A week in security (August 23 – August 29)
A round-up of the most interesting blog posts and security news happenings for the week of August 23 to August 29.
What is scareware?
We explain what Scareware programs are, as well as some of its accompanying tricks designed to extract payments from unwary web users.
SearchDimension search hijackers: An overview of developments
The SearchDimension family of search hijackers has made some headway over the past year. Here’s an overview of their latest tricks.
A week in security (April 13 – 19)
A roundup of the previous week’s security news, including phishing scams, coronavirus scams, Apple scams, and more.
Mac adware is more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional Mac malware
Adware and PUPs can actually be far more invasive and dangerous on the Mac than “real” malware. We demonstrate with analysis of Crossrider, a sophisticated Mac adware that uses evasion and persistence techniques more complex than nation-state malware.
Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers
Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account contains many typos that lead to the wrong website—and scammers and typosquatters are taking advantage.
Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report
The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.
A week in security (February 3 – 9)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Washington state’s latest efforts to provide better data privacy rights for their residents, dove into the many security questions regarding fintech, and took a look at performance art’s impact on Google Maps.
Adposhel adware takes over browser push notifications administration
Adware.Adposhel has been noticed to use Chrome policies to ensure that their permissions for web push notifications don’t get removed by the user.
Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals
We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.
