MalwareBytes – Page 323 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Considering using spyware to surveil a cheating partner or keep an eye on the kiddos? Think again. Not only is it an invasion of privacy, but it’s illegal. Learn the telltale signs of spyware and why this suddenly mainstream malware needs to go back underground.

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Tags: android spying Android spyware cfaa computer fraud and abuse adct consumer spyware cydia app find my friends internet spy prevention act ios spying mspy spyware stalkerware stealware surveillanceware the i-spy act trusted contacts

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September 5, 2018 admin

A week in security (August 20 – August 26)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:06:17 +0000

A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues.

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September 3, 2018 admin

A week in security (August 27 – September 2)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:00:36 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 27 – September 2, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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Tags: email eu telecoms fake news Hacker malware Mobile privacy

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August 31, 2018 admin

Explained: regular expression (regex)

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:00:53 +0000

What is regular expression (regex) and what makes it vulnerable to attack? Learn how to use regex safely and avoid ReDoS attacks in the process.

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Tags: ddos JavaScript node.js redos regex search server vulnerability

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August 30, 2018 admin

Reversing malware in a custom format: Hidden Bee elements

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:41:34 +0000

When we recently analyzed payloads related to Hidden Bee (dropped by the Underminer EK), we noticed something unusual. After reversing the malware, we discovered that its authors actually created their own executable format. Follow our step-by-step analysis for a closer look.

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Tags: custom malware hidden bee hidden bee miner payload reverse engineering reversing malware

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August 29, 2018 admin

Fileless malware: getting the lowdown on this insidious threat

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:48:35 +0000

In this series of articles, we provide an in-depth discussion of fileless malware and their related attacks. In part one, we cover a brief overview of the problems with and general features of fileless malware, laying the groundwork for technical analysis of various samples employing fileless and semi-fileless methods.

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Tags: file history fileless infections fileless malware fileless malware attacks kovter magnitude EK poweliks powershell RAM samsam samsam ransomware semi-fileless SOC team windows

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August 28, 2018 admin

Official Cardi B website plagued by spammers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Over the past few days, fans of singer Cardi B noticed her website was slowly filling up with spam. We take a look at what happened.

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Tags: blog comments cardi b cardib developers gdpr moderation online privacy privacy spam spammers videos website. spam youtube

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August 27, 2018 admin

Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:29:05 +0000

Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. FakeGift does exactly what its name implies: gives its users fake gifts that can be redeemed for…absolutely nothing.

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Tags: Android fakegift Google Play mobile menace monday mobile riskware PUP triple m