Here’s your unlimited ATM card
A scam about an unlimited and blank ATM card has been doing the rounds for a few months now, probably following the news about the ATM heist in Taiwan that was successful in a way, but didn’t end too well for most of the participants, as they did get caught.
Hosts file hijacks
The hosts file is the internet variant of a personal phonebook. We discuss a few malware variants that replace or change that phonebook, so you end up calling the wrong sites. The ones they want you to call.
Surfacing HTA infections
We show two examples of HTA induced infections we have seen recently. Nothing fancy, but feel free to consider it a general warning, that malware authors are expanding the number of file extensions they are using, to spread their payload.
Explained: the Malwarebytes Website Protection module
Learn about the strengths and possible improvements of the Malicious Website Protection module that comes with Malwarebytes Premium.
File-in-the-middle hijackers
This may be a new trend among browser hijackers, but it seems more than a coincidence that we found two browser hijackers using a very similar approach to reach their goal of taking victims to the sites of their choice.