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Malwarebytes Labs Presents: The Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report

March 6, 2017 admin 2016, ad fraud, Cerber, cybercrime, Kovter, Locky, malware, malwarebytes labs, predictions, ransomware, report, Threat analysis, trends

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:04:31 +0000

In our first wrap-up of the threat landscape, we are going to cover the trends observed during the last few months of 2016, provide an analyst’s view of the threats, and offer some predictions for the beginning of 2017. Moving forward, every quarter we will bring you a view of the threat landscape through the eyes of Malwarebytes researchers and analysts.

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Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay

March 6, 2017 admin Android, cybercrime, Facebook, Facebook Lite, google, Mobile, mobile menace monday, triple m, Trojan

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:00:28 +0000

A lite version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been infected with Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay.

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Coachella-gate: fire in the disco

March 2, 2017 admin Beyoncé, breach, coachella, cybercrime, data breach, Malwarebytes news, phish, phishing, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:09:02 +0000

If you’re registered on the Coachella website, you may have been swept up in a data breach hawking user details for sale on the Dark Web…

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Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl

March 2, 2017 admin bank, banking, cybercrime, myGov, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:00:57 +0000

We look at a myGov phish which has been doing the rounds recently. There’s even some peculiar antics going on late into the phish – shall we take a look?

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Tags: bank banking myGov phish phishing scam

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Two new Mac backdoors discovered

March 1, 2017 admin anti-malware, apple, cybercrime, iOS, iPhone, Mac, MacOS, malware, XAgent, XProtect

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:00:33 +0000

On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Now, just a week later, there are signs of yet another piece of malware looming. This brings the count of malware (as opposed to adware or other threats) discovered for macOS this year up to 4, in only two short months.

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Tags: Anti-Malware Apple iOS iPhone mac macOS malware XAgent XProtect

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Decrypting after a Findzip ransomware infection

February 28, 2017 admin apple, cybercrime, Filecoder, Findzip, Findzip ransomware, Mac, MacOS, ransomware

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:00:47 +0000

The Findzip ransomware was discovered on February 22, 2017. At that time, it was thought that files would be irreversibly encrypted by this ransomware, with no chance of decryption. Turns out, that’s not quite true.

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Tags: Apple Filecoder Findzip Findzip ransomware mac macOS ransomware

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New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader

February 27, 2017 admin cybercrime, exploit kit, malvertising, malware, neutrino bot, neutrino ek, packer, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:31 +0000

We take another look at the Neutrino bot, known for its diverse feature set ranging from snooping on victims to performing DDos attacks. This latest version includes a hardened protective layer aimed at defeating sandboxes and hiding the bot from discovery.

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Fake FBI mail: “Send us $112 or we’ll lock your iCloud account”

February 24, 2017 admin apple, bitcoin, cybercrime, email, FBI, icloud, phish, SCAM, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:12:36 +0000

Steer clear of this fake FBI message regarding your “locked” iCloud account. It’s nothing more than a get rich quick scam, and the people behind it are looking to cash in at your expense.

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