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

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. Network threats in Q3 2023 are mainly brute-force password attacks on MSSQL and RDP services. 2 Bangladesh 1.39

Mobile 74

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 74

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

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. In Q2 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 97,451 users from ransomware attacks. Attacks on NAS devices. Number of new ransomware modifications.

Adware 91

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 91

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2023

When it comes to getting a good look at your browsing your ISP has a window seat, and in the USA ISPs have been allowed to sell your browsing data since 2017. A key part of browsing securely online is accepting the risk that no one technology can keep out 100 percent of the threats 100 percent of the time. And your browser?

VPN 73

VPN Phishing Internet Internet 73

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

In Q1 2022, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 74,694 users from ransomware attacks. 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.

Mobile 96

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 96

SecureList

JUNE 7, 2023

Number of new ransomware modifications, Q1 2022 — Q1 2023 ( download ) Number of users attacked by ransomware Trojans In Q1 2023, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 60,900 users from ransomware attacks. CVE-2017-0199 that allows using MS Office to load malicious scripts. 2 Bangladesh 1.47 3 Taiwan 0.65 4 Mozambique 0.59

Mobile 63

Mobile Ransomware Malware Adware 63