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A grizzled researcher idly reminiscing over several decades of Apple-related malware.
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No device is safe from criminals looking to make it stealthily mine cryptocurrency for them. However weak its processing power is, it still costs them nothing. With that in mind, forced crypto mining attacks have also begun hitting mobile phones and ta… Continue reading Millions of Android devices forced to mine Monero for crooks
For Malwarebytes, Jérôme Segura continues to fight the good fight against support scammers by warning us that ‘Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome‘. (If you saw this when it first appeared, note that it has bee… Continue reading Tech support scammers learn to ‘lock’ Chrome
Software download site/aggregator MacUpdate has been spotted delivering a new Mac crypto miner to users. A new Mac cryptominer was being distributed from hacked MacUpdate pages yesterday, disguised as Firefox, OnyX and Deeper.https://t.co/W8jcotFixl#ma… Continue reading Mac crypto miner distributed via MacUpdate, other software download sites
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 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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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
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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
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