Collaborate Disseminate
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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Beijing police officers have arrested 11 individuals in connection with the Fireball malware that has infected hundreds of millions of computers.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading 11 arrested in Chinese Fireball malware investigation
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| 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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Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Citizen Lab’s latest report, WannaCry hitting Honda, GhostHook, and Fireball. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, June 23, 2017
Fireball malware infects nearly 250 million computers, non-lessons from WannaCry, search and download exploits, an NSA contractor gets arrested for leaking secrets, and more security news! Full Show Notes Subscribe to YouTube Channel http://traffic.lib… Continue reading NSA Leaker Outed, PPT Malware – Paul’s Security Weekly #517
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| 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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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 th… Continue reading Fireball Chinese malware and you
A new family of malware called Fireball has infected more than 250 million computers worldwide thanks to some crafty monetizing.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Fireball malware’s flames infect a quarter of a BILLION computers
A massive malware campaign has already infected 250 million Windows and Mac OS computers worldwide. Continue reading Fireball Malware Infects 250 Million Computers Worldwide
A massive malware campaign has already infected 250 million Windows and Mac OS computers worldwide. Continue reading Fireball Malware Infects 250 Million Computers Worldwide