Today we picked up new activity from an exploit kit that was first discovered back in August of this year. The…
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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches
In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report for the third quarter of 2017, we saw a number…
Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West
There seems to be a trend lately for publishers to monetize their traffic by having their visitors mine for cryptocurrencies while…
A week in security (August 28 – September 3)
Last week, we looked at what actions Kronos can perform in the final installment of a 2-part post. We also dived…
Cerber ransomware delivered in format of a different order of Magnitude
As a follow up to our study into the Magnitude exploit kit and its gate (which we profiled in a previous…
Enemy at the gates: Reviewing the Magnitude exploit kit redirection chain
Over the last few months, we have been keeping an eye on the Magnitude exploit kit which is mainly used to…
Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks
The second quarter of 2017 brought ransomware to unprecedented levels with worldwide outbreaks that went almost out of control. In scenarios…
AdGholas malvertising thrives in the shadows of ransomware outbreaks
The latest wave of ransomware following the WannaCry outbreak has kept everyone very busy and been the topic of many conversations. In the meantime, other threat…
The numeric tech support scam campaign
There are many different tech support scam (TSS) campaigns active at any given moment, the majority of them are fueled by malicious adverts…
A week in security (Jun 05 – Jun 11)
Last week, we interviewed our very own Pieter Arntz to get to know him a little better. We also touched on…