SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Also last year, fraudsters abused the marketplace to spread various scam apps, which promised welfare payments or lucrative energy investments. percentage points, and the share of adware, by 18.38 Mobile adware The Adlo family accounted for the largest share of detected installers (22.07%) in 2022. percentage points.

Mobile 108

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 108

Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Instead of file-based malware, a lot of Mac users get attacked with adware and PUPs that are typically delivered through a number of web-based scams. Some of the adware out there is more sophisticated than most of the malware that we see for Mac,” Reed says. “It OK, that sounds annoying. Not quite , says Thomas Reed.

DNS 104

DNS Adware Malware Antivirus 104

SecureList

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Besides apps with actual malicious functionality, there are various scamming apps on Google Play — for example, ones that imitate services where you can apply for welfare payments and redirect the user to a page asking for their data and payment of a fee. Mobile adware. Top 10 adware families detected in 2021. against 2020.

Mobile 119

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 119

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.

Internet 72

Internet Internet Adware Spyware 72

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities. Number of adware attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ).

Mobile 132

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 132

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy. The silver lining is that such scams are fairly easy to avoid.

Cybercrime 78

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 78

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. Adware came in second with 21.51% — 12.58 Note that the malware rankings below exclude riskware and potentially unwanted software, such as RiskTool or adware. Quarterly figures. Verdict. %*.

Mobile 90

Mobile Adware Banking Malware 90