Traditionally, malware attacks as we have always known them are files written to disk in one form or another that require…
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Report: Second quarter dominated by ransomware outbreaks
The second quarter of 2017 brought ransomware to unprecedented levels with worldwide outbreaks that went almost out of control. In scenarios…
Malwarebytes Labs Presents: The Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report
Last year was interesting for malware distribution and development. While we still experienced a flood of ransomware and immense distribution of…
Untangling Kovter’s persistence methods
Kovter is a click-fraud malware famous from the unconventional tricks used for persistence. It hides malicious modules in PowerShell scripts as…
Fileless infections: an overview
To date, there are a number of so-called fileless infections. By fileless infections or fileless malware, we are referring to an…