eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

As users have increasingly moved from desktop operating systems to mobile devices as their primary form of computing, cyber attackers have taken notice and malware has followed. Mobile malware statistics. More than 3 million of those attacks represented new types of malware. Types of mobile malware. ransomware?

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Hot for Security

APRIL 22, 2021

Attackers are exploiting the COVID-19 vaccine apps to deploy malware to Android devices. Since the outburst of the pandemic, they haven’t missed any opportunity to spread malware via Covid19-themed emails, apps, websites and social media. Repackaged adware. Co-Win Adware. Adware and fake applications immediately followed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

Kaspersky researchers spotted a new variant of the XCSSET Mac malware that compiled for devices running on Apple M1 chips. The malware also allows attackers to capture screenshots and exfiltrate stolen documents to the attackers’ server. Recently experts spotted other malware specifically designed to infect Mac running on M1 chips.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Apple launched its M1 chip and cybercriminals developed a malware sample specifically for it, the latest generation of Macs are their next targets. The popular security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered one of the first malware designed to target latest generation of Apple devices using the company M1 chip. ” concludes Wardle.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 22, 2021

Attackers are exploiting the COVID-19 vaccine apps to deploy malware to Android devices. Since the outburst of the pandemic, they haven’t missed any opportunity to spread malware via Covid19-themed emails, apps, websites and social media. Repackaged adware. Co-Win Adware. Adware and fake applications immediately followed.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2023

Adware- Adware is a type of spyware that displays unwanted advertisements on your computer. Adware can also track your browsing history and search queries to display ads that are more relevant to your interests. To detect adware on your computer, you can use an adware scanner.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store. Adware Doctor the top paid utility in the official Mac App Store, it has a good reputation with thousands of reviews and a 4.8 Adware Doctor is stealing your privacy.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Frank Angiolelli , vice president of security at Indelible, said rogue notifications can be abused for credential phishing, as well as foisting malware and other unwanted applications on users. “This method is currently being used to deliver something akin to adware or click fraud type activity,” Angiolelli said.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Today on the Lock and Code podcast … If your IT and security teams think malware is bad, wait until they learn about everything else. In fact, some attacks have gone so “quiet” that they involve no malware at all. ThreatDown can help.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 11, 2021

So, just by simply following the below steps, you can not only secure your smart phone from hacking campaigns, but also keep it free from adware or mining malware. 2- Using an antivirus solution on your smart device helps in keeping malware, adware and spyware at bay.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Securing that many endpoints can get really complex, really fast, especially when you consider that the common wisdom that Macs don’t get malware simply isn’t true: in fact, the number of malware detections on Mac jumped 200% year-on-year in 2021. And it’s not just malware you have to worry about with your Mac endpoints.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2022: A total of 5,623,670 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked. million mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks. The Harly Trojan subscribers were another malware family spread via legitimate channels. AdWare, the ex-leader, moved 2.5

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SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2022: 5,520,908 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks were blocked. The most common threat to mobile devices was adware: 25.28% of all threats detected. As in the previous quarter, fraudulent apps occupied seven out of twenty leading positions in the malware rankings.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a website owner, chances are you’ve heard a great deal about malware. But you may wonder what exactly malware is, and why it’s such a serious threat to your website and your site’s visitors. What is Malware? And if you own a business website, a malware attack can cost you revenue and customers. Fileless Malware.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

