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A week in security (July 9 – July 15)

July 16, 2018 admin ad blockers, Android malware, crypto mining, data breach, domestic abuse, Facebook, ico fraud, MITM, multi-factor authentication, prime day 2018, Security world, spectre, Threat Intel, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:00:01 +0000

A roundup of the security news from July 9 – July 15, including sextortion, Spectre, cryptomining, mobile malware, ICO scams and more.

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A week in security (June 18 – June 24)

June 25, 2018 admin Android malware, android rat, Android spyware, andy android emulator, cybersecurity skills gap, DNS rebinding, Fake Fortnite, insecure web apps, insecure website, malicious spam, mylobot, netflix phish, Rat, recruitment portal flaws, samsam ransomware, Security world, skills shortage, wanna ransomware, wannacry scam, Week in security, world cup phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:29:22 +0000

A roundup of security news from June 18 – 24 that includes the SamSam ransomware, DNS rebinding, a World Cup phishing campaign, and lots and lots of Android malware.

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What makes a mobile threat researcher tick?

June 18, 2018 admin Android malware, Corporate, iOS, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:34:49 +0000

We interviewed Senior Threat Researcher, Rowland Yu, to find out…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/FeUV3849yNc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Independent lab tests again prove the excellence of Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android

April 17, 2018 admin 100% protection, Android malware, cell phone safety, Consumer, independent lab tests, mobile security apps, Mobile security for Android, proof of effectiveness, protection against malware, real protection against Android malware, Security, testing awards, top usability, which Android security apps work best?

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:00:53 +0000

Submitted by Ian Grutze For the fourth year in a row, as shown in AV Comparatives’ Anti-Virus Comparative Android Test 2018 – January 2018, Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android shows it provides 100% protection against malware. In this independent lab test, more than 200 mobile security products were tested by AV Comparatives against some…

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Sophos to explore Android threats at AVAR 2017 conference

December 5, 2017 admin Android malware, Association of Anti Virus Asia Researchers, AVAR, conference, Google Play, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:47:26 +0000

Android malware is at the top of the agenda, including ways to combat it through machine learning<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=44189&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/nm39-Dfyifw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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Tech Firms Team Up to Take Down ‘WireX’ Android DDoS Botnet

August 28, 2017 admin Akamai, Allison Nixon, Android malware, Chad Seaman, ddos, distributed denial-of-service attack, Flashpoint, google, Mirai, Other, Play store, WireX botnet

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:06:08 +0000

A half dozen technology and security companies — some of them competitors — issued the exact same press release today. This unusual level of cross-industry collaboration caps a successful effort to dismantle ‘WireX,’ an extraordinary new crime machine comprising tens of thousands of hacked Android mobile devices that was used this month to launch a series of massive cyber attacks. Experts involved in the takedown warn that WireX marks the emergence of a new class of attack tools that are more challenging to defend against and thus require broader industry cooperation to defeat.

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Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

April 13, 2017 admin Adware, Android malware, celebgate, Cerber, Chris Boyd, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dridex, eitest, exit scam, exploit kit, fappening, Findzip, hiddenads.lck, hoeflertext, intra market fraud, jisut, Locky, mac malware, malspam, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, necurs, potentially unwanted programs, Powershell, PUP, Q1 2017, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, sage, Social engineering, spora, survey scams, tech support scammers, Threat analysis, vault 7, windows malware, WWE dump

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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