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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Malware researchers from enSilo have spotted a new variant of the DealPly adware that uses a new method to avoid detection. The main feature of the DealPly adware is to install browser extensions that display advertisements in the victim’s browser.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Experts at Wandera’s threat research team discovered two adware apps on the Google Play Store that were downloaded 1.5M+ times. Researchers at Wandera discovered two adware selfie filter camera apps on the Google Play that were pushing ads and that can record audio. SecurityAffairs – Android, Adware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Security researchers at McAfee have discovered 16 malicious clicker apps available in the official Google Play store that were installed more than 20 million times. 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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

The malware installs Any Search bar on the targeted Mac device to deploy adware, it also intercepts and collects browser data and it is able to alter search results to deliver malicious ads. According to Kaspersky, in 2019, one in ten of our Mac security solutions encountered this malware at least once. Cimpli, AdWare.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

Threat actors used the Extembro DNS- changer Trojan in an adware campaign to prevent users from accessing security-related websites. Security experts at Malwarebytes observed an adware campaign that involved the Extembro DNS- changer Trojan to prevent users from accessing websites of security vendors.

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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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