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Dell System Detect Vulnerability now classified as a PUP
As of last night, Malwarebytes started detecting a very popular and very vulnerable application as a PUP. This application, known as Dell System Detect, is pre-installed with many Dell systems....
View ArticleUPDATE NOW: Critical Patch Pushed by Microsoft
Hey Folks, We wanted to let you know that Microsoft has pushed out a new update in the last 24 hours. Usually updates are held off until “Patch Tuesday” but the severity of the vulnerability they are...
View ArticleMalwarebytes Anti-Malware Now Supports Windows 10
It’s that time again, a new operating system emerges from the Microsoft incubator! While many of you might not get to experience Windows 10 just yet or even in the foreseeable future, we want you to...
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Imgur Abused in DDoS Attack Against 4Chan!
So a few of you might have noticed that we started blocking “Imgur.com” which is a popular image sharing website. The reason we did this is because of a vulnerability within their code that allowed...
View ArticleREDACTION: WinRAR Vulnerability
Hey Folks, We here at Malwarebytes take pride in our ability to find the latest threats that users face on daily basis and do our best to not only block and remove them with our products but also...
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Malwarebytes Named to Deloitte’s 2015 Technology Fast 500!
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list ranks North American companies that have had the largest sales growth over the last three years. The list ranks the fastest growing technology, media,...
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BleepingComputer Defends Freedom of Speech
Hey folks, Very recently, a very popular and useful website called Bleeping Computer reached out to the community at large asking for help. See, Bleeping Computer is known for helping out folks remove...
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Malwarebytes Wins 2016 Security Blogger Award!
Hey Folks, So a few weeks ago, Malwarebytes Unpacked won the best corporate blog for 2016 in the Social Security Blogger Awards! Our own Thomas Reed was on the scene to accept the award (pictured...
View ArticleFBI announcement: paying the ransom is a bad idea
Hey Folks! So late last year a quote was going around about a comment for the Special Agent in charge of the Cyber Intelligence program for a Boston branch of the FBI that mentioned how they advise...
View ArticleIntroducing the brand new Malwarebytes Labs
Hey folks, Welcome to the new Malwarebytes Unpacked…err…Labs! It’s new, improved, and bigger than ever. Hope you like it. So why did we mess with a good thing? We decided that we wanted to provide you...
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Analyzing baby ransomware
Ransomware is a serious threat we deal with everyday and a lot of our posts focus on analyzing the technical details of this threat. It’s not everyday, however, that we get a chance to take apart...
View ArticleThe Day the Internet Died
Okay, so I admit the title is a bit misleading and alarmist, but lots of folks will agree this was a bad day to try and use the internet. This is because today there was a massive DDoS attack that...
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Ransomware doesn’t mean game over
Let’s face it. We live in a completely different security world from a decade ago and the kinds of threats we face have taken a new form. This time it’s ransomware. Over the course of just a few years,...
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WannaDecrypt your files? The WannaCry solution, for some
We just wanted to shoot out a quick blog post to let you know about a decryptor (Wanakiwi) that has been developed for WannaCry/WannaCrypt/wCrypt. There is a catch though, it only works for the...
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Why is Malwarebytes blocking CoinHive?
If you’ve encountered a Malwarebytes web protection block for coinhive.com over the last few weeks, you are either glad about it, angry about it, or don’t really care. Since September 19, the second...
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Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign
The threat landscape is changing once again, now that the ocean of cryptocurrency miners has shrunk to a small lake. Over the last couple months, we’ve seen cybercriminals lean back on tried and true...
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Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays
While families gathered for food and merriment on Christmas Eve, most businesses slumbered. Nothing was stirring, not even a mouse—or so they thought. For those at Tribune Publishing and Data...
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Government shutdown impacts .gov websites, puts Americans in danger
If you are in the United States, then you likely already know that we are on our 24th day of a government shutdown. While it is considered a “partial” shutdown, there are still plenty of government...
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Ransomware isn’t just a big city problem
This month, one ransomware story has been making a lot of waves: the attack on Baltimore city networks. This attack has been receiving more press than normal, which could be due to the actions taken...
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Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?
DISCLAIMER: This post is not partisan, but rather focuses on risk assessment based on history and what threats we are facing in the future. We do not endorse any healthcare plan style in any way,...
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