SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Also last year, fraudsters abused the marketplace to spread various scam apps, which promised welfare payments or lucrative energy investments. percentage points, and the share of adware, by 18.38 percentage points, and the share of adware, by 18.38 TOP 10 most frequently detected adware families in 2022 Family %* 1 Adlo 22.07

Mobile 108

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 108

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019.

Mobile 132

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 132

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams. Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. MMD-0063-2019 – Summarize report of three years MalwareMustDie research (Sept 2016-Sept 2019).

Adware 53

Adware Password Management Advertising Hacking 53

SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

Analysts predict that mobile gaming will account for $90.7 Last year’s lockdowns gave a boost to the mobile market, with users downloading thirty percent more mobile games per week in Q1 2021 than in Q4 2019 globally, reaching over one billion weekly downloads. Miners are worth mentioning among the threats to PC gamers.

Adware 112

Adware Mobile Phishing Malware 112

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Scams could present themselves in many forms. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

SecureList

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Especially notable in 2021 were the Joker Trojan, which signs victims up to paid subscriptions, the Facestealer Trojan, which steals credentials from Facebook accounts, and various banking Trojan loaders. Overall, the number of mobile malware installation packages dropped to around 2019 levels. Number of attacks on mobile users.

Mobile 118

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 118

Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This might be your boss, or somebody from HR, IT, or accounting departments. Ransomware via Brute Force Attacks Researchers at F-Secure have found that in 2019, brute force attacks became one of the most preferred means of spreading ransomware. Well-known companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Pay Pal, etc.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Passwords Encryption Phishing 83