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What is adware?

SiteLock

Adware, short for advertising supported software, is a type of unwanted software designed to put advertisements on your screen. It can occur on a computer, mobile phone, or another electronic device. The post What is adware? appeared first on The SiteLock Blog.

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Apple patches ‘worst macOS bug in recent memory’ after it was used in the wild

SC Magazine

allowed hackers to circumvent much of Apple’s built-in malware detection for programs downloaded from the internet. ” An adware group had already been using the bug in the wild. allowed hackers to circumvent much of Apple’s built-in malware detection for programs downloaded from the internet.

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Apple touts M1 features in updated security guide, days after malicious code discovery

SC Magazine

The guide “provides definitive and concise guidance on how to harden the Apple systems,” said Patrick Wardle, a prominent Mac security researcher, designer, and author, via electronic chat. While legacy programs (including malware) still run on M1 silicon, natively designed code is more efficient.

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

Microleaves , a ten-year-old proxy service that lets customers route their web traffic through millions of Microsoft Windows computers, recently fixed a vulnerability in their website that exposed their entire user database. “No seller on BHW has 150k working daily proxies none of us do. Which hints at a possible BOTNET. “Online[.]io

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Crimeware and financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

Unlike common stealers, this malware gathered data that can be used to identify the victims, such as browsing histories, social networking account IDs and Wi-Fi networks. This has become a real stand-alone business in the dark web ( Malware-as-a-Service , MaaS). ATM and PoS malware to return with a vengeance.

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What Is Malware? Understanding the Basics of Website Malware

SiteLock

Malware has infected roughly a third of the world’s computers , costing companies across the globe trillions of dollars each year. In 2014, nearly 1 million new pieces of malware were released every day, but most hackers relied on old techniques to create new threats. But first we’ll answer a basic question: What is malware?

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Cyberthreats to financial organizations in 2022

SecureList

Currently, at a value of approximately $60,000, cybercriminals have adapted their malware to monitor the operating system’s clipboard and redirect funds to addresses under their control. News broke in January of the FreakOut malware that attacks Linux devices. 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets.