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Winning the battle against PUPs on your computer and in court

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes’ favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Winning the battle against PUPs – on your computer and in U.S. District Court

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 17:13:12 +0000

After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing a phony Whatsapp that, after further investigation by several members of Reddit, was found laden with adware.

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Part 2: All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm your business against them

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:53:05 +0000

In the first installment of this two-part series, we saw several crimes consumers should make sure they are on top of to significantly lessen the chances of encountering them in the future. For this post, we’re going to look into each digital crimes that keep small businesses and large enterprises up on their toes. No, we don’t have Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in the list. Yet.

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Magnitude EK actor goes for Bitcoin multiplier scam (updated)

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:30:00 +0000

A Bitcoin multiplier scam in disguise is the latest trick pulled by the Magnitude exploit kit operator.

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A look into the global drive-by cryptocurrency mining phenomenon

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:00:12 +0000

As drive-by downloads slow down, drive-by cryptocurrency mining emerges as the latest annoyance that hijacks our PCs’ CPU.

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Stay away from the Bitcoin multiplier scam

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:30:00 +0000

Bitcoin multiplier scams: same old scam, different commodity. Scammers want your Bitcoins, and to get them, they promise to make you rich in less than an hour. Too good to be true? Absolutely.

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