Tag: Fireball

  • Fireball arrests made

    Following some arrests in China, we may see a decrease in the amount of adware and adfraud hailing from the Rafotech labs. According to some reports 250 million machines may have been infected with one variant or another of Rafotechs’ products. Read full news article on Malwarebytes Unpacked  

  • 11 arrested in Chinese Fireball malware investigation

    Beijing police officers have arrested 11 individuals in connection with the Fireball malware that had infected hundreds of millions of machines as of 2017. On 3 June 2017, law enforcement in the Haidian district of Beijing received a tip from someone operating under the pseudonym “Zhang Ming.” Read full news article on Graham Cluley  

  • Chinese Police Arrest 11 Over Fireball Adware

    Digital marketing agency Rafotech advertised its ability to reach 300 million users worldwide. (Source: Read full news article on bankinfosecurity.com  

  • Beware the Flames: Fireball Is Much More Than Just Adware

    The browser-hijacker called Fireball should be known as malware, not adware, according to Cylance. The bad code first ignited concern in June, when it was found to have infected more than 250 million computers worldwide, and 20% of corporate networks globally. Read full news article on Infosecurity  

  • Microsoft insists Fireball malware has not infected 250m PCs despite security firm claims

    Fireball has been a hot topic lately, with security firm, CheckPoint,  claiming that this branch of Chinese malware has infected 250 million computers worldwide.  However, it turns out that the number of infected PCs may have been massively overestimated, as Microsoft has since spoken out against this claim, asking for a closer look at the…

  • Check Point says Fireball malware hit 250 million; Microsoft says no

    06/23/2017 8:00 am Categories: Risk Assessment, Technology Lab View non-AMP version at arstechnica.com Enlarge Corinne Kuhlmann Microsoft sparked a curious squabble over malware discovery and infection rates. Read full news article on Technology Lab – Ars Technica  

  • Fireball: The Zombie Apocalypse for Internet Browsers

    If a zombie apocalypse looks like hordes of the undead eating human flesh, a browser zombie apocalypse looks like computer screens around the world getting flooded with unwanted browser ads. And according to Check Point Software Technologies, the browser zombie apocalypse is upon us. Read full news article on Dzone  

  • Fireball Browser Hijack Impact Revised After Microsoft Analysis

    A browser hijacking operation initially reported to have 250 million victims by security firm Check Point, isn’t quite as large according to a new analysis by Microsoft. Read full news article on eWeek  

  • Microsoft claims Fireball malware enterprise threat ‘overblown’

    Microsoft has cast doubt on the Fireball campaign, believed to be a serious threat to consumers and the enterprise alike. According to Windows Defender researcher Hamish O’Dea, the recent reports relating to the Fireball cybercriminal campaign may have been “overblown.” Read full news article on ZDNet  

  • A Quarter of Orgs Worldwide Victims of WannaCry or Fireball

    Fireball impacted one in five organizations worldwide, with second-place RoughTed impacting 16% and third-place WannaCry affecting nearly 8% of organizations globally. These two malware variants, Fireball and WannaCry, rapidly spread worldwide throughout the month of May. Read full news article on Infosecurity  

  • After WannaCry, Fireball Malware Infects 250 Million Computers; India Worst Affected

    After WannaCry Ransomware annihilated hundreds of thousands of computers all around the world, we are witnessing the rise of another dangerous malware campaign named Fireball. Security firm Check Point Threat Intelligence discovered this high volume threat which has infected more than 250 million computers worldwide. Read full news article on Full Circle Magazine  

  • Fireball Chinese malware and you

    April 24, 2012 – The fight against malware is a cat-and-mouse game. It is constant and constantly escalating. Read full news article on Malwarebytes Unpacked  

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