A new ransomware, TeleCrypt appeared recently carrying some new ideas. While most ransomware communicates with their C&C over simple HTTP-based protocols,…
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Floki Bot and the stealthy dropper
Floki Bot, described recently by Dr. Peter Stephenson from SC Magazine, is yet another bot based on the leaked Zeus code. However,…
Ransomware doesn’t mean game over
Let’s face it. We live in a completely different security world from a decade ago and the kinds of threats we…
Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW
If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed…
Malware “Eko” affecting French Facebook users
Since the start of this week, the French media and online forums have been abuzz about a new Facebook Messenger “Trojan…
Malwarebytes gets tougher on PUPs
Several years ago, I blogged that we would be increasing how aggressive we would be in detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and…
Lesser known tricks of spoofing extensions
It is a well-known fact that malware using social engineering tricks is designed to hide itself from being an obvious executable….
Brad Pitt subject of new hoax after split with Jolie
News of famed actor, Brad Pitt, purportedly taking his own life has been making rounds within Facebook immediately after TMZ revealed…
Komplex Mac backdoor answers old questions
A new piece of Mac malware, dubbed Komplex, has been discovered by Palo Alto Networks. This malware provides a backdoor into…
Just For Men website serves malware
The website for Just For Men, a company that sells various products for men as its name implies, was serving malware…