Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit. During our research we collected dozens of social media pages impersonating assets belonging to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Adware (4.19%) comes second: this type of software displays unwanted (and sometimes irritating) pop-up ads which can appear on a user’s computer or mobile device. The RedLine code specifies that, depending on the configuration the malicious software can steal passwords from browsers, cryptocurrency wallet data, and VPN client passwords.

Mobile 110

Mobile Passwords Software Accountability 110

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In new research conducted by Malwarebytes, internet users across the United States and Canada admitted to dismal cybersecurity practices, failing to adopt some of the most basic defenses for staying safe online. Just 15 percent of people use a password manager. Cybersecurity could be as easy as 1-2-3. Uppercase and lowercase letters?

Password Management 137

Password Management Passwords Antivirus Accountability 137

Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And yet, an antivirus program is a necessary line of defense that secures your devices from viruses, adware, worms, trojans, and others. Firewalls may come as a piece of software or even hardware, which operates between the user device and the Internet. Weak password policy is the reason behind up to 81% of data breaches.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Backups Antivirus Firewall 52

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.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

There appeared the new Qlocker family, which packs user files into a password-protected 7zip archive, plus our old friends ech0raix and AgeLocker began to gather steam. Their discovery, together with a proof of concept , caused a stir in both the expert community and the media, which dubbed one of the vulnerabilities PrintNightmare.

Adware 101

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 101

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Millions of websites across the internet also contain vulnerabilities that make them easy targets. The experimental program spread via the ARPANET (a predecessor of the internet) to infect computers running the Tenex operating system, causing them to display an ominous message: “I’m the creeper: Catch me if you can.”.

Malware 98

Malware Small Business Computers and Electronics Adware 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The former threatened files accessible from the internet over SMB protocol and protected by a weak account password. Threats that target NAS remain prominent, so we recommend keeping these devices inaccessible from the internet to ensure maximum safety of your data. Number of new modifications. AdWare.OSX.Amc.e,

Mobile 95

Mobile Malware Ransomware IoT 95

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Much clamor was caused in Q3 by a whole new family of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows printing subsystem, one already known to the media as PrintNightmare: CVE-2021-1640 , CVE-2021-26878 , CVE-2021-1675 , CVE-2021-34527 , CVE-2021-36936 , CVE-2021-36947 , CVE-2021-34483. Vulnerable applications used by cybercriminals during cyberattacks.

Malware 104

Malware Ransomware Adware IoT 104

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

When it comes to network threats, this quarter continued to show how cybercriminals often resort to the technique of brute-forcing passwords to gain unauthorized access to various network services, the most popular of which are MSSQL, RDP and SMB. Attacks using the EternalBlue, EternalRomance and similar exploits remain as popular as ever.

Mobile 111

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 111

SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Hackers were able to embed malicious code into the libffmpeg media processing library to download a payload from their servers. Worth noting is the MacStealer spy program , also discovered in Q1 2023, which stole cookies from the victim’s browser, as well as account details and cryptowallet passwords. 2 AdWare.OSX.Amc.e

Mobile 68

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 68

Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

These can include viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and adware. They can often obtain this information via various social media channels and scraping information from CIO profile pages and other feeds. Password Security The password is the primary authentication mechanism still used in environments today to verify identity.

Security Awareness 70

Security Awareness Wireless Ransomware Passwords 70

SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Two drivers of this conflict are not having a separate room for every family member who needs to work from home (26%) and arguments about how much children should use the Internet (33%). Whereas in the mailshots above, only a username and password were asked for, in later ones, a phone number was also requested. Kaspersky detected 1.66

Scams 62

Scams Passwords Phishing Internet 62

SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Network threats in Q3 2023 are mainly brute-force password attacks on MSSQL and RDP services. Adware programs and fake system accelerators remained the main threat to macOS users in Q3. On average during the quarter, 8.81% of computers of internet users worldwide were subjected to at least one Malware -class web attack.

Mobile 84

Mobile Ransomware Malware IoT 84