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A week in security (June 10 – 16)

June 17, 2019 admin a week in security, ACLU, ad blockers, Adware, AI, American Civil Liberties Union, APT, Artificial Intelligence, breach, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, cyberbullying, disinformation campaign, fishwrap, Google Calendar notification abuse, Healthcare security, Maine, MuddyWaters, privacy, pups, push notifications, sextortion, trolling, twitter list abuse, VLC

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:09:19 +0000

A roundup of security news from June 10–16, including MegaCortex, the latest news on privacy, the abuse of Twitter’s Lists feature, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: ACLU ad blockers adware AI American Civil Liberties Union APT artificial intelligence breach CBP Customs and Border Protection cyberbullying disinformation campaign fishwrap Google Calendar notification abuse healthcare security Maine MuddyWaters privacy PUPs push notifications sextortion trolling twitter list abuse VLC

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Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector

June 13, 2019 admin Adware, browser extensions, extensions, Facebook, Facebook spammer, fbspammer, notifications, plugin, plugins, PUP, pups, push notifications, search hijackers, Trojan, trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:36:14 +0000

Push notifications are being added to the arsenal of PUPs, adware, and even a Trojan browser extension that spams Facebook groups.

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Adware

Tags: adware browser extensions extensions facebook Facebook spammer fbspammer notifications plugin plugins PUP PUPs push notifications search hijackers trojan Trojans

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Crack hunting: not all it’s cracked up to be

February 18, 2019 admin crack hunting, keygen, PUP, pups, software crack

Credit to Author: Tammy Stewart| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

People sometimes ask us in the forums if a keygen or software crack is safe to use. In this post, we’ll describe what happened when one of our researchers went crack hunting, and why it is often unsafe to carry out this activity.

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A user’s right to choose: Why Malwarebytes detects Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)

January 25, 2019 admin enigma, Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUP criteria, pups, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

By identifying and detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), Malwarebytes protects its users while giving them the right to choose whether they continue using their services. Learn why we do this, and how software programs can be reconsidered as legitimate under our PUP criteria.

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Malwarebytes news

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CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property

March 21, 2018 admin CyberByte, fake AV, Mac, Malwarebytes for Mac, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, pups

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:42:15 +0000

CyberByte has stolen Malwarebytes’ intellectual property, and has been using our data without permission in their CyberByte Antivirus software.

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Malwarebytes news

Tags: CyberByte fake av mac Malwarebytes for Mac potentially unwanted programs PUPs

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Stolen security logos used to falsely endorse PUPs

January 30, 2018 admin 101, logos, McAfee, microsoft, misleading, norton, Pieter Arntz, pups, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:35:05 +0000

To gain the trust of users, the makers of PUPs put the logos of reputable security and tech firms on their websites to imply their product is endorsed by the companies. They are not.

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Tags: logos McAfee microsoft misleading norton Pieter Arntz PUPs

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A week in security (November 6 – November 12)

November 13, 2017 admin a week in security, bitcoin multiplier, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency mining, Disdain EK, neutrino bot, puppy scam, pups, recap, Security world, Singles' Day, Week in security, whatsapp. magnitude ek

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 20:47:53 +0000

Learn what happened in the world of security during the week of November 6 through 12. Bitcoin multiplier scams, exploit kits, cryptocurrency mining, and a bogus WhatsApp app.

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Winning the battle against PUPs on your computer and in court

November 9, 2017 admin CEO announcements, enigma, Enigma Software, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUM, PUP, pups, RegHunter, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes’ favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Tags: Enigma Enigma Software potentially unwanted programs PUM PUP PUPs RegHunter SpyHunter