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Malwarebytes updates lead to a weekend full of crashing computers

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It was a rough weekend for California-based Malwarebytes after the anti-virus company had to push several updates to its Endpoint Security products in order to combat an issue that crashed machines due to high RAM usage. Soon after the company pushed an update to its Endpoint Security products, users flooded forums complaining that the product was using as much as 90 percent of their machine’s memory or CPU. The company pushed an update about an hour after the problems first surfaced, but that update caused users’ machines to crash upon a reboot. Please note that we are aware of the current update issues and the complete Malwarebytes team is all hands on deck to fix this ASAP. Thank you for your patience and understanding. https://t.co/TLtSG1TIQv — Malwarebytes (@Malwarebytes) January 27, 2018 A second update, pushed later Saturday, seemed to fix the issue. However, the company has offered help in case […]

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Gartner recognizes Malwarebytes as a “Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant

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Gartner has recognized Malwarebytes as a “visionary” in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Malwarebytes was selected for its completeness of vision and ability to execute.
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Infosec expert viewpoint: Google Play malware

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Researchers routinely discover a variety of malicious apps on Google Play, some of which have been downloaded and installed on millions of devices worldwide. Here’s what infosec experts think about the security of Google Play, what they think Google sh… Continue reading Infosec expert viewpoint: Google Play malware→

Stripchat bot spells block

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Learn why Malwarebytes is blocking a sub-domain of an adult website.
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RIG EK covertly delivers cryptocurrency miners

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Malware peddlers have been quick to react to the cryptocurrency boom and to take advantage of every possible way to make other people and organizations mine coins for them. They trick victims into installing mining software, hijack their CPU’s po… Continue reading RIG EK covertly delivers cryptocurrency miners→

How to keep your browser and devices safe from cryptojackers

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Cryptojacking makes surfing the web similar to walking through a minefield: you never know when you might land on a booby-trapped site. Stealthy cryptocurrency mining scripts have found their way to a variety of websites – streaming, gaming, onli… Continue reading How to keep your browser and devices safe from cryptojackers→

Stealthy in-browser cryptomining continues even after you close window

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In-browser cryptocurrency mining is, in theory, a neat idea: make users’ computers “mine” Monero for website owners so they don’t have to bombard users with ads in order to earn money. Unfortunately, in this far-from-ideal world… Continue reading Stealthy in-browser cryptomining continues even after you close window→

Quarantine Flaw in Antivirus Products Allows Privilege Escalation

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The malware quarantine feature in several antivirus products could have been abused by local attackers to gain administrative privileges on computers. The issue, dubbed AVGater, was discovered by Florian Bogner, a researcher with security firm Kapsch. It exploits a user’s ability to restore suspicious files that antivirus programs have moved to quarantine. Bogner found a..

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The Wild West of drive-by cryptocurrency mining

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As more and more Coinhive clones continue popping up, chances of users’ CPU power being hijacked for cryptocurrency mining are rising. According to Malwarebytes’ latest figures, their AV solution blocked an average of 8 million cryptojacking attempts per day from late September to late October. And that’s just the attempts tied to Coinhive domains and proxies! Censys’s search engine reveals that nearly 900 of the top one million most visited sites runs the Coinhive script. … More → Continue reading The Wild West of drive-by cryptocurrency mining→