Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dubbed as ‘Blister’ malware and discovered by researchers from Elastic Security, the malware seems to evade most of the known security defenses and also has the tendency to induce ransomware into infected PCs. So, all those accessing such websites on office devices, better be aware of this cyber threat before it is too late.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 3, 2022

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, shortly known as METRO in association with City of Los Angeles, are offering a security app to safeguard public Wi-Fi users from cyber threats lurking online. “LA In the future, there is a high possibility that the said app will also secure users from mobile ransomware.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It's almost impossible to keep up with the number of news items that come out daily about new or emerging ransomware or cyber threats or respectable companies that had eye-opening breaches. Deadbolt ransomware variant. The Yanluowang ransomware gang. Google Play and Apple Store caught in adware scheme.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 6, 2022

Phishing emails, social engineering tactics, and adware are all deployed to manipulate people into taking an action they normally wouldn’t take. . Helping your employees counter these tactics begins with education – making them aware of the potential threats and what to look for, as well as the consequences of their unintentional behavior.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

These steps will work in most cases, but if you’ve been hit by ransomware, see our guides to ransomware decryption , removal and recovery. Remove Pop-Up Ads Pop-up ads are often a result of adware, a type of malware. Clean up your browser extensions or add-ons to remove any adware-related extensions.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Judging a cyber threat by its name can be illusory. Just to illustrate the scope of the issue, the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team spotted more than 800 malvertising campaigns in only the first six months of 2023, noting that the number of attacks that flew under researchers' radar was likely much higher.

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