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Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:58:32 +0000
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| See how scammers redirected visitors from MSN to their tech support scam page in this latest malvertising campaign. Categories: Tags: click baitfraudmalvertisingmsnTaboolatech support scams |
The post Tech support scammers abuse native ad and content provider Taboola to serve malvertising appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 01:06:51 +0000
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| In this post, we take apart a clever set of scripts used in a targeted attack against the government of Saudi Arabia. Categories: Tags: espionagegovermentmacromicrosoft wordpowershellsaudi arabiascriptingtrojan |
The post Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government entity appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 01:06:51 +0000
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| In this post, we take apart a clever set of scripts used in a targeted attack against the government of Saudi Arabia. Categories: Tags: espionagegovermentmacromicrosoft wordpowershellsaudi arabiascriptingtrojan |
The post Elaborate scripting-fu used in espionage attack against Saudi Arabia Government appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:11:06 +0000
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| On Monday, Patrick Wardle, a respected security researcher at Synack and owner of Objective-See, sent a tweet about a keychain vulnerability he had found in macOS High Sierra. As his tweet showed, it is possible for a malicious app to extract, and then exfiltrate, keychain data from High Sierra, with passwords clearly exposed in plain text. Categories: Tags: AppleHigh SierramacmacOSmalwarePatreon |
The post Keychain vulnerability in macOS appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:16:27 +0000
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| Cryptomining in the browser is all the rage lately. But what are the impacts for users when it is being abused by dubious publishers? Categories: Tags: adsbrowsercoinhivecryptominercryptominingcryptonightexploit kitJSmalvertisingmalware |
The post Drive-by mining and ads: The Wild Wild West appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:24:17 +0000
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| A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 18th of September to the 24th of September. Read all about the CCleaner supply chain attack and a lot of other security news. Categories: Tags: atsccleanerEquifaxiceIRSmacnetflixweekly blog roundup |
The post A week in security (September 18 – September 24) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:32:46 +0000
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| Due to recent Netflix related phishing emails in the UK, we feel it’s important to keep an eye out for this scam and others like it. Categories: Tags: netflixphishPieter Arntzscam |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:24:29 +0000
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| With the first day of the UK’s biggest gaming event, EGX, opening its doors, we decided to roundup the most common gaming threats we see on a daily basis. Categories: Tags: consoleemulatorsgamesgamingMobilepcscamssteamvideo games |
The post Don’t let these gaming threats give you a Game Over appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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