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Fireball arrests made

July 28, 2017 admin ad fraud, Adware, cybercrime, elex, fireball, malware, Pieter Arntz, rafotech

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:30:25 +0000

Following some arrests in China, we hope to see a decrease in the amount of adware and adfraud hailing from the Rafotech labs aka Fireball.

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Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks

July 6, 2017 admin ad fraud, adam kujawa, Adam McNeil, Adware, Amazon Phishing, Armando Orozco, astrum, boaxxee, breach, breaches, Cerber, cybercrime tactics & techniques, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dok, DoublePulsar, EK, EternalBlue, EternalPetya, exploit kit, Findzip, fireball, handbrake, Jaff, Jean-Philippe Taggart, Jerome Segura, Kovter, Locky, Magnitude, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, Marcelo Rivero, Nathan Collier, NotPetya, NSA, nymain, Petya, Pieter Artnz, proton, proton RAT, Q2 2017, RIG, second quarter, ShadowBrokers, Tamy Stewart, tech support scams, Thomas Reed, Troldesh, WannaCry, WDFLoad, William Tsing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:06:53 +0000

The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.

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A week in security (Jun 05 – Jun 11)

June 12, 2017 admin cybersecurity, exploit kit, fireball, malware, Pieter Arntz, recap, Security, Security world, Social engineering, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:58:27 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 5th of June to the 11th. We touched on topics like HTTPS, a nasty adware, LatentBot, and other fighters against tech support scams.

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Stay away from the Fireball Malware – Update your Antivirus

June 8, 2017 admin Adware, apps, CERT-In, cyber attack, fireball, Fireball Malware, India, internet, malware

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:17:05 +0000

In its latest advisory, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned Internet users of the Fireball malware. This post explains what this virus is all about and how you can stay away from it. What is the Fireball Malware? Fireball is a browser-hijacker that attacks the victim’s web…

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Fireball Chinese malware and you

June 7, 2017 admin adam kujawa, Adware, adware.elex, browser, cybercrime, elex, fireball, hijack, malware, malwarebytes labs, rafotech

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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