: CVE-2014-6332CVE-2015-2419CVE-2015-7645CVE-2015-8651CVE-2016-0189CVE-2018-4878EKsexploit kitsgrandsoftGreenFlash SundownMagnitudeRIG |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:43:52 +0000
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| Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware. Categories: Tags: exploit kitsgandcrabgandcrab ransomwaregrandsoftransomwareRIG |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:43:52 +0000
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| Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware. Categories: Tags: exploit kitsgandcrabgandcrab ransomwaregrandsoftransomwareRIG |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:11:16 +0000
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| We take a look at a prolific campaign that is focused on the distribution of coin miners via drive-by download attacks. We started to notice larger-than-usual payloads from the RIG exploit kit around November 2017, a trend that has continued more recently via a campaign dubbed Ngay. Categories: Tags: bitcoinBytecoincryptocurrencycryptominerscryptominingdrive-by downloadsDrive-by miningElectroneumexploit kitsmalvertisingmoneroNgayRIG EK |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:58:39 +0000
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| A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from December 04 to December 10, including Botnets, hacked toys, ransom demands and jailbreaks gone horribly wrong. Categories: Tags: exploit kitshiddenlotusNew Mafiaransomwareroundupweek in securityweekly round up |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:00:34 +0000
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| A look at some techniques used by the Terror exploit kit to evade traffic-based detection. Categories: Tags: exploit kitsmalvertisingPropeller Ads Mediasmoke loaderTerror EKTerror exploit kit |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:17:05 +0000
Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. But don’t break out the bubbly just yet: Adobe says Flash won’t be put down officially until 2020.
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