Malwarebytes October Cloud Update: Enhancements for Administrators

Blog by Daniella Smith | Posted on Wednesday October 17 2018

Malwarebytes schedule cloud platform update for 8:00PM EST / 5:00PM PST on October 18th 2018 with less than 3 hours of down time anticipated to complete.

This update includes enhanced administrators’ visibility providing additional insight.
Customers will also benefit by seeing the exact behaviours and rule(s) which triggered a cloud sandbox detection.

One of the main updates includes Endpoint Status Icons which can be seen below:

More information on update:

ALL MALWAREBYTES PRODUCTS

• (Manage Endpoints page) – Endpoint Status Icons
• (Suspicious Activity Details page) – Expanded display of set of rules triggered when making cloud sandbox detections.

Fixed Errors Include:

• Added capability for end users to enable/disable debug logging from the tray icon using ctrl + right click, and via command line.
• Not cleaning up all temp files in c:\Windows\Temp.

ENDPOINT PROTECTION AND RESPONSE ONLY

• (Process Graph Details Pane) – Administrators able to click ‘Activities’ links to view specific file operation details including:
  File Rename, File Write, Set Security, Registry Set Value, Net Connect Inbound, and Net Connect Outbound activities.
• (Granular Endpoint Isolation) Supports Windows Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2, and Server 2016. Allowing remote isolation of servers for further investigation.
• (Remove Endpoint Isolation Notice) – Specifies endpoint name.
• BSOD with SamSam ransomware variant on Windows10x86

Fixed Errors Include:

• Process Graph suspicious activities does not return Error 500 and other general improvements.
• Fixed Yes button in the dialog box for Lock icon status indicator

MALWAREBYTES MacOS

• (MacOS Endpoint Agent) – Supports Mojave 10.14

Fixed Errors Include:

• Error appearing in logs: ERROR WebServiceStore: remove: request.guid=…
• Endpoint Agent does not report update_package_version on fresh Endpoint Protection install

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