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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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 104

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. Adware programs and fake system accelerators remained the main threat to macOS users in Q3. TOP 20 threats for macOS Verdict %* 1 AdWare.OSX.Agent.ai

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Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 79

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

According to the hacking forum XSS, the group’s former public representative known as UNKN “disappeared”, and the malware developers, failing to find him, waited awhile and restored the Trojan infrastructure from backups. Spain and India came in second and third, with the Pirrit family adware as their prevalent threat.

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Malware Adware Ransomware IoT 96

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

from Check Point, at Botconf in December 2017, on the subject. SnapPea adware. SnapPea Kingroot straightforward weaponization led to a rather unusual infection vector: its authors resorted to backdooring the backup application SnapPea to be able to infect victims. This series of posts is modeled after the talk I gave with.

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Malware Adware Accountability Backups 107

Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

in December 2017, on the subject. SnapPea adware. SnapPea Kingroot straightforward weaponization led to a rather unusual infection vector: its authors resorted to backdooring the backup application SnapPea to be able to infect victims. final post. discusses Gooligan various monetization schemas and its takedown. Oren Koriat.

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Malware Adware Accountability Backups 91

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Keep in mind that locally synchronized files such as Microsoft’s OneDrive or Google Drive/Backup and Sync files will generally be encrypted as well. One of the most famous examples is the EternalBlue exploit, which was the main channel of the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017. Let’s take a closer look at the last ones.

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Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83