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CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property

March 21, 2018 admin CyberByte, fake AV, Mac, Malwarebytes for Mac, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, pups

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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Winning the battle against PUPs on your computer and in court

November 9, 2017 admin CEO announcements, enigma, Enigma Software, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUM, PUP, pups, RegHunter, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes’ favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Winning the battle against PUPs – on your computer and in U.S. District Court

November 9, 2017 admin CEO announcements, enigma, Enigma Software, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, PUM, PUP, pups, RegHunter, SpyHunter

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Yet more mobile adware found in Google Play

October 17, 2017 admin Adware, Android, android adware, cybercrime, Mobile, mobile adware, potentially unwanted programs

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:25:29 +0000

Two new mobile adware variants were found in the Google Play store—all in one week.

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Mobile Menace Monday: despicable adware

October 16, 2017 admin Adware, Android, android adware, cybercrime, Mobile, potentially unwanted programs

Credit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:00:16 +0000

Are you wondering how that mysterious icon ended up on your Android phone’s start screen? Annoyed at the ads clogging your notification bar? It’s adware, and you aren’t alone.

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System optimizers turning to Tech Support Scams

April 27, 2017 admin cybercrime, potentially unwanted programs, PUP, system optimizer, tech support, tech support scam, TSS

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:00:25 +0000

PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers.

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Adware the series, part 1

April 26, 2017 admin ad fraud, Adware, cache, extensions, potentially unwanted programs, PUP

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:00:50 +0000

In this series, we will be using the below flowchart to follow the process of determining which adware we are dealing with. The idea is to give you an idea of how many different types of adware are around for Windows systems.

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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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