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Fireball Chinese malware and you

June 7, 2017 admin adam kujawa, Adware, adware.elex, browser, cybercrime, elex, fireball, hijack, malware, malwarebytes labs, rafotech

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:54:11 +0000

By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The threat intelligence and research teams at Check Point wrote a blog post last week describing the operation, what the threat does the system and the alarming potential the malware has for doing some serious damage. We delve into the worst case scenario with this situation and how to remove Fireball if you are infected.

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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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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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