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.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2022

At the core of the MRG-Effitas certification process—which tests how products respond to known exploits, ransomware, botnets, adware, and more—is the user. “A A pass is given only when alerts are straightforward, and clearly suggest that the malicious action should be blocked,” the report said. Testing and certification.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Everything you type in such a document in your browser gets sent off to Google. Adware keyloggers. The only good news is that it is not the intent of these programs to harm you (though poor data handling practices by shady adware companies definitely could cause harm regardless of intent). Consider Google docs, for example.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

All of them were ordinary people using our free antivirus solution, seemingly unconnected with any organization of interest to a sophisticated attacker of this kind. Later that year, we documented the PowerPepper campaign. When the fetched document is opened, it connects to the second C2 server.

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