eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Even McAfee’s most basic plan includes a VPN, identity monitoring, and text scam detection. If you need to detect or remove rootkits, check out Norton Power Eraser — it’s not part of Norton 360, but it’s a completely free tool. Norton 360 lacks text scam detection, but again, Norton does offer a free detection tool, Genie.

Antivirus 62

Antivirus Software Identity Theft Spyware 62

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

McAfees most basic plan consists of a VPN and text scam detection features that Microsoft Defender lacks. It tries to provide features like anti-ransomware, anti-spyware, and parental controls, but that still keeps it behind. McAfee also doesnt offer spyware detection, but Defender does. 5 Pricing: 4.7/5

Antivirus 67

Antivirus Identity Theft VPN Spyware 67

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Spyware turned out to be the most common malware class hiding in fraudulent COVID-19 emails, with AgentTesla topping the list of phishers’ favorite strains. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload. Most COVID-19-related phishing emails analyzed had different spyware strains embedded as attachments. Source: CERT-GIB.

Phishing 143

Phishing Malware Spyware DDOS 143

Google Security

MAY 15, 2024

In addition to our new suite of advanced theft protection features to help keep your device and data safe in the case of theft, we’re also focusing increasingly on providing additional protections against mobile financial fraud and scams. We’re also sharing new tools and policies to help developers build safer apps and keep their users safe.

Scams 78

Scams Threat Detection Social Engineering Surveillance 78

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 25, 2022

In the first half of the year, we observed spiking detections of threats associated with tech support scams. These threats install applications on the system that create fake error messages, urging the user to call a "help center" that is, in reality, a scam operation.

Manufacturing 85

Manufacturing Scams Phishing Malware 85

SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

One of the schemes used by scammers which has been becoming more popular since last year are scam apps for receiving social benefits. Scam apps targeting Russian-speaking users. Number of detected malicious installation packages, Q1 2021 — Q1 2022 ( download ). Distribution of detected mobile malware by type.

Mobile 133

Mobile Adware Banking Malware 133

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

Thus, the number of phishing attacks on cloud storages nearly doubled last year, while Internet providers have seen the three-fold increase in the number of phishing scams targeting them. They, in turn, let spyware and backdoors move ahead and become the second most popular malware with a 35-percent share.

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Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 88