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Tag: trojan
New Emotet delivery method spotted during downward detection trend
Emotet, one of cybersecurity’s most-feared malware threats, got a superficial facelift this week, hiding itself within a fake Microsoft Office request…
Coronavirus scams, found and explained
Coronavirus has changed the face of the world, restricting countless individuals from dining at restaurants, working from cafes, and visiting their…
United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware
UPDATE: July 31, 2020 Months after publishing this first investigation into government-funded mobile phones, we were contacted by a concerned user…
Stealthy new Android malware poses as ad blocker, serves up ads instead
Since its discovery less than a month ago, a new Trojan malware for Android we detect as Android/Trojan.FakeAdsBlock has already been…
Meet Extenbro, a new DNS-changer Trojan protecting adware
Recently, we uncovered a new DNS-changer called Extenbro that comes with an adware bundler. These DNS-changers block access to security-related sites,…
Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector
Some existing families of potentially unwanted programs and adware have added browser push notifications to their weapons arsenal. Offering themselves up…
Emotet revisited: pervasive threat still a danger to businesses
Correction, 5/22/19: Previously, we incorrectly stated that Emotet was using an EternalBlue vulnerability in order to spread laterally within a network….
A week in security (September 10 – 16)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we assessed the security of a portable router, identified ways to waste a scammer’s time, named…
Process Doppelgänging meets Process Hollowing in Osiris dropper
One of the Holy Grails for malware authors is a perfect way to impersonate a legitimate process. That would allow them…