SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Most malicious objects detected for the macOS platform are adware. Secondhand news.

Malware 135

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 135

SecureList

JULY 21, 2021

Incidents linked to 2-4 alerts account for 15.3%; they represent the main directions for detection engineering, both in new alert development and improvements to existing alerts. IT, Government and Industrial are the TOP 3. This demonstrates that remediation is fairly efficient. Offensive exercise. Artefacts of APT, targeted attack.

Social Engineering 116

Social Engineering Engineering Adware Technology 116

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The attacks, which took place earlier this year, affected industrial plants, design bureaus and research institutes, government agencies, ministries and departments. The attackers distribute this password-stealing Trojan under the guise of game cheats in an attempt to steal accounts, card numbers, crypto-wallets and more.

Malware 118

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 118

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. Each attack usually targets government agencies, business enterprise executives, etc. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% of the total mobile app threats make up the real threats so far.

Social Engineering 92

Social Engineering Mobile Scams Engineering 92

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The simple worms of the earlier era paved the way for threats more familiar to modern-day users, including: Adware. They also provide cover for malicious actions from governments and organizations by introducing a layer of separation between the attackers and the attack source. Ransomware. Trojans/Spyware. Logic bombs.

Malware 96

Malware Software Ransomware Adware 96

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 119,252 unique users. The results of the investigation, which involved the FBI and several other US government agencies, was reported to US President Joe Biden. Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Mauritania.

Adware 111

Adware Malware Ransomware IoT 111

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Jump ahead: Adware. 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. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 107,848 unique users. In Q1 2022 Kaspersky solutions blocked the launch of at least one piece of malware designed to steal money from bank accounts on the computers of 107,848 unique users. Financial threats. IoT attacks.

Mobile 132

Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 132

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 100,829 unique users. In Q2 2022, Kaspersky solutions blocked the launch of malware designed to steal money from bank accounts on the computers of 100,829 unique users. was the most common adware encountered in these three countries.

Mobile 89

Mobile Adware Malware Ransomware 89

SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Our telemetry indicates that dozens of organizations were affected, belonging to the government or military sector, or otherwise related to the health, diplomacy, education or political verticals. In our report on browser lockers , we examined two families of lockers that mimic government websites.

Ransomware 145

Ransomware Malware Banking Encryption 145

Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

There are crawlers that can search your phone for personally identifiable information (PII), account credentials, banking-related or credit card data in seconds. There are many categories of malware that cybercriminals could install through juice jacking, including adware, cryptominers, ransomware, spyware, or Trojans.

Banking 98

Banking Malware Mobile Spyware 98

Hacker Combat

APRIL 21, 2021

For the past few months, the restrictions imposed by governments to combat pandemic concerns have encouraged employees to practice the “work from home” scheme. They are misrepresenting official tracing accounts via emails. Prevents Adware – A computer virus-like adware fills your computer with various promotions or ads.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Adware Digital transformation Spyware 98

SecureList

MAY 26, 2021

Attempted infections by malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were logged on the devices of 79,315 users. During the reporting period, Kaspersky solutions blocked attempts to launch one or more malicious programs designed to steal money from bank accounts on the computers of 79,315 users. Threat geography.

Phishing 142

Phishing Malware Ransomware Adware 142

SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Some employees are not strictly using their business accounts for work-related purposes. For example, 42% of workers say they are using personal email accounts for work and nearly half (49%) have admitted to increasing how often they do this. The cybercriminals were after login credentials for accounts on the official WHO site.

Scams 75

Scams Phishing Passwords Accountability 75

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments describes the potential sanctions risks associated with making and facilitating ransomware payments and provides information for contacting relevant US government. Cybercriminals raring to restart ATM/PoS attacks.

Cryptocurrency 137

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 137

Malwarebytes

MAY 20, 2025

After scanning 8 GB of software files for the Procolored products, all maintained on mega.nz, Hahn found no evidence of Floxif, he reported in an account of the investigation. In 2019, we discovered that US government program providing Android phones to low-income users was found to be shipping them with malware. Backdoor.XRedRAT.A

Malware 110

Malware Software Adware Cryptocurrency 110

Schneier on Security

JULY 11, 2025

They were not caught in Iraqi, howrver another part of the UK Government decided to start prosecuting the MC Directors… Several UK Ministers decided not to sign Public Immunity Certs that would have killed the prosecution, instead they threw the four MC Directors to the Wolves.

Surveillance 222

Surveillance Adware Encryption Antivirus 222