Sodinokibi Ransomware Fixes Scaling Issues, Targets Large Enterprises
Recent variants of Sodinokibi accounted for scaling issues as the ransomware family steadily moves to target large enterprises.
Many of Baltimore’s City Services Still Offline Two Weeks After Ransomware Attack
Many of the city of Baltimore's public services remain offline two weeks after the municipality fell victim to a ransomware attack.
Will We See the Rise of Vaporworms and Other New Fileless Attacks in 2019?
The evolution of the new and difficult-to-detect category of fileless malware may soon take an insidious turn with the development of what some researchers are calling vaporworms.
How SEO Poisoning Campaigns Are Mounting a Comeback
SEO poisoning is on the rise again. How do threat actors use search engine results to drive victims to malicious sites, and what can users do to protect themselves?
Is Antivirus Protection Still Relevant?
A survey of Black Hat attendees showed that many security experts doubt the ability of antivirus protection products to detect ransomware.
Malwarebytes Thinks Potentially Unwanted Programs Are Malware
Manufacturers have long used and abused bundling software to collect placement fees from software marketers. Implicit in the bundling is the belief that the software will be beneficial to the user in some way — or at least cause them no obvious...
Microsoft Can’t Protect You Any Longer: Keep Watch for Windows XP Malware
After a long transition period, Microsoft has ended anti-malware protection for Windows XP, meaning users should move quickly to protect machines using it.
Adware Identified as Second-Biggest Security Threat of 2014
Adware programs that are designed to render advertisements on end user systems emerged as the second-most prevalent security threat in 2014.
The Pitfalls of Legacy Anti-Malware Solutions
Legacy anti-malware solutions tend to lack context, resulting in false-positive alerts that are ignored and real threats that are overlooked.