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How COVID-19 fuelled a surge in malware

Malwarebytes

2021 saw a massive surge in detections of malware, adware, and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). It didn’t matter what the computers were used for or what operating system they ran—across business and home computers, on Windows and on Mac, detections went up, enormously. Windows malware detection totals 2019-2021.

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ASyncRat surpasses Dridex, TrickBot and Emotet to become dominant email threat

Malwarebytes

This is what he had to say about how the trends in detections and email threats have changed in the months since the Threat Review data was compiled. The “Covid bounce” The 2022 Threat Review detailed the remarkable rebound in detection numbers for malware, adware and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) in 2021.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Jump ahead: Adware. Here are some common and not so common malware threats and how to defend against them. 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.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. PC statistics

SecureList

The group HelloKitty used to distribute its ransomware by exploiting the vulnerability CVE-2019-7481 in SonicWall gateways. Speaking of the most widespread threats detected by Kaspersky security solutions for macOS, most of our Top 20 ranking positions are occupied by various adware apps. IoT threat statistics.

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