SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. One of the biggest pitfalls with malvertising is how difficult it can be to detect.

Cybercrime 80

Cybercrime Advertising Engineering Antivirus 80

Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2021

It seems like only yesterday there weren’t many breaking news stories on Mac security threats to bite into. In the 2020 State of Malware Report, Malwarebytes researchers found that Mac malware—primarily backdoors, data stealers, and cryptominers—had risen by 61 percent over the previous year. A crack in the Mac door.

Malware 99

Malware Adware Software Passwords 99

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Attempts to run malware for stealing money from online bank accounts were stopped on the computers of 104,257 unique users. In Q3 2021, Kaspersky solutions blocked the launch of at least one piece of banking malware on the computers of 104,257 unique users. Number of unique users attacked by financial malware, Q3 2021 ( download ).

Malware 90

Malware Adware Ransomware IoT 90

Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2021

It’s a turbulent time in the cryptomining realm, especially for malware authors. In fact, large scale mining operations made up of little more than big warehouses and racks of machines crunching numbers are common. Running a tight(er) ship. They’re the main source of mining muscle when it comes to making computations.

Cryptocurrency 103

Cryptocurrency Ransomware Adware Spyware 103

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

The majority (61.43%) of the discovered threats belonged to the adware category. For instance, adware that belongs to the AdWare.AndroidOS.Notifyer family was distributed in the first quarter under the guise of a file named ir.corona.viruss.apk, and Backdoor.AndroidOS.Ahmyth.f Twenty most common mobile malware programs.

Mobile 68

Mobile Adware Banking Malware 68