Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store. Adware Doctor the top paid utility in the official Mac App Store, it has a good reputation with thousands of reviews and a 4.8 Adware Doctor is stealing your privacy. star rating.

Adware 48

Adware DNS Malware Advertising 48

Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

Advertising 216

Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 216

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Although the campaign has not reached the magnitude of the Zacinlo adware campaign, it is already infecting users worldwide.” The malware spreads via Trojanized applications disguised as cracked software, or applications posing as legitimate software such as video players, drivers or even antivirus software.

Spyware 70

Spyware Adware Malware Accountability 70

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

But over the last few years, credible threats, exploits, and hacks of Apple products have become more persistent. Several effective Mac-facing miners joined the crypto-rush in 2018. While many like to trivialize them, PUPs and adware open the door for more vulnerabilities, making an attack by malicious software even easier.

Malware 96

Malware Adware Software Passwords 96

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

The majority (61.43%) of the discovered threats belonged to the adware category. For instance, adware that belongs to the AdWare.AndroidOS.Notifyer family was distributed in the first quarter under the guise of a file named ir.corona.viruss.apk, and Backdoor.AndroidOS.Ahmyth.f Quarterly highlights. Verdict. %*. Mobile banking Trojans.

Mobile 68

Mobile Adware Banking Malware 68

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Exploits for CVE-2015-2523 — use-after-free vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel — and CVE-2018-0802 , which we’ve often written about, were also in demand. Updated adware for the new Macs also immediately appeared, in particular the Pirrit family (whose members placed high in our Top 20 threats for macOS). into the system.

Mobile 87

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 87

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Our file antivirus detected 68,294,298 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects. Microsoft Office exploits most often tried to utilize the memory corruption vulnerability CVE-2018-0802. Countries that serve as sources of web-based attacks: Top 10.

Adware 91

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 91