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

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It also turned out that the motherboards infected in all known cases came from just two manufacturers. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. RedLine also comes with a cryptocurrency miner.

Malware

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks. Cryptocurrency and NFT attacks are rising as decentralized finance, and digital art assets become sophisticated socially engineered threats. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% The trojan- Banker.AndroidOS.Gustuff.d

Social Engineering

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Jump ahead: Adware. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Rather than stealing data, adware is more of an irritant forcing users to see unwanted ads. Most users are familiar with adware in the form of unclosable browser pop-ups.

Malware

Malwarebytes

MAY 20, 2025

steals cryptocurrency from victims’ machines. It replaces cryptocurrency addresses in the clipboard with the attacker’s own, which has already received around $100,000 in presumably ill-gotten funds. However, this isn’t the only time when a manufacturer has shipped a product riddled with malware.

Malware