MalwareBytes – Page 369 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:00:24 +0000

Threat actors leverage a Microsoft Office exploit to spy on their victims. In this blog post, we will review its delivery mechanism and analyze the malware we observed, a modified version of a commercial Remote Administration Tool (RAT).

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Tags: CP2000 CVE-2017-0199 doc exploit IRS malspam malware Office phishing rat remote administration tool RMS spy word

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September 20, 2017 admin

FTC providing partial refunds for Advanced Tech Support victims

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:35 +0000

Last month, the FTC announced the recovery of 10 million dollars from Advanced Tech Support. If you were a victim of ATS, also known as Inbound Call Experts (ICE), you might be able to get a partial refund of what they scammed from you.

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Tags: Advanced Tech Support fraud FTC scam tech support scam TSS

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September 19, 2017 admin

How to tell if your Mac is infected

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:00:31 +0000

It’s time to start taking a closer look at your Mac. Is it acting like its normal, reliable self? Or is it exhibiting strange behavior? Here’s how to tell if your Mac is infected.

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Tags: adware anti-malware for Mac Apple mac Mac infected mac malware PUPs

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September 19, 2017 admin

[Updated] Infected CCleaner downloads from official servers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:31:16 +0000

In a supply chain attack that may be unprecedented in number of downloads download servers hosting CCleaner, distributed by Avast have been delivering a version of CCleaner with malware on top.

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Tags: avast ccleaner malware Piriform servers Talos

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September 18, 2017 admin

A week in security (September 11 – September 17)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 22:10:42 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 11th – 17th September. We look at 0days, more Equifax developments, our usual smattering of blog posts, and more!

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Tags: 0day Android Equifax LinkedIn malware phishing roundup week in security

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September 18, 2017 admin

Infected CCleaner downloads from official servers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:31:16 +0000

In a supply chain attack that may be unprecedented in number of downloads download servers hosting CCleaner, distributed by Avast have been delivering a version of CCleaner with malware on top.

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Tags: avast ccleaner malware Piriform servers Talos

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September 15, 2017 admin

Explained: YARA rules

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:00:08 +0000

YARA is a tool that can be used to identify files that meet certain conditions. It is mainly in use by security researchers to classify malware.

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Tags: Explained malware Pieter Arntz rules the more you know yara

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September 14, 2017 admin

Crowdsourced fraud and kickstarted scams

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:00:50 +0000

Crowdsourced funding opportunities via Kickstarter, Patreon, and GoFundMe have removed many structural roadblocks for people to access capital quickly and conveniently. But they’ve also lowered the barrier to entry for many very old scams. So how do you tell the difference between a great cause or project to contribute to and a digital confidence scam? Let us take a look at pitfalls on two crowdfunding platforms.

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Tags: 419 crowdsourcing donation scam fraud GoFundMe Kickstarter Patreon scam ToS

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