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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 11:30:44 +0000
A version of the nation-state favorite Pegasus software researchers found on iOS officially hit Android as well. The post Total-Takeover iPhone Spyware Lurks on Android, Too appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:10:49 +0000
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| A malvertising campaign on iOS is pushing a scareware page tricking Apple users into installing a free VPN app that comes with serious privacy implications. Categories: Tags: AppleiOSiPhonemalvertisingmalwareMyMobileSecurescarewarevpn |
The post Malvertising on iOS pushes eyebrow-raising VPN app appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:00:30 +0000
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| In a previous post we made an initial analysis of a Diamond Fox bot delivered by the Nebula Exploit Kit (more about the campaign can be found here). We described the way to unpack the protection layer in order to get the core, written in Visual Basic, that can be decompiled. In this second part of… Categories: Tags: Diamond FoxEKexploit kitNebulaNebula Exploit Kit |
The post Diamond Fox – part 2: let’s dive in the code appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:00:22 +0000
In the never-ending war against cybercrime, half the battle lies in raising public awareness about the nature of the threats out there. If everyday computers users are more clued into the security and privacy dangers facing them online, they’re more likely to take steps to reduce risk. But there’s always more to learn – that’s…
Credit to Author: Darlene Gannon| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04:14:37 -0700
Q&A with Fraser Street, VP of Technical Alliances at Silver Peak Fortinet sits down with Fabric-Ready Partner, Silver Peak to learn what’s top of mind for its customers, the key IT challenges they are facing and how Silver Peak’s approach to integrated security is helping drive business and customer success. Tell us a bit about Silver Peak’s business and the types of customers that you serve. Silver Peak was founded in 2004 and is a global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions. The company serves more than 2000…
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Credit to Author: Kai Lu| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 03:33:38 -0700
During the process of analyzing android malware, we usually meet some APK samples which hide or encrypt their main logic code. Only at some point does the actual code exist in the memory, so we need to find the right time to extract it. In this blog, I present a case study on how to repair a DEX file in which some key methods are erased with NOPs and decrypted dynamically when ready to be executed. Note: All the following analysis is based on android-4.4.2_r1(KOT49H). Let’s start our journey! First, I open the classes.dex…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000
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| One of the best defenses against ransomware is having a good backup strategy. Having good backups protects your data against all sorts of unpleasant mishaps. A useful rule of thumb called the “3-2-1 rule”, learn about it here. Categories: Tags: backupscybersecurityransomware |
The post 3, 2, 1, GO! Make backups of your data! appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:20:22 +0000
Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.
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