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Mobile Menace Monday: re-emergence of a fake Android AV

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Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 20:46:35 +0000

Way back in early 2013, a new antivirus (AV) company emerged into the mobile security software industry that had everyone perplexed. It seemed like a fake Android AV, but received certification by a reputable AV testing organization! Now, five years later, it’s back. Here’s why you shouldn’t trust it.

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A week in security (April 23 – April 29)

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:17:10 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 23 – April 29, including worms, GDPR, DDoS markets, and more.

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Labs CTNT report shows shift in threat landscape to cryptomining

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

What did we learn about cybercrime in the quarterly Labs CTNT report? Malicious cryptomining has taken over in 2018, and it’s leaving all other malware families behind.

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CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property

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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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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome (updated)

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Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.

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New Mac cryptominer has 23 older variants

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Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:35:53 +0000

The new Mac cryptominer, OSX.CreativeUpdate, turns out to be older than we thought, with 23 variants found dating back to October 2017.

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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

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Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.

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IMPORTANT: Web blocking / RAM usage announcement

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 19:53:22 +0000

Earlier this morning, we published a protection update that caused connection issues for many of our customers. As a side effect of the web protection blocks, the product also spiked memory usage and possibly caused a crash. We have triaged this issue and pushed a protection update that resolves it.

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