Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

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Malware Adware Ransomware Social Engineering 141

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Jump ahead: Adware. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As it would turn out, a wide range of group security activities would follow hot on its heels the year after, not just through the public but also in professional security, legal, and government circles too. You had very rich and powerful adware companies, making liberal use of bundled installers. You may be asking, why 2004?

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Internet Internet Adware Spyware 80

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

They gave attackers the ability to infect computers running this software, usually machines inside corporate networks and government institutions. Updated adware for the new Macs also immediately appeared, in particular the Pirrit family (whose members placed high in our Top 20 threats for macOS). 7.90%) maintained its popularity.

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Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 109

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: What is AI good at (and what the heck is it, actually), with Josh Saxe: Lock and Code S04E04 Malwarebytes recognized as endpoint security leader by G2 CISA issues alert with South Korean government about DPRK's ransomware antics Jailbreaking ChatGPT and other large language models while we can French law to report cyberincidents (..)

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Adware Ransomware Scams Passwords 75

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

of all Mac detections in 2020—the rest can be attributed to Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and Adware ThiefQuest tricked many researchers into believing it was the first example of ransomware on macOS since 2017, but the malware was hiding its real activity of massive data exfiltration.

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Malware Scams Spyware Healthcare 129

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There were no social media sites to speak of, companies were selling antivirus and anti-Trojan solutions, but nobody cared about adware, PUPs, and assorted nuisances. Governments are now scrambling to protect at least the children of this generation against the ruthless environment that these social media platforms have become.

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Internet Internet Media Artificial Intelligence 99

Hacker Combat

APRIL 21, 2021

For the past few months, the restrictions imposed by governments to combat pandemic concerns have encouraged employees to practice the “work from home” scheme. Prevents Adware – A computer virus-like adware fills your computer with various promotions or ads. If your system becomes infected, it is possible to have it shut down.

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Cybersecurity Digital transformation Adware Spyware 98

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

United States government files civil lawsuit against Edward Snowden. Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. Memory corruption flaw in AMD Radeon driver allows VM escape. More than 737 million medical radiological images found on open PACS servers.

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Adware Advertising Password Management Hacking 80

SecureList

JULY 21, 2021

Finally, Low severity is related to incidents without a significant impact, which still ought to be fixed, for example, infection with grayware, such as adware, riskware, etc. IT, Government and Industrial are the TOP 3. High-severity incidents can be caused by a number of factors: APT, targeted attack. Offensive exercise.

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Social Engineering Engineering Technology Adware 120

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Most malicious objects detected for the macOS platform are adware. Secondhand news.

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Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 139

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The attacks, which took place earlier this year, affected industrial plants, design bureaus and research institutes, government agencies, ministries and departments. From January 2020 to June 2022, adware hiding in browser extensions affected more than 4.3

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 123

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory encouraging all government agencies to leverage ad blocking solutions in their day-to-day work.

Cybercrime 107

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 107

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. Each attack usually targets government agencies, business enterprise executives, etc. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% of the total mobile app threats make up the real threats so far.

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Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The simple worms of the earlier era paved the way for threats more familiar to modern-day users, including: Adware. They also provide cover for malicious actions from governments and organizations by introducing a layer of separation between the attackers and the attack source. Ransomware. Trojans/Spyware. Logic bombs.

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Malware Software Ransomware Adware 96

Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

Cybercriminals are not necessarily targeting specific, high-profile users for data theft, either—though a threat actor would be extremely happy (and lucky) to fool a potential executive or government target into using a rigged charging station. However, the chances of that happening are rather slim.

Mobile 98

Mobile Malware Banking Spyware 98

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Our telemetry indicates that dozens of organizations were affected, belonging to the government or military sector, or otherwise related to the health, diplomacy, education or political verticals. In our report on browser lockers , we examined two families of lockers that mimic government websites.

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Ransomware Malware Banking Encryption 145

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments describes the potential sanctions risks associated with making and facilitating ransomware payments and provides information for contacting relevant US government. Cybercriminals raring to restart ATM/PoS attacks.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 141

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

The results of the investigation, which involved the FBI and several other US government agencies, was reported to US President Joe Biden. As in the previous quarter, a total of 15 of the Top 20 threats for macOS are adware programs. The incident led to fuel outages and a state of emergency in four states. Country*. % Mauritania.

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Adware Ransomware Malware IoT 115

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

It happened shortly after the Conti group expressed support for the Russian government’s actions on its website. The TOP 20 threats to users detected by Kaspersky security solutions for macOS is usually dominated by various adware apps. The true identity of the individual who leaked the data is currently unknown. IoT attacks.

Mobile 137

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 137

Krebs on Security

JULY 16, 2019

Those include a large number of cybercrime forums and stolen credit card shops, ransomware download sites, Magecart-related infrastructure , and a metric boatload of phishing Web sites mimicking dozens of retailers, banks and various government Web site portals. biz: -Based in Asia and Europe. -It

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Cybercrime Phishing Banking Malware 218

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The announcement followed a high-profile attack on Costa Rica’s information systems, which prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. As usual, the TOP 20 ranking for threats detected by Kaspersky security solutions for macOS users is dominated by various adware. AdWare.OSX.Amc.e, AdWare.OSX.Amc.e IoT attacks.

Mobile 90

Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 90

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

Successful exploitation of any of them can cause infection of the system where the platform is installed (mostly, enterprise and government PCs). Overall, during the reporting period, adware and its components were registered on 89.60% of users’ computers on which Web Anti-Virus was triggered. Verdict*. %**.

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Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 144

SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Once installed, these files would primarily load Adware – programs that flooded victims’ devices with unwanted advertising and gathered their personal data for third-party use, but in particular cases the same spreading technique is used to download malicious implants for targeted espionage. Kaspersky detected 1.66

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Scams Passwords Phishing Internet 75

SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

million attacks involving malware, adware or potentially unwanted mobile apps were prevented. Adware was the most common mobile threat, accounting for 36% of all detected threats. Quarterly highlights Mobile attacks involving malware, adware or potentially unwanted apps dropped by 13% in Q3, to a total of 6,686,375. 9.79 -1.65

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Mobile Adware Banking Malware 98