SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2023

Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. Two years later, a sketchy affiliate model called Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) made its debut, thereby lowering the entry bar for wannabe threat actors. For instance, the felons hit the D.C.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2022: 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks were blocked. 516,617 malicious installation packages were detected, of which: 53,947 packages were related to mobile banking trojans, and 1,942 packages were mobile ransomware trojans. Quarterly highlights. Quarterly highlights.

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2022: 5,520,908 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks were blocked. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 25.28% of all threats detected. Number of detected malicious installation packages, Q2 2021 — Q2 2022 ( download ). Quarterly highlights. percentage points.

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SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2023: 4,948,522 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks were blocked. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 34.8% Quarterly highlights Malware, adware and unwanted software attacks on mobile devices were down slightly year-on-year. 13.27 -3.24

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It's almost impossible to keep up with the number of news items that come out daily about new or emerging ransomware or cyber threats or respectable companies that had eye-opening breaches. Deadbolt ransomware variant. The Yanluowang ransomware gang. Google Play and Apple Store caught in adware scheme.

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2023: A total of 5,704,599 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked. A total of 370,327 malicious installation packages were detected, of which: 59,167 packages were related to mobile banking Trojans, 1318 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans.

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Mobile Adware Banking Malware 76

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

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Social Engineering Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 91

Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Ransomware attacks cost smaller companies an average of $713,000 per incident. We’ve spent years creating data protection software and here is what we’ve discovered along the way: to protect your company systems and data from ransomware, you need to use multiple strategies and tools at the same time.

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Hot for Security

MAY 4, 2021

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-30665 and was reported to Apple by three security researchers, nicknamed yangkang, zerokeeper and bianliang. Apple in 2021 is off to a bad start security-wise. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30657, was discovered by security researcher Cedric Owens.

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VPN Adware Engineering Malware 144

Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2022

Earlier this year Malwarebytes released its 2022 Threat Review , a review of the most important threats and cybersecurity trends of 2021, and what they could mean for 2022. As cybercriminals adapted and restrictions eased, detection numbers surged again in 2021, on Windows business machines and home computers, and on Macs.

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Threat Detection Malware Adware Accountability 97

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

Adware : Though not all security professionals consider adware malicious, this threat category presents users with unwanted advertisements and may track their activities without consent. Security researchers at Kaspersky determined that it accounted for 61.43% of mobile malware detected in Q1 2021. ransomware?

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 104

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

XCSSET is a Mac malware that was discovered by Trend Micro in August 2020, it was spreading through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks. Recently experts spotted other malware specifically designed to infect Mac running on M1 chips.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Then we will go through the key events of 2021 relating to attacks on financial organizations. Analysis of forecasts for 2021. In addition, bitcoin ended 2020 at around $28,000 and quickly rose to a peak of $40,000 in January 2021. In April 2021, the Andariel group attempted to spread custom Ransomware.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 108

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have previously issued warnings that they’ve observed an “increase in highly impactful ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends.”. Furthermore, the volume of ransomware attacks is up significantly. holiday weekends in 2021.

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Cybersecurity Passwords Adware Ransomware 91

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

There was KeRanger ransomware in 2016. ThiefQuest , a Mac malware masquerading as ransomware, was discovered in mid-2020. Unfortunately, 2021 is proving to be similarly rotten for Apple. While many like to trivialize them, PUPs and adware open the door for more vulnerabilities, making an attack by malicious software even easier.

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Malware Adware Software Passwords 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As the financial threat landscape has been dramatically evolving over the past few years, with the expansion of such activities as ransomware or cryptofraud, we believe it is no longer sufficient to look at the threats to traditional financial institutions (like banks), but rather assess financial threats as a whole.

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Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 89

SecureList

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In 2021, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 3,464,756 malicious installation packages. 17,372 new mobile ransomware Trojans. In 2021, we observed a downward trend in the number of attacks on mobile users. Banking Trojans acquired new capabilities in 2021. Figures of the year. Trends of the year.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 120

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Often, like in the case of ransomware, malicious code both benefits the attacker and harms the victim. The simple worms of the earlier era paved the way for threats more familiar to modern-day users, including: Adware. Ransomware. For example, they provide a way for non-technical people to launch ransomware campaigns.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,686,025,551 attacks from online resources across the globe. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 97,451 unique users. Number of unique users attacked by financial malware, Q2 2021 ( download ). Ransomware programs.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

million malware, adware, and riskware attacks. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 40.8% The year’s trends Malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices dipped in February, only to rise steadily until the end of the year. By contrast, adware activity on user devices increased. 14.82 -1.81

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 98

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

While analyzing the CVE-2021-1732 exploit, first discovered by DBAPPSecurity Threat Intelligence Center and used by the BITTER APT group, we found another zero-day exploit that we believe is linked to the same threat actor. Andariel adds ransomware to its toolset. Zero-day vulnerability in Desktop Window Manager used in the wild.