In the 2020 State of Malware Report, Malwarebytes researchers found that Mac malware—primarily backdoors, data stealers, and cryptominers—had risen by 61 percent over the previous year. ThiefQuest , a Mac malware masquerading as ransomware, was discovered in mid-2020. No matter the malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q3 2021: 9,599,519 malware, adware and riskware attacks on mobile devices were prevented. We have seen no new mass campaigns seeking to distribute any specific mobile malware family; nor were there any newsworthy events similar to what we had early into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

ch launched the MalwareBazaar service, a malware repository to allow experts to share known malware samples and related info. ch launched a malware repository, called MalwareBazaar , to allow experts to share known malware samples and related analysis. Malware batches are available for download on a daily base.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Malware, or code written for malicious purposes, is evolving. To understand the new dangers malicious code poses to developers, it helps to take a brief look back at the history of malware. Malicious code, or malware, is intentionally written to disrupt, damage, or otherwise inflict undesirable effects on a target system.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The dedicated security firms were primarily big antivirus organisations, some of which were struggling to keep up with the threats now spilling across the Internet. You had very rich and powerful adware companies, making liberal use of bundled installers. As an added bonus, so were many representatives from the adware vendors.

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Hot for Security

MAY 4, 2021

In other words, successful exploitation of either bug may enable a bad actor to run malware on unpatched iDevices and steal data (including passwords or financial information), impersonate the user by performing account takeover, etc. How to patch now. Apple in 2021 is off to a bad start security-wise. The flaw is patched in macOS 11.3,

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. One of the biggest pitfalls with malvertising is how difficult it can be to detect.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. Although the campaign has not reached the magnitude of the Zacinlo adware campaign, it is already infecting users worldwide.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There were no social media sites to speak of, companies were selling antivirus and anti-Trojan solutions, but nobody cared about adware, PUPs, and assorted nuisances. The reasons why people get infected with malware have not changed that much though: Free stuff. Why pay when you can get it for free?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Various cybersecurity firms over the past several years have created vaccines that have targeted particular variants of ransomware or other malware and defend against them in much the same manner as the latest vaccines. Use ‘Harmless’ Parts of Malware. Comorbid malware infections are common with this threat.”.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2023

Malware and phishing are two particular mobile threats that you need to defend against in 2023. Verizon Mobile Security Index 2022) 9 percent of organizations suffered a mobile malware attack in 2022. In this post, we’ll talk about the threat that phishing and malware pose to mobile endpoint security and how to crush them.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Attempts to run malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 118,099 users. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021. Top 10 banking malware families.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The experts discovered that digital certificates are then used to spread malware, mainly adware. Threat actors sign their malware with legitimate digital certificates to avoid detection. The researchers provided evidence that the threat actors sold the purchased certificates to a cybercrime gang that used them to spread malware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 31, 2022

MRG Effitas, a world leader in independent IT research, published its antivirus efficacy assessment results in August 2022. 100 percent of financial malware blocked : Tested financial malware used in the Magecart credit card-skimming attack. MRG Effitas 360° Assessment & Certification: Badges across the board.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Malware, short for “malicious software,” is any unwanted software on your computer that, more often than not, is designed to inflict damage. Since the early days of computing, a wide range of malware types with varying functions have emerged. Jump ahead: Adware. Best Practices to Defend Against Malware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro have been removed from the Mac App Store because they were harvesting users’ browser history and other info. And what do you think that might be? If you guessed the history.zip file you would be correct! ” reads the official reply published by the company.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 9, 2022

Search for the official sources: there’s no risk of malware when you download a file or software from them. Pay attention to symptoms of malware. Worms, adware, rootkits, spyware, trojans, ransomware, and many other viruses that may have come to your ears along the time are your personal data’s enemies.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Adware keyloggers. Such programs are either malware or just shy of malware, depending on your definition. 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).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Experts warn of new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. Malware researchers at Red Canary uncovered a new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. continue the researchers.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because relying on one solution like antivirus won’t get you far in case of a full-blown ransomware attack. Device Security: Patch Manager and Antivirus Software Another must-have desktop protection is having an antivirus. How does antivirus help against ransomware, you may ask?

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For example, antivirus software such as Malwarebytes needs to be able to see everything it can in order to best protect you. Malware often wants access to your sensitive data, either to steal it or to encrypt it and demand a ransom. Any malware can collect that data without difficulty. Click Continue to install malware.

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