Carbon Black, Vendors, Malwarebytes – Enterprise Security Weekly #49

Carbon Black releases Cb Response 6.1, what to ask yourself before committing to a cybersecurity vendor, Malwarebytes replaces antivirus with endpoint protection, and more enterprise security news! Full Show NotesVisit https://securityweekly.com/esw fo… Continue reading Carbon Black, Vendors, Malwarebytes – Enterprise Security Weekly #49

Dok Mac malware intercepts victims’ web traffic, installs backdoor

A new piece of Mac malware, more insidious and dangerous that all those encountered before, has been flung at European users via fake (but relatively convincing) emails. In examples uncovered by Check Point, the emails were made to look like they were sent from a tax agency, and ostensibly warn the recipients about inconsistencies in their tax returns. The malware: OSX.Dok The attached file (Dokument.zip) they are instructed to open is made to look like … More Continue reading Dok Mac malware intercepts victims’ web traffic, installs backdoor

Your iPhone is not infected, and you don’t need a free VPN app to clean it

To be sure that your online browsing is protected and your data is secure, you have to be able to trust the VPN service of your choice. But, as a research into Android VPN clients has recently shown, there are not a lot of them that deserve that trust. Unfortunately, if we know one thing for sure, it is that average users are very rarely bothered to read carefully the fine print that goes with … More Continue reading Your iPhone is not infected, and you don’t need a free VPN app to clean it

Malwarebytes teams up with Cybersecurity Factory

Malwarebytes is proud to support Cybersecurity Factory, a 10-week summer program for early-stage cybersecurity companies.
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Fruitfly: Unusual Mac backdoor used for tightly targeted attacks?

Researchers have found and analyzed a Mac backdoor that is unusual in many ways. The malware – detected as OSX.Backdoor.Quimitchin by Malwarebytes but dubbed Fruitfly by Apple – is believed to have been around for some years, but was never before flagged as a specific malware family. The analysis has shown that Fruitfly can take screenshots and can access and use the computer’s webcam. If commanded to do so, it can discover the screen size … More Continue reading Fruitfly: Unusual Mac backdoor used for tightly targeted attacks?

Why Malwarebytes detects PC Pitstop as Potentially Unwanted

PC Pitstop makes several products including PC Matic, PC Magnum, Optimize, Driver Alert, and Disk MD. As of a few weeks ago, we detect these products as PUP.Optional, here is why.Categories: PUP/PUMTags: Disk MDDriver AlertMalwarebytesOptimizePC Magnum… Continue reading Why Malwarebytes detects PC Pitstop as Potentially Unwanted

New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016

Thales releases advanced encryption solutions for secure docker containers Thales released new capabilities for its Vormetric Data Security Platform. These advances extend data-at-rest security capabilities with integrated Docker encryption and access controls, the ability to encrypt and rekey data without having to take applications offline, FIPS certified remote administration and management of data security policies and protections, and the ability to accelerate the deployment of tokenization, static data masking and application encryption. Unisys Stealth(aware) automates … More Continue reading New infosec products of the week​: December 9, 2016

Announcing Malwarebytes 3.0, a next-generation antivirus replacement

Announcing the launch of our next-generation online security product, Malwarebytes 3.0! This product is built to provide comprehensive protection against today’s sophisticated threats so that you can finally replace your traditional antivirus software.

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