A week in security (July 16 – July 22)

Last week on Labs, we looked at a Magniber expansion, explored open source vulnerabilities, and checked out the boons and drawbacks of smart assistants. We also continued our ad blocking article extravaganza, gave a whistlestop tour of third-party problems, and published our Q2 Cybercrime tactics...

How to block ads like a pro

In part one of this series, we had a look at a few reasons why you should be blocking online advertisements on your network and devices. From malvertising attacks and privacy-invading tracking systems to just being an outright annoyance, online ads and trackers are a nuisance that provides an...

Don’t be a Coinmining Zombie – Part 2: How Do You Protect Yourself from being Cryptojacked?

Safe behaviors to protect yourself from cryptojacking follow the familiar rules you should adhere to every day to protect yourself against viruses, worms, bots, and malware, including ransomware, which are typically pushed to you through phishing techniques and social engineering: | Strengthen yo...

hBlock - Improve Your Security And Privacy By Blocking Ads, Tracking And Malware Domains

Improve your security and privacy by blocking ads, tracking and malware domains. What is this for? This POSIX-compliant shell script, designed for Unix-like systems, gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple reputable sources and creates a hosts file that...

Ad Network Circumvents Ad-Blocking Tools To Run In-Browser Cryptojacker Scripts

Cryptojackers are getting resourceful and have figured out how to bypass ad-blocking software and deliver the Coinhive JavaScript miner via browser-based ads. Researchers at Qihoo’s Netlab 360 said it recently spotted an advertising network that was using what is called a domain generation...

A week in security (February 12 – February 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a huge Android cryptomining campaign, malicious apps on Google Play, and some Apple scams doing the rounds. We also explored the world of healthcare security, and dived into the land of scammy Valentine's Day tricks and cheats. Other news Thought the...

BSides Manchester: Malvertising – under the hood

I've talked about malvertising a fair bit at security events down the years and I was lucky enough to be able to add to the tally at this month's BSides Manchester conference. Whether your preferred variety is desktop, mobile, or even virtual/augmented reality, there's hopefully something here fo...

Algo VPN - Set up a personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud

Algo VPN is a set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal IPSEC VPN. It uses the most secure defaults available, works with common cloud providers, and does not require client software on most devices. Features Supports only IKEv2 with strong crypto: AES-GCM, SHA2, and P-256...

pi-hole - A Black Hole For Internet Advertisements (Designed For Raspberry Pi)

A black hole for Internet advertisements designed for Raspberry Pi Designed For Raspberry Pi A+, B, B+, 2, Zero, and 3B with an Ethernet/Wi-Fi adapter Works on most Debian distributions! 1. Install Raspbian 2. Run the command below downloads this script in case you want to read over it first! cur...

Network Wide Hardware Ad Blocking: Pi-Hole

The Pi-hole can block ads for all devices on your network. All you need is a Raspberry Pi connected to your router. It was inspired as a low-cost,open source alternative to the AdTrap. The Pi-hole works on the the B, B+and Pi 2 it can also run on the Zero, but you need a micro-USB-to-Ethernet...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: privoxy-3.0.23-3.fc22

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit...

Apple Removes Apps That Expose Encrypted Traffic

Apple has purged its App Store of a number of apps that expose encrypted traffic via the installation of root certificates. Apple has declined to name the apps. “Apple has removed a few apps from the App Store that install root certificates that could allow monitoring of data,” Apple said today i...

FireFox file stealing 0day vulnerability has been hacked“real”use, the official emergency release to fix patch-bug warning-the black bar safety net

In Russia a web site, the researchers found a Firefox serious 0day exploits program Exp code, you can steal Windows and Linux users on the computer file. This security event is forcing Mozilla to the official emergency release patch. Vulnerability description The vulnerability is caused by the...