2018 Adware Hacking Internet 
Krebs on Security
JULY 28, 2022
Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. io emerged as subsidiaries of Microleaves between 2017 and 2018.
SecureList
AUGUST 16, 2022
For instance, when an account of the developer of a popular add-on was hijacked after a phishing attack, millions of users received adware on their devices without their knowledge. In that way, over 30,000 users got adware after an installed extension, dubbed Particle, was sold to new developers and later modified to inject ads into websites.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 16, 2019
Although the campaign has not reached the magnitude of the Zacinlo adware campaign, it is already infecting users worldwide.” According to the experts, the operation is in a consolidation stage, first samples date back to November 2018, with a massive spike in December and January.
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.
Responsible Cyber
APRIL 8, 2020
Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. The Internet of Things (IoT) is undeniably the future of technology. IoT Opens Excessive Entry Points. Lack of Cybersecurity Knowledge.
SecureList
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that they exploited a vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers (CVE-2018-13379). With customers’ plain text information disclosed by leaks on the internet, cybercriminals have gained new attack possibilities.
SecureList
AUGUST 12, 2021
Microsoft Office exploits most often tried to utilize the memory corruption vulnerability CVE-2018-0802. As in the previous quarter, a total of 15 of the Top 20 threats for macOS are adware programs. On average during the quarter, 9.43% of computers of Internet users worldwide were subjected to at least one Malware-class web attack.
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