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Malwarebytes Labs Presents: The Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report

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In our first wrap-up of the threat landscape, we are going to cover the trends observed during the last few months of 2016, provide an analyst’s view of the threats, and offer some predictions for the beginning of 2017. Moving forward, every quarter we will bring you a view of the threat landscape through the eyes of Malwarebytes researchers and analysts.

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A week in security (Feb 20th – Feb 27th)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 20th of February to the 27th of February. This week, we look back at tech support scams, tax tips, updating your social media privacy settings, and more.

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New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader

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We take another look at the Neutrino bot, known for its diverse feature set ranging from snooping on victims to performing DDos attacks. This latest version includes a hardened protective layer aimed at defeating sandboxes and hiding the bot from disc… Continue reading New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader→

Malwarebytes teams up with Cybersecurity Factory

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Malwarebytes is proud to support Cybersecurity Factory, a 10-week summer program for early-stage cybersecurity companies.
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A week in security (Jan 30th – Feb 5th)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 30th of January to the 5th of February. This week, we look back at phishing, ransomware, nation state attacks and banking malware.Categories: Security world
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Locky Bart ransomware and backend server analysis

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The developers of Locky Bart already had very successful ransomware campaigns running called “Locky” and “Locky v2”. After some users reported being infected with Locky Bart, we investigated it to find the differences as to gain greater knowledge and understanding of this new version.

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Zbot with legitimate applications on board

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Recently, among the payloads delivered by exploit kits, we often find Terdot.A/Zloader – a downloader installing on the victim machine a ZeuS-based malware.Categories: Cybercrime
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