eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Today, malware is a common threat to the devices and data of anyone who uses the Internet. Easily one of the most frustrating types of malware, adware is software designed to harass users with a torrent of unwanted or malicious ads. Some signs of adware infection include: Your browser is noticeably slower than usual.

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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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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Cuba group utilized an exploit for the CVE-2023-27532 vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to extract credentials from the configuration files of this software. Also detected were attacks by unknown ransomware on unpatched Openfire servers with CVE-2023-32315. 2 Bangladesh 1.39 3 South Korea 0.65 4 Pakistan 0.51

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Number of unique users attacked by financial malware, Q3 2021 ( download ). Geography of financial malware attacks, Q3 2021 ( download ). Number of new ransomware modifications, Q3 2020 — Q3 2021 ( download ). Number of unique users attacked by ransomware Trojans, Q3 2021 ( download ). Country*. %**. Turkmenistan.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Data Security: Airtight Backup If you don’t have a robust Data Loss Protection (DLP) plan, all your security strategy will fall apart. The core of all the DLP plan is having a ransomware-proof backup that will let you restore data in case you get hit. Backup your data at least three times a day; 3.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums. Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. MobiHok RAT, a new Android malware based on old SpyNote RAT. Tor Projects Bug Smash Fund raises $86K in August. 5 Cybersecurity Trends in the Professional Services Sector.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A TCC prompt asking the user to allow access to the Downloads folder. In other words, if you connect a drive named “backup”, it would become accessible on the system at /Volumes/backup. In the case of Silver Sparrow, however, the installer used this script to download and install the malware covertly.

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