‘FakeUpdates’ campaign leverages multiple website platforms
Jérôme Segura | | Chrome, Chtonic, fake updates, FakeUpdates, Firefox, flash, Joomla, malvertising, Malware, rat, social engineering, Threat analysis, wordpress
Browser update? Do not trust, and do verify before downloading potential malware. Categories: Social engineering Threat analysis Tags: chromeChtonicfake updatesFakeUpdatesfirefoxflashJoomlamalvertisingmalwareratSquarespacewordpress (Read more...) The post ‘FakeUpdates’ campaign leverages multiple website platforms appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs ... Read More
Exploit kits: Winter 2018 review
Jérôme Segura | | CVE-2014-6332, CVE-2015-2419, CVE-2015-7645, CVE-2015-8651, CVE-2016-0189, CVE-2018-4878, EKs, exploit kits, Exploits, grandsoft, GreenFlash Sundown, Magnitude, Priority Post, RIG, security bloggers network, Threat analysis
In this Winter 2018 review, we check the pulse of exploit kits and their latest developments. Categories: Exploits Threat analysis Tags: CVE-2014-6332CVE-2015-2419CVE-2015-7645CVE-2015-8651CVE-2016-0189CVE-2018-4878EKsexploit kitsgrandsoftGreenFlash SundownMagnitudeRIG (Read more...) The post Exploit kits: Winter 2018 review appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs ... Read More
Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum
Jérôme Segura | | adblockers, blacklist, Coinhive, cryptominers, cryptomining, GitHub, security bloggers network, Threat analysis
When threat actors take to free and disposable cloud services, the battle against malicious cryptomining becomes a lot more difficult. Categories: Cryptomining Threat analysis Tags: adblockersblacklistcoinhivecryptominerscryptominingGitHub (Read more...) The post Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs ... Read More
New RIG malvertising campaign uses cryptocurrency theme as decoy
Jérôme Segura | | cryptocurrencies, Exploits, malvertising, RIG, RIGEK, security bloggers network, Threat analysis
This malvertising campaign uses a popular cryptocurrency theme to redirect users to the RIG exploit kit. Categories: Exploits Threat analysis Tags: cryptocurrenciesmalvertisingRIGRIGEK (Read more...) The post New RIG malvertising campaign uses cryptocurrency theme as decoy appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs ... Read More
The state of malicious cryptomining
Jérôme Segura | | coin miners, coin-have, Coinbase, Coinhive, crypto-loot, cryptocurrency, cryptomining, cybercrime, drive-by, malvertising, Malware, Monero, security bloggers network
From malware coin miners to drive-by mining, we review the state of malicious cryptomining in the past few months by looking at the most notable incidents and our own telemetry stats. Categories: Cybercrime Tags: coin minerscoin-haveCoinbasecoinhivecrypto-lootcryptocurrencycryptominingdrive-bymalvertisingmalwaremonero (Read more...) The post The state of malicious cryptomining appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs ... Read More