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DealPly adware abuses reputation services to remain under the radar

Security Affairs

Malware researchers from enSilo have spotted a new variant of the DealPly adware that uses a new method to avoid detection. The main feature of the DealPly adware is to install browser extensions that display advertisements in the victim’s browser. Let’s see in detail how the DealPly adware abuses the reputation services.

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Crooks use The Pirate Bay to spread PirateMatryoshka malware via reputed seeders

Security Affairs

” Once the malware was downloaded, it installs adware programs and other tools on the users’ computers making it virtually useless. The attack starts with the downloader decrypting another SetupFactory installer for displaying a phishing web page that prompts users a fake login page for ThePirateBay. PirateMatryoshka.”

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Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading

Security Affairs

Although the campaign has not reached the magnitude of the Zacinlo adware campaign, it is already infecting users worldwide.” YouTube subscriber payload — It is basically an adware file that manipulates YouTube pages by using Chrome in debugging mode. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 232

Security Affairs

Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. taxpayers hit by a phishing campaign delivering the Amadey bot. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 226

Security Affairs

DealPly adware abuses reputation services to remain under the radar. Fraudster stole $870,000 from 2 US universities with spear-phishing mails. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once again thank you!

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Cyber Threats to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Digital Shadows

The level of sophistication used by attackers to mimic the original domains varied greatly, ranging from low quality, obvious phishing pages to more refined efforts mimicking animations and logos. pro is flagged as a phishing domain by multiple security providers. Among these pages, a notable example was the qatar2022[.]pro

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IT threat evolution Q3 2022

SecureList

First, the threat actor sends a spear-phishing email to the potential victim with a lure to download additional documents. The attackers gained access to the enterprise network using carefully crafted phishing emails. Prilex, active since 2014, is a well-known threat actor targeting ATMs and Point of Sale (PoS) terminals.

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