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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:00:53 +0000

LatentBot is a multi-modular Trojan written in Delphi and known to have been around since 2013. Recently, we captured and dissected a sample distributed by RIG Exploit Kit. In this post we will describe its modules by taking apart several layers of obfuscation and encryption in order to reveal their true nature.

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June 8, 2017 admin

Adware the series, part 5

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:00:49 +0000

Part 5 of this adware series shows the reader how the can use Process Explorer to have a close look at other files that are interacting with a suspicious process.

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June 7, 2017 admin

Fireball Chinese malware and you

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:54:11 +0000

By now, you might have heard about an adware infection operation that has allegedly spread to 250 million systems called Fireball. The threat intelligence and research teams at Check Point wrote a blog post last week describing the operation, what the threat does the system and the alarming potential the malware has for doing some serious damage. We delve into the worst case scenario with this situation and how to remove Fireball if you are infected.

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June 7, 2017 admin

Tech support scams: what are other people doing?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:00:38 +0000

We’ve talked a lot about tech support scams over the past few years, typically focused on what we see ourselves, and the scammers who like to pose as Malwarebytes. But tech support scams are much bigger than that, targeting every tech company under the sun. So what are other people doing about it? Let’s take a look at some of the other players working to keep you safe.

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Tags: Fatsecurity.com IT Advocate microsoft scam symantec tech support scam Threat Intel TSS

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June 6, 2017 admin

HTTPS… Everywhere!

Credit to Author: Jérôme Boursier| Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:00:43 +0000

We recently updated our redirections rule in HTTPS-Everywhere, a browser extension that automatically redirects you to the HTTPS version of the website you are trying to visit. Now is a good time for us to give a short overview of how important HTTPS is. We’ll also talk about a few major HTTPS-related events that happened lately.

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Tags: HTTPS privacy awareness week protection security vulnerability

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June 5, 2017 admin

A week in security (May 29 – Jun 04)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:59:32 +0000

Ransomware, adware, fake reviews, and noteworthy security news are covered in this week’s recap.

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Tags: adware DMA Locker fake reviews ransomware recap weekly blog roundup

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June 5, 2017 admin

Interview with a malware hunter: Pieter Arntz

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:00:26 +0000

Welcome to our new series: interview with a malware hunter. In these Q&A sessions, we’ll take you behind the scenes to get to know our malware intelligence crew.

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