SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Number of new ransomware modifications, Q3 2022 — Q3 2023 ( download ) Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans In Q3 2023, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 46,872 users from ransomware attacks. Adware programs and fake system accelerators remained the main threat to macOS users in Q3. 2 Bangladesh 1.39 6 Iraq 0.27

Mobile 74

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 74

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

MAY 31, 2021

In Q1 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 91,841 users from ransomware attacks. The most common vulnerability in the suite remains CVE-2017-11882 , a stack buffer overflow that occurs when processing objects in the Equation Editor component. The most common threats in all three were adware apps from the Pirrit family.

Mobile 87

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 87

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

In Q2 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 97,451 users from ransomware attacks. Also seen in Q2 was the similar vulnerability CVE-2017-11882 , which causes a buffer overflow on the stack in the same component. As in the previous quarter, a total of 15 of the Top 20 threats for macOS are adware programs.

Adware 91

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 91

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

Number of new ransomware modifications, Q2 2022 — Q2 2023 ( download ) Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans In Q2 2023, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 57,612 users from ransomware attacks. CVE-2017-8570 allows loading malicious HTA scripts into the system. 2 South Korea 1.25 3 Yemen 1.18 4 Taiwan 1.07

Mobile 75

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 75

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

In Q1 2022, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 74,694 users from ransomware attacks. These are CVE-2017-11882 and CVE-2018-0802 , which cause a buffer overflow when processing objects in a specially crafted document in the Equation Editor component and ultimately allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. IoT attacks.

Mobile 96

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 96

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

In Q2 2022, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 74,377 users from ransomware attacks. The most popular protocols and technologies susceptible to these attacks include MS SQL Server, RDP and SMB. As usual, the TOP 20 ranking for threats detected by Kaspersky security solutions for macOS users is dominated by various adware.

Mobile 61

Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 61