SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Also last year, fraudsters abused the marketplace to spread various scam apps, which promised welfare payments or lucrative energy investments. percentage points, and the share of adware, by 18.38 percentage points, and the share of adware, by 18.38 TOP 10 most frequently detected adware families in 2022 Family %* 1 Adlo 22.07

Mobile 143

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 143

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Ransomware via Brute Force Attacks Researchers at F-Secure have found that in 2019, brute force attacks became one of the most preferred means of spreading ransomware. Fake applications are used for many different kinds of scams, including the spreading of ransomware. 5 Main Sources in 2019 first appeared on SpinOne.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. MMD-0063-2019 – Summarize report of three years MalwareMustDie research (Sept 2016-Sept 2019). Commodity Malware Reborn: The AgentTesla Total Oil themed Campaign.

Adware 79

Adware Advertising Password Management Hacking 79

SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last year’s lockdowns gave a boost to the mobile market, with users downloading thirty percent more mobile games per week in Q1 2021 than in Q4 2019 globally, reaching over one billion weekly downloads. Another common type of software spread as games is adware, which shows illicit advertising against users’ wish.

Mobile 141

Mobile Adware Malware Phishing 141

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). If you’re lucky, the only malware program you’ve come in contact with is adware, which attempts to expose the compromised end-user to unwanted, potentially malicious advertising.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2023

This could be any other type of malware, such as HiddenAds or Adware to generate money by ads-per-click. These scams trick users into visiting malicious websites that masquerade as legitimate ones, usually with the promise of a prize or with a request that users install a bogus security app.

Mobile 82

Mobile Malware Phishing Scams 82