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Los Angeles offers security app to safeguard public WiFi users

CyberSecurity Insiders

LA Secure app will also assist consumers in protecting them from phishing links and other malicious threats such as cryptocurrency mining malware. Public hotspots might help in malware distribution such as viruses, worms, espionage related tools, file encrypting malware and adware.

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New variant for Mac Malware XCSSET compiled for M1 Chips

Security Affairs

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. This behavior allows the malicious code to replace cryptocurrency addresses, and steal credentials for online services (amoCRM, Apple ID, Google, Paypal, SIPMarket, and Yandex) and payment card information from the Apple Store.

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What is Malware?

Identity IQ

Infecting systems and using them to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Viruses can lead to deleted or encrypted files, modified applications, or system malfunctions. Hackers demand cryptocurrency in exchange for the decryption key that allows you to access your data again. Adware isn’t always bad. Ransomware.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

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 ).

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AstraLocker 2.0 ransomware isn’t going to give you your files back

Malwarebytes

Adware bundles in the early 2000s capitalised on this approach, with revenue paid for dozens of adverts popping on desktops in as short a time as possible. When the attacker is good and ready, ransomware is deployed, encrypting the files on the machines and rendering them useless. That smash and grab spirit lives on. Click to run.

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Crimeware and financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. More cryptocurrency-related threats: fake hardware wallets, smart contract attacks, DeFi hacks, and more.

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Cyberthreats to financial organizations in 2022

SecureList

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.