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Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report

Malwarebytes

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. New adversaries crawled out of the woodwork, too.

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Ransomware hits Grandparents and TikTok Scams target young adults

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to a research conducted by Avast, grandparents aged between in 55 to 64 are being targeted mainly by those spreading ransomware, tech support scams, spyware and botnets. Whereas, the younger generation was being hit by TikTok scams that mainly spread malware, spyware, adware and data, stealing Trojans to mobiles.

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IT threat evolution in Q2 2024. Mobile statistics

SecureList

Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2024: 7 million attacks using malware, adware or unwanted mobile software were blocked. In April of this year, new versions of Mandrake spyware were discovered. The most common threat to mobile devices was RiskTool software – 41% of all detected threats.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. Mobile statistics

SecureList

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2021: 9,599,519 malware, adware and riskware attacks on mobile devices were prevented. Adware came in second with 21.51% — 12.58 Note that the malware rankings below exclude riskware and potentially unwanted software, such as RiskTool or adware. Quarterly figures. Verdict. %*.

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IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. Mobile statistics

SecureList

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2022: 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks were blocked. One of the schemes used by scammers which has been becoming more popular since last year are scam apps for receiving social benefits. Scam apps targeting Russian-speaking users. Quarterly figures.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Number of adware attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ).

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

You had very rich and powerful adware companies, making liberal use of bundled installers. The adware was frequently incredibly invasive, with affiliate networks often in meltdown promoting every kind of rogue install under the sun. As an added bonus, so were many representatives from the adware vendors. Exploits were rampant.