SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ).

Mobile 132

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 132

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These malicious apps constitute a risk for customers and developers alike—and they can be easily found online using the most common search engines. Once again, the sophistication of the apps varied greatly; however, they largely shared one purpose: deceive users into downloading them.

Cyber threats 52

Cyber threats Media Social Engineering Mobile 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Users sometimes unknowingly infect themselves with adware installed by default when they download and install other applications. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware. Late last year, we became aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). The attackers study their victims carefully and use the information they find to frame social engineering attacks.

Phishing 103

Phishing Spyware Firmware Malware 103

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”. Need More Intel on Rootkits?

Malware 69

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 69

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. The main purpose of CosmicStrand is to download a malicious program at startup, which then performs the tasks set by the attackers.

Malware 100

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In November, Apple announced that it was taking legal action against NSO Group for developing software that targets its users with “malicious malware and spyware” Detecting infection traces from Pegasus and other advanced mobile malware is very tricky, and complicated by the security features of modern OSs such as iOS and Android.

Malware 101

Malware Mobile Spyware Surveillance 101