Security Affairs
JUNE 7, 2023
Bitdefender researchers have discovered 60,000 different Android apps secretly installing adware in the past six months. Bitdefender announced the discovery of more than 60,000 Android apps in the past six months that were spotted installing adware on Android devices. ” reads the report published by Bitdefender.
SecureWorld News
MARCH 29, 2024
The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Clicker apps are adware software that loads ads in invisible frames or in the background and clicks them to generate revenue for the threat actors behind the campaign. “Clicker malware targets illicit advertising revenue and can disrupt the mobile advertising ecosystem.” out of 5 stars. ” concludes the report.
Krebs on Security
JULY 28, 2022
” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
The experts discovered that digital certificates are then used to spread malware, mainly adware. The researchers provided evidence that the threat actors sold the purchased certificates to a cybercrime gang that used them to spread malware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.
Krebs on Security
JULY 16, 2019
For at least the past decade, a computer crook variously known as “ Yalishanda ,” “ Downlow ” and “ Stas_vl ” has run one of the most popular “bulletproof” Web hosting services catering to a vast array of phishing sites, cybercrime forums and malware download servers.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The attackers use financial or physical incentives proposed via WhatsApp to trick victims into visiting a series of sites owned by advertising agencies. “The Fangxiao campaigns are effective lead generation methods which have been redirected to various domains, from malware, to referral links, to ads and adware.”
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