Tag: malwarebytes
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Patch early, patch often, but don’t blindly trust every ‘patch’
Patching is important, but not everything that presents itself as a security patch is safe to install. Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura has written a detailed analysis of the ‘FakeUpdates’ campaign, where thousands of websites with an out-of-date content management system have been compromised to spread malware. Rather than exploiting vulnerabilities in browsers or browser plug-ins, as…
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Patch early, patch often, but don’t blindly trust every ‘patch’
Patching is important, but not everything that presents itself as a security patch is safe to install. Malwarebytes researcher Jérôme Segura has written a detailed analysis of the ‘FakeUpdates’ campaign, where thousands of websites with an out-of-date content management system have been compromised to spread malware. Rather than exploiting vulnerabilities in browsers or browser plug-ins, as…
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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VB2017 paper: Exploring the virtual worlds of advergaming
At VB2016 in Denver, Malwarebytes researchers Jérôme Segura and Chris Boyd presented a paper on malicious advertising, or malvertising. At the end of the paper, as they looked at the future of online ads, they discussed new trends in ‘advergaming’, or in-game ads. This subject was the topic of a follow-up paper , presented by…
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Despite the profitability of ransomware there is a good reason why mining malware is thriving
When, a few years ago, a friend and I were analysing a rather large botnet and we saw some network traffic indicating that it was engaged in Bitcoin mining, we felt rather disappointed: using malware to mine for cryptocurrencies is about as basic as it gets. It is the digital equivalent of breaking into someone’s house,…
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Despite the profitability of ransomware there is a good reason why mining malware is thriving
When, a few years ago, a friend and I were analysing a rather large botnet and we saw some network traffic indicating that it was engaged in Bitcoin mining, we felt rather disappointed: using malware to mine for cryptocurrencies is about as basic as it gets. It is the digital equivalent of breaking into someone’s house,…
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VB2016 paper: Uncovering the secrets of malvertising
In his VB2014 paper , Bromium researcher Vadim Kotov sketched the possibilities for malicious actors to use web ads to spread exploit kits. Unsurprisingly, malicious actors also spotted those possibilities, and the advertisement ecosystem has become such a big attack surface that many security experts advise the running of ad-blockers to enhance security. Today, we…
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VB2016 paper: Uncovering the secrets of malvertising
In his VB2014 paper , Bromium researcher Vadim Kotov sketched the possibilities for malicious actors to use web ads to spread exploit kits. Unsurprisingly, malicious actors also spotted those possibilities, and the advertisement ecosystem has become such a big attack surface that many security experts advise the running of ad-blockers to enhance security. Today, we…
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VB2016 preview: Uncovering the Secrets of Malvertising
Two years ago, at VB2014, Bromium researcher Vadim Kotov presented a paper in which he looked at various possibilities for cybercriminals to leverage ad networks to spread malware. Unfortunately, if somewhat unsurprisingly, Vadim’s predictions came true and ‘malvertising’ has become a huge plague on the Internet in the two years since his talk. Despite this…
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VB2016 preview: Uncovering the Secrets of Malvertising
Two years ago, at VB2014, Bromium researcher Vadim Kotov presented a paper in which he looked at various possibilities for cybercriminals to leverage ad networks to spread malware. Unfortunately, if somewhat unsurprisingly, Vadim’s predictions came true and ‘malvertising’ has become a huge plague on the Internet in the two years since his talk. Despite this…