Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Why You May Need It and How to Export Hosts via API in Python

Hello everyone! In this episode, I want to talk about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It’s not a well-known free Defender antivirus built in Windows 10, but an enterprise level solution with the similar name. Yes, the naming is pretty confusing. I will not repeat Microsofts marketing thesis. Jus...

A week in security (January 11 – January 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at IoT problems, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, and how cybercriminals want access to your cloud services. We also explored how VPNs can protect your privacy, and asked if MSPs have picked the right PSA. Other cybersecurity news Hot phishing targets: Some...

Digital Defense integrates with Microsoft to detect attacks missed by traditional endpoint security

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. You can learn more about MISA here. Cybercriminals have ramped up their initial compromises through phishing and pharming attacks using a variety of tools and tactics that, while numerous, are simple...

Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive.

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Why master YARA: from routine to extreme threat hunting cases. Follow-up

On 3rd of September, we were hosting our "Experts Talk. Why master YARA: from routine to extreme threat hunting cases", in which several experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team and invited speakers shared their best practices on YARA usage. At the same time, we also presented our new...

Sandbox in security: what is it, and how it relates to malware

To better understand modern malware detection methods, it’s a good idea to look at sandboxes. In cybersecurity, the use of sandboxes has gained a lot of traction over the last decade or so. With the plethora of new malware coming our way every day, security researchers needed something to test ne...

GHSA-7XC4-793X-25JP Malicious Package in bpi66

All versions of this package contained malware. The package was designed to find and exfiltrate cryptocurrency wallets. Recommendation Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated...

GHSA-4363-X42F-XPH6 Malicious Package in hw-trnasport-u2f

All versions of this package contained malware. The package was designed to find and exfiltrate cryptocurrency wallets. Recommendation Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated...

A week in security (August 17 – 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare cybersecurity, dug into some pandemic stats in terms of how workforces coped with going remote, and served up a crash course on malware detection. Our most recent Lock and Code podcast explored the safety of parenta...

‘Just tell me how to fix my computer:’ a crash course on malware detection

Malware. You’ve heard the term before, and you know it’s bad for your computer—like a computer virus. Which begs the question: Do the terms “malware” and “computer virus” mean the same thing? How do you know if your computer is infected with malware? Is "malware detection" just a fancy phrase for...

Microsoft launches free Linux memory forensics tool for detecting malware

By Sudais Asif Microsoft's project Freta is focused on detecting both... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Microsoft launches free Linux memory forensics tool for detecting malware...

VirusTotal Adds Cynet's Artificial Intelligence-Based Malware Detection

VirusTotal, the famous multi-antivirus scanning service owned by Google, recently announced new threat detection capabilities it added with the help of an Israeli cybersecurity firm. VirusTotal provides a free online service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs to detect malware and...

Secure Your Global Remote Workforce

Update June 9, 2020: Qualys adds Malware Detection to Free 60-Day Remote Endpoint Protection offering. This post has been updated to reflect this new Malware Detection capability. IT organizations around the world are responding to the challenge posed by COVID-19 by ensuring that employees are ab...

Protecting against coronavirus themed phishing attacks

The world has changed in unprecedented ways in the last several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. While it has brought out the best in humanity in many ways, as with any crisis it can also attract the worst in some. Cybercriminals use people’s fear and need for information in phishing attack...

Behavioral blocking and containment: Transforming optics into protection

In today’s threat landscape—overrun by fileless malware that live off the land, highly polymorphic threats that mutate faster than traditional solutions can keep up with, human-operated attacks that adapt to what adversaries find on compromised machines, and other sophisticated threats—behavioral...

HTTP Asynchronous Reverse Shell - Asynchronous Reverse Shell Using The HTTP Protocol

Today there are many ways to create a reverse shell in order to be able to remotely control a machine through a firewall. Indeed, outgoing connections are not always filtered. However security software and hardware IPS, IDS, Proxy, AV, EDR... are more and more powerful and can detect these attack...

CVE-2020-3181

A vulnerability in the malware detection functionality in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances ESAs could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust resources on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2020-3181 Cisco Email Security Appliance Uncontrolled Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the malware detection functionality in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances ESAs could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust resources on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient...

CVE-2020-3181

CVE-2020-3181 : Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) contains an uncontrolled resource-exhaustion vulnerability in the malware detection/AMP path due to insufficient control over memory allocation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a crafted email to exhaust device re...

Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS

This is good news: Whenever you visit a website -- even if it's HTTPS enabled -- the DNS query that converts the web address into an IP address that computers can read is usually unencrypted. DNS-over-HTTPS, or DoH, encrypts the request so that it can't be intercepted or hijacked in order to send...