Fake Covid-19 tracker app delivers ransomware, disinformation abounds

As Covid-19 spreads across the globe and countries do their best to slow down the infection rate, cybercriminals’ onslaught against worried users is getting more intense by the day. The latest scheme includes a malicious Android tracker app that … Continue reading Fake Covid-19 tracker app delivers ransomware, disinformation abounds→

Crafty Web Skimming Domain Spoofs “https”

Earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity alerted the 10th largest food distributor in the United States that one of its Web sites had been hacked and retrofitted with code that steals credit card and login data. While such Web site card skimming attacks are not new, this intrusion leveraged a sneaky new domain that hides quite easily in a hacked site’s source code: “http[.]ps” (the actual malicious domain does not include the brackets, which are there to keep readers from being able to click on it). Continue reading Crafty Web Skimming Domain Spoofs “https”→

Malwarebytes hires Adam Hyder as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering

Malwarebytes, a leading advanced endpoint detection and remediation solution provider, announced that it has hired Adam Hyder as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering. In this role Hyder will drive Malwarebytes’ product development, innova… Continue reading Malwarebytes hires Adam Hyder as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering→

Malwarebytes Launches Enhanced Cloud Platform, MSP Premier Partner Program

Simplified dashboards enable easy deployment, reporting and operational control Santa Clara, Calif. – February 26, 2020- MalwarebytesTM, a leading advanced endpoint detection and remediation solution provider, today announced a new set of enhanced ente… Continue reading Malwarebytes Launches Enhanced Cloud Platform, MSP Premier Partner Program→

Malwarebytes Report: Apple OS X Threats Quadrupled in 2019

Apples’ macOS operating system is no longer the safe haven from cybercrime it was once thought to be. That’s according to security vendor Malwarebytes and its “2020 State of Malware Report,” which offers some troubling statistics for… Continue reading Malwarebytes Report: Apple OS X Threats Quadrupled in 2019→

Mac threats are growing faster than their Windows counterparts

Mac threats growing faster than their Windows counterparts for the first time ever, with nearly twice as many Mac threats detected per endpoint as Windows threats, according to Malwarebytes. In addition, cybercriminals continue to focus on business tar… Continue reading Mac threats are growing faster than their Windows counterparts→

Report: Malware for Macs on the Rise

It’s looks like Apple Macintosh systems may not be as impervious to cybersecurity threats as many end users have been led to believe. A report published this week by Malwarebytes Labs, the research arm of the provider of endpoint security software, fi… Continue reading Report: Malware for Macs on the Rise→

Can Antivirus Companies Use ‘Good Samaritan’ Defense to Block Rival Software?

Is the Good Samaritan clause, intended to protect against harmful materials, too broad and ripe for abuse? The essence of information security is to allow “good” things in and keep “bad” things out, and various tools assist us in doing that. Included … Continue reading Can Antivirus Companies Use ‘Good Samaritan’ Defense to Block Rival Software?→

Healthcare spikes data breach fever, endpoint threat detections grow 60%

The healthcare industry has been overwhelmingly targeted by Trojan malware during the last year, which increased by 82 percent in Q3 2019 over the previous quarter, according to Malwarebytes. The two most dangerous Trojans of 2018–2019 for all industri… Continue reading Healthcare spikes data breach fever, endpoint threat detections grow 60%→