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Ransomware Malware Banking Encryption 135

Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2023

Malware on mobile Android devices comes in many forms, including adware, ransomware, trojan-banker (aka ‘bankers’), and trojan-dropper (aka ‘droppers’). In fact, Zimperium found the number of phishing sites that target mobile devices specifically has seen 50 percent growth from 2019-2021.

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Mobile Phishing Malware Adware 76

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

In Q2 2021, according to data from Kaspersky Security Network: 14,465,672 malware, adware and riskware attacks were prevented. 886,105 malicious installation packages were detected, of which: 24,604 packages were mobile banking Trojans; 3,623 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans. in light of the decline in adware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Ransomware is everywhere these days, striking fear into the hearts of IT and business managers alike. And studies support that perception, showing ransomware growing in both prevalence and effectiveness. Best Ransomware Removal Tools. Here we’ll focus on removal tools. Protect against cloud threats and misconfiguration.

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Ransomware VPN Backups Malware 109

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IT threat evolution Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 1,098,968,315 attacks from online resources across the globe. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 108,323 unique users.

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Malware Adware Ransomware IoT 93

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released out-of-band patches for four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server that are being actively exploited in the wild (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858 and CVE-2021-27065). Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. Secondhand news.

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Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 98

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

The statistics in this report cover the period from May 2020 to April 2021, inclusive. 56,877 unique users in the EU were attacked by ransomware. Number of EU users attacked by financial malware, May 2020 – April 2021 ( download ). Geography of banking malware attacks in the EU, May 2020 – April 2021 ( download ).

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Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 131

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impersonating domains are a thorny problem for most brands, as our 2021 research proved, when we detected an average of 1,100 impersonating domains and subdomains per year per Digital Shadows client. Once again, the sophistication of the apps varied greatly; however, they largely shared one purpose: deceive users into downloading them.

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Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The start of fall 2021 saw the fourth Objective by the Sea (OBTS) security conference, which is the only security conference to focus exclusively on Apple’s ecosystem. pkg file), a vulnerability in macOS ( CVE-2021-30657 ) could allow a Mac app to entirely bypass Gatekeeper, which is the core of many of Apple’s security features.

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Malware Backups Adware Social Engineering 96

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). A common adware program might redirect a user’s browser searches to look-alike web pages that contain other product promotions. Ransomware.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 74,694 unique users. Ransomware programs. Several members of the REvil ransomware crime group were arrested by Russian law enforcement in January. In January, Ukrainian police arrested a ransomware gang who delivered an unclarified strain of malware via e-mail.

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Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 100

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Some signs of adware infection include: Your browser is noticeably slower than usual. Ransomware.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 74,377 unique users. Ransomware programs. The cybercriminals are promising $1,000 to $1,000,000 for doxing of senior officials, reporting web service, Tox messenger or ransomware Trojan algorithm vulnerabilities, as well as for ideas on improving the Lockbit website and Trojan.

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Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 61

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 72,941 unique users. Ransomware programs. The third quarter of 2022 saw the builder for LockBit, a well-known ransomware, leaked online. The creators of the little-known AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware published decryptors and stopped spreading both of them.

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Mobile Malware Ransomware IoT 86

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Andariel deploys DTrack and Maui ransomware. On 6 July, the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) published an alert in which they accused North Korean state-sponsored threat actors of using the Maui ransomware to target the US healthcare sector. Luna and Black Basta: new ransomware for Windows, Linux and ESXi.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 103

SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 60,900 unique users. In Q1 2023, we discovered builds from several ransomware families intended for running on Linux and VMWare ESXi servers, namely: ESXiArgs (new family), Nevada (a rebranding of Nokoyawa, which is written in Rust), Royal, IceFire. Most prolific ransomware gangs.

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Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 64

Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2023

This could be any other type of malware, such as HiddenAds or Adware to generate money by ads-per-click. ” The number of phishing sites targeting mobile has shot up by 50 percent from 2019 to 2021. .“ Once installed, droppers secretly drop another piece of malware, often more vicious than the dropper itself.

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Mobile Malware Phishing Spyware 65