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Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks

July 6, 2017 admin ad fraud, adam kujawa, Adam McNeil, Adware, Amazon Phishing, Armando Orozco, astrum, boaxxee, breach, breaches, Cerber, cybercrime tactics & techniques, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dok, DoublePulsar, EK, EternalBlue, EternalPetya, exploit kit, Findzip, fireball, handbrake, Jaff, Jean-Philippe Taggart, Jerome Segura, Kovter, Locky, Magnitude, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, Marcelo Rivero, Nathan Collier, NotPetya, NSA, nymain, Petya, Pieter Artnz, proton, proton RAT, Q2 2017, RIG, second quarter, ShadowBrokers, Tamy Stewart, tech support scams, Thomas Reed, Troldesh, WannaCry, WDFLoad, William Tsing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:06:53 +0000

The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.

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Tags: ad fraud adam kujawa Adam McNeil adware Amazon Phishing Armando Orozco astrum boaxxee breach breaches cerber cybercrime tactics & techniques cybercrime tactics and techniques dok DoublePulsar EK EternalBlue EternalPetya exploit kit Findzip fireball handbrake Jaff Jean-Philippe Taggart Jerome Segura kovter Locky Magnitude Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs Marcelo Rivero Nathan Collier NotPetya NSA nymain petya Pieter Artnz proton proton RAT Q2 2017 RIG second quarter ShadowBrokers Tamy Stewart tech support scams Thomas Reed Troldesh WannaCry WDFLoad William Tsing

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Solution Corner: Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

June 28, 2017 admin Anomaly Detection, Endpoint Protection, Incident Response, Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, Malwarebytes Incident Response, Malwarebytes news, Product updates

Credit to Author: Ken Liao| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:00:28 +0000

Introducing Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, our latest endpoint security solution for business. This latest release unifies a number of technologies onto a single agent on the endpoint and adds a new machine learning detection engine into our layered approach to protection.

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Solution Corner: Malwarebytes Incident Response

June 22, 2017 admin Adware, cloud, cyberthreats, forensics, Incident Response, Mac OS, malware, Malwarebytes Incident Response, Malwarebytes news, Product updates, PUP, Security, threat hunting, windows

Credit to Author: Dana Torgersen| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:40:41 +0000

Unless you’ve been stuck at a fiery music festival, I don’t need to tell you the threat landscape is constantly evolving and that threats have become increasingly sophisticated at evading detection. Recent Malwarebytes Labs reports, including the 2017 State of Malware shine a light on just how fast these threats continue to spread around the…

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Announcing Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, a next-generation antivirus replacement for businesses

June 15, 2017 admin Antivirus, CEO announcements, Coalfire Systems, cybersecurity, Endpoint Protection, Incident Response, Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, Malwarebytes Incident Response, Malwarebytes news, marcin kleczynski

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:00:07 +0000

Today, I am happy to announce Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection, its equivalent for businesses. Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection is an advanced threat prevention solution for Windows endpoints featuring a cloud-based management console, delivered through a unified endpoint agent.

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Tags: antivirus Coalfire Systems cybersecurity Endpoint Protection Incident Response Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection Malwarebytes Incident Response marcin kleczynski

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New Mac Malware-as-a-Service offerings

June 14, 2017 admin anti-malware for Mac, apple, Bleeping Computer, Catalin Cimpanu, MaaS, Mac, MacRansom, MacSpy, malware, Malware-as-a-Service, Malwarebytes news, ransomware

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:00:01 +0000

A couple weeks ago, two new Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings for the Mac became available. We take a closer look at these two offerings – a backdoor named MacSpy and a ransomware app named MacRansom.

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Tags: anti-malware for Mac Apple Bleeping Computer Catalin Cimpanu MaaS mac MacRansom MacSpy malware Malware-as-a-Service ransomware

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A stolen version of DMA Locker is making the rounds

May 29, 2017 admin cybercrime, decryptor, DMA Locker, fake, malware, Malwarebytes news, xptlock

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:41 +0000

Pirated versions of DMA-locker are doing the rounds, but there is some good news. All the encrypted data can be decrypted with the same key and we can give it to you.

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A stolen version of DMA-locker is making the rounds

May 29, 2017 admin cybercrime, decryptor, DMA Locker, fake, malware, Malwarebytes news, xptlock

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:41 +0000

Pirated versions of DMA-locker are doing the rounds, but there is some good news. All the encrypted data can be decrypted with the same key and we can give it to you.

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Tags: decryptor DMA Locker fake xptlock