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Gaming-related cyberthreats in 2020 and 2021

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The video game industry is soaring, not in the least thanks to the lockdowns, which forced people to look for new ways to entertain themselves and socialize. billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion in the first half of 2021.

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The mobile malware threat landscape in 2023

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million malware, adware, and riskware attacks. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 40.8% The year’s trends Malware, adware, and riskware attacks on mobile devices dipped in February, only to rise steadily until the end of the year. By contrast, adware activity on user devices increased. 14.82 -1.81

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Ransomware threat to elders and youngsters falling for Instagram Cyber Scams

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Coming to threats targeting mobile devices, the company says that it blocked over 3 million adware attacks, 7.2 million harmful downloads leading to social engineering attacks from January to October 2021. Between January and April this year, the tech support team of Avast blocked over 1.46

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 423 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Gox exchange and operating BTC-e Japanese Pharmaceutical giant Eisai hit by a ransomware attack Clop ransomware gang was testing MOVEit Transfer bug since 2021 Stealth Soldier backdoor used is targeted espionage attacks in Libya Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue Experts detail a new Kimsuky (..)

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Good game, well played: an overview of gaming-related cyberthreats in 2022

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For these purposes, we analyzed threat statistics from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a system for processing anonymized cyberthreat-related data shared voluntarily by Kaspersky users, for the period between January 2021 and June 2022. Top game titles by number of related threats.

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IT threat evolution Q3 2022

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The group delivers its malware using social engineering. Cybercriminals make extensive use of social engineering tricks to entice potential victims into installing malware: the promise of an Android version of a game that’s not on Google Play ; the chance to play games for free ; access to game cheats; etc.

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Inside Apple: How macOS attacks are evolving

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The start of fall 2021 saw the fourth Objective by the Sea (OBTS) security conference, which is the only security conference to focus exclusively on Apple’s ecosystem. However, social engineering isn’t the only danger. Some variants of the Shlayer adware have been seen using this technique.).

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