SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers.

Mobile 138

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 138

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 225

Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 225

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

Several effective Mac-facing miners joined the crypto-rush in 2018. In fact, they should be commended for developing many beneficial technologies that help Mac (and iPhone) users stay more secure. Adware, for example, can host malicious advertising (malvertising), which can push exploits or redirects to malicious websites.

Malware 106

Malware Adware Software Passwords 106

The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

Mobile 138

Mobile Spyware Banking Manufacturing 138

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

In Q1 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 91,841 users from ransomware attacks. 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. The most common threats in all three were adware apps from the Pirrit family.

Mobile 91

Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 91

SecureList

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In 2021, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 3,464,756 malicious installation packages. Number of detected malicious installation packages, 2018–2021 ( download ). As in the previous year, this was largely due to the active distribution of adware from the AdWare.AndroidOS.Notifyer family. Mobile adware.

Mobile 124

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 124

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. In Q2 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 97,451 users from ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 97,451 unique users.

Adware 97

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 97