Schneier on Security

JULY 14, 2025

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

We believe this is a continuation of a campaign last summer, reported by Avast , in which the malware masqueraded as the Malwarebytes antivirus installer. Most malicious objects detected for the macOS platform are adware. You can read our analysis of a new adware program called Convuster here. Secondhand news.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. Easily one of the most frustrating types of malware, adware is software designed to harass users with a torrent of unwanted or malicious ads.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 11, 2025

of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance. of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance.” Even in London one of the most surveilled places in the Western World it is if you take certain precautions possible to either avoid or avoid the effects of surveillance.

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