Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

The malware can be used to download other malicious payloads, including malware or adware. This newly re-engineered malware purports to be a legitimate Flash Player installer, but it has the capability to surreptitiously download and install additional unwanted packages containing adware or spyware,” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Although the campaign has not reached the magnitude of the Zacinlo adware campaign, it is already infecting users worldwide.” YouTube subscriber payload — It is basically an adware file that manipulates YouTube pages by using Chrome in debugging mode. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

” Once the malware was downloaded, it installs adware programs and other tools on the users’ computers making it virtually useless. “The second and fourth of these files are downloaders for the InstallCapital and MegaDowl file partner programs (classified by us as Adware).” PirateMatryoshka.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The experts discovered that digital certificates are then used to spread malware, mainly adware. The certificate is used to sign OpenSUpdater, an adware application that can install unwanted software on the client’s machine. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

. “Moreover, the network proxy monitor ( Charles Proxy ) captures a connection attempt from Adware Doctor to adscan.yelabapp.com :” “By editing the system’s /etc/hosts file we can redirect this request to a server we control and can capture what Adware Doctor is trying to upload. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2019

Researchers speculate the Linker malware has the same authors of the OSX/Surfbuyer adware. Intego notified Apple of the OSX/Surfbuyer adware gang abusing an Apple Developer ID to sign their malicious OSX/Linker samples in order to allow the tech giant to revoke the abused certificate.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The experts analyzed dozens of torrents and discovered that most of them were delivered in bundle with malware or Adware, exposing at risk of infection the average user with a few interactions. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

“Once the malware has elevated to root privileges, it attempts to download additional software (observed to be adware in the analyzed samples) and disables Gatekeeper for the downloaded software using spctl.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Then the malware downloads potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that include adware masqueraded as Adobe Flash and a potentially tainted copy of Little Snitch. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

MalwareBazaar is available for free and only collects known malware samples, the repository will not include adware or potentially unwanted applications (PUA/PUP). No Adware (PUA/PUP). “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “ MalwareBazaar is a project operated by abuse.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2019

DealPly adware abuses reputation services to remain under the radar. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once again thank you! Poshmark, the social commerce marketplace, discloses a data breach. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Commodity Malware Reborn: The AgentTesla Total Oil themed Campaign. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

. · Apple removed the popular app Adware Doctor because steals user browsing history. · Privacy-oriented Linux OS Tails 3.9 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2014, nearly 1 million new pieces of malware were released every day, but most hackers relied on old techniques to create new threats. Today, we use the term “malware” to refer to any software created for malicious purposes, which can include website redirects, malvertising, viruses, adware, Trojans, and several other types of software.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Prilex, active since 2014, is a well-known threat actor targeting ATMs and Point of Sale (PoS) terminals. From January 2020 to June 2022, adware hiding in browser extensions affected more than 4.3 After receiving the data, the first-stage C2 servers forward the archives to a second-stage server located in China. Other malware.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

It is complex multi-stage banking malware, which was initially discovered by Doctor Web in 2014. The incident seems to be similar to what happened with CamScanner , when the app’s developer implemented an adware SDK from an unverified source. Initially, it was distributed via spam and exploits kits such as Spelevo and RIG.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Threat actors can develop fake mobile apps to install adware, steal PII and financial data, extract cookies and credentials, and download further payloads (such as spyware) from a remote-controlled domain. As you can see in the example below, in 2014 some threat actors preferred internet relay chats (IRCs) to organize DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

It is allowed to host: ordinary sites, doorway pages, satellites, codecs, adware, tds, warez, pharma, spyware, exploits, zeus, IRC, etc. Here’s a snippet from one of Yalishanda’s advertisements to a cybercrime forum in 2011, when he was running a bulletproof service under the domain real-hosting[.]biz:

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