Several years ago, I blogged that we would be increasing how aggressive we would be in detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and…
Tag: malware
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…
PSA: DetoxCrypto Ransomware imitating Malwarebytes
Scammers will always try and imitate legitimate tools and services in an effort to trick people into harming their accounts and…
Surfacing HTA infections
Given the recent rise in numbers of spam mails with .hta attachments, we decided to follow up on a few infections…
PUP Friday: MPlayerX
MPlayerX began to be associated with malware about two years ago, or possibly even longer. Back in 2014, an emerging piece…
Mobile Menace Monday: Pokemon NO NO
Mobile Menace Monday is a bi-monthly entry to the Malwarebytes Labs wherein our Android OS security experts highlight the specific dangers…
Transmission hijacked again to spread malware
In March, the website of the Transmission torrent client was hacked, and a maliciously-altered copy of Transmission was uploaded in place…