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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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Tech support scammers abuse native ad and content provider Taboola to serve malvertising (updated)

October 3, 2017 admin click bait, fraud, malvertising, msn, Social engineering, Taboola, tech support scams, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:32 +0000

See how scammers redirected visitors from MSN to their tech support scam page in this latest malvertising campaign.

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Tags: click bait fraud malvertising msn Taboola tech support scams

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National cybersecurity awareness month: simple steps for online safety

October 2, 2017 admin 101, cybersecurity awareness, FYI, national cybersecurity awareness month, password manager, phishing, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:00:03 +0000

National cybersecurity awareness month was created to ensure that every American has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. And now Malwarebytes is doing its part.

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Tech support scammers abuse native ad and content provider Taboola to serve malvertising

September 28, 2017 admin click bait, fraud, malvertising, msn, Social engineering, Taboola, tech support scams, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:32 +0000

See how scammers redirected visitors from MSN to their tech support scam page in this latest malvertising campaign.

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Tags: click bait fraud malvertising msn Taboola tech support scams

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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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RoughTed: The anti ad-blocker malvertiser

May 25, 2017 admin ad-maven, Adware, cybercrime, exploit kits, Exploits, Magnitude, malvertising, malware, pups, RIG, RoughTed, scams, tech support scams, Trojan

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 14:00:52 +0000

A look at RoughTed, a purveyor of ad-blocker aware malvertising responsible for a range of scams, exploits, and malware.

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Tags: ad-maven adware exploit kits exploits Magnitude malvertising PUPs RIG RoughTed scams tech support scams trojan

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A week in security (Apr 24 – Apr 30)

May 1, 2017 admin Adware, eitest, OSX.Dok, Security world, tech support scams, Terror EK, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 17:07:19 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 24th of April to the 30th. We covered a lot of different subject, exploit kits, adware, Tech Support Scams, Android and Mac threats. And how to fight security fatigue.

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Tech support scammers and their banking woes

March 30, 2017 admin cybercrime, fraud, SCAM, Social engineering, tech support, tech support scams, TSS

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000

We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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