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Scam as a service 2: the B team
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| Interest in Tor based threats is increasing to the extent that some vendors will scoop up all activity they find on Tor and provide you a nice front end to search through it at your leisure. This might lead the casual observer to assume that the darkness is a one stop shop for cyber threats, but criminals existed on the internet prior to Tor, and still do quite well for themselves without it. In fact, bad guys with good OPSEC tend to be the exception, rather than the rule. So let’s take a quick look at some unpleasant stuff and the nadir of bad OPSEC, Facebook. Categories: Tags: darknetfacebookscamsocial mediatech supporttech support scam |
Tech support scams, stolen data, and botnets
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| We’ve found a scam in a box company that also offers intelligence leads. That is, they’ll sell you the scam and point you at the most vulnerable targets first. Categories: Tags: botnetBPO Experts GlobalBPOreseroucesDellscams as a servicetech supporttech support scamTSSwinlogon |
Goldeneye Ransomware – the Petya/Mischa combo rebranded
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| From March 2016 we’ve observed the evolution of an interesting low-level ransomware, Petya. Now, we are facing an outbreak of the fourth version – this time under a new name – Goldeneye, and, appropriately, a new, golden theme. Categories: Tags: Cerber ransomwareGoldeneye ransomwarehasherezademalwareMischa ransomwarePetya ransomwarephishingransomwareSatana ransomware |
Why Malwarebytes detects PC Pitstop as Potentially Unwanted
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| PC Pitstop makes several products including PC Matic, PC Magnum, Optimize, Driver Alert, and Disk MD. As of a few weeks ago, we detect these products as PUP.Optional, here is why. Categories: Tags: Disk MDDriver AlertMalwarebytesOptimizePC MagnumPC MaticPC PitstopPotentially UnwantedPUPPUP.Optional |
Malwarebytes teams up with America SCORES
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| Malwarebytes was proud to participate in America SCORES Bay Area’s Corporate Cup this winter. The local non-profit helps provide after school soccer and poetry programs at public schools in low-income communities. Categories: Tags: America SCORESlow-incomenon-profitphilanthropypoetrysoccer |
Vetting your vendors: money isn’t everything
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| Vetting vendors doesn’t have to be painful – if you know your risk tolerance posture, and have a mature communication channel with your own security team. Categories: Tags: cyber threatscybersecurityinfosecmalvertisingphishingscamsvendors |
A week in security (Dec 11 – Dec 17)
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| A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 11th of December to the 17th. This week, we talked about ransomware, screen lockers, Goldeneye–not the James Bond movie–and Malwarebytes’ 2017 predictions. Categories: Tags: goldeneyepredictionsransomwarerecaptech supporttech support scamsTSSVinCEweekly blog roundup |