PUP

Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating

Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating

| | android, cybercrime, fakegift, Google Play, Mobile, mobile menace monday, mobile riskware, PUP, triple m
Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. FakeGift does exactly what its name implies: gives its users fake gifts that can be redeemed for...absolutely ...
Malwarebytes Labs
Can search extensions keep your searches private?

Can search extensions keep your searches private?

| | Chrome, extensions, Privacy, PUP, search, searchalgo, wowmovix
A lot of search extensions have been marketed over the year claiming to protect online privacy. Are they worth installing? We take a look at what these plugins actually have to offer ...
Malwarebytes Labs
threat intelligence

Quarantine Flaw in Antivirus Products Allows Privilege Escalation

| | antivirus vulnerability, AVGater, Enigma Software, MalwareBytes, potentially unwanted program, Privilege Escalation, PUP, quarantine, SpyHunter
The malware quarantine feature in several antivirus products could have been abused by local attackers to gain administrative privileges on computers. The issue, dubbed AVGater, was discovered by Florian Bogner, a researcher ...