Collaborate Disseminate
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?
CyberByte has stolen Malwarebytes’ intellectual property, and has been using our data without permission in their CyberByte Antivirus software.
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| This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).
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Academic researchers size up weaknesses in the the code-signing Public Key Infrastructure and highlight three types of flaws. Continue reading Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure
Are you wondering how that mysterious icon ended up on your Android phone’s start screen? Annoyed at the ads clogging your notification bar? It’s adware, and you aren’t alone.
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PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers.
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Spigot browser hijackers of this family are easy to recognize and in our opinion hardly worth installing because they add no more functionality then a few bookmarks. We hope this post helps you to avoid them in the future.Categories: PUP/PUMTags: brows… Continue reading Spigot browser hijackers
Spigot browser hijackers of this family are easy to recognize and in our opinion hardly worth installing because they add no more functionality then a few bookmarks. We hope this post helps you to avoid them in the future.Categories: PUP/PUMTags: brows… Continue reading Spigot browser hijackers
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 9th of October to the 15th. This week, we touched on threat modeling, a PUP, IRS fraud, and laws concerning the usage of social media in the UK.Categories: Security world
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