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Credit to Author: Scott Wilson| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:00:03 +0000
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| You have probably heard the term zero-day or zero-hour malware, but what exactly does it mean? Categories: Tags: malwarezero dayzero day exploitzero hour malware |
The post What is a Zero-Day? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:05:31 +0000
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| GameStop confirmed with KrebsOnSecurity that they are currently investigating reports of hackers breaching their network and siphoning customer information. Categories: Tags: breachcard fraudfraudgamestopgamestop breachhackingmalware |
The post GameStop customer data allegedly siphoned in possible breach appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:49:20 +0000
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| ShadowBrokers finally made good on their promise to release the decryption key to unlock the stolen ‘auction’ file purportedly filled with NSA hacking tools. Categories: Tags: Equation GroupexploitshackhackingNSAopsecPresident TrumpShadowBrokers |
The post ShadowBrokers fails to collect 1M bitcoins – releases stolen information appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:23 +0000
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| The common conception of cyber attacks is kind of like bad weather: ranging from irritating to catastrophic, but always unpredictable. Hackers are simply too sophisticated to draw any reliable judgments on and we shouldn’t try. As it turns out, some hackers are fairly predictable in their successful use of really dumb attacks. Categories: Tags: Business Email Compromisecyber attackcyber threatsddosmalwareransomwarescamsql |
The post The top 5 dumbest cyber threats that work anyway appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:00:17 +0000
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| We take a look at a spammer pushing what are claimed to be free movies on Steam’s videogame artwork section. Spoiler: they’re not movies, and you may want to get a refund for those tickets. Categories: Tags: fakerIMDBmoviephishingspamsteamsurveysurveyswebcams |
The post Steam spammers have a night at the movies appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000
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| We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look. Categories: Tags: fraudscamtech supporttech support scamsTSS |
The post Tech support scammers and their banking woes appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:00:52 +0000
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| This URL is quite probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and yet still works and redirects to malware. Categories: Tags: 1760468715EKmalwareRIG EKRIG exploit kitsite hacks |
The post Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:00:14 +0000
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| We take a look at a World of Warcraft phish doing the rounds which could stand to do a spot of updating where it’s branding is concerned. Categories: Tags: battleblizzardphishphishingworld of warcraft |
The post World of Warcraft phish campaign lures victims with free pet appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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