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Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers

February 19, 2020 0 Comments adware, browser extensions, cybersecurity czar, giuliani, Hacktivism, malvertising, malvertising schemes, political targets, rudy giuliani, scams, tweets, twitter, typo, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:21:08 +0000

Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account contains many typos that lead to the wrong website—and scammers and typosquatters are taking advantage.

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Scams

Tags: adware browser extensions cybersecurity czar giuliani hacktivism malvertising malvertising schemes political targets rudy giuliani scams tweets twitter typo typosquatting

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 0 Comments 2020 state of malware report, adware, Android, android malware, Data privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, mac, MacOS, Ransomware, Reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, state of malware, state of malware report, trickbot, Trojans, Web threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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Reports

Tags: 2020 state of malware report adware Android android malware Data privacy emotet hacktools iOS mac macOS ransomware ryuk Sodinokibi State of Malware state of malware report trickbot Trojans web threats windows

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A week in security (February 3 – 9)

February 10, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, adposhel, adware, data privacy law, data privacy legislation, facebook, financial tech, fintech, google maps, iowa caucus faulty app, lemon duck, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:46:42 +0000

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Washington state’s latest efforts to provide better data privacy rights for their residents, dove into the many security questions regarding fintech, and took a look at performance art’s impact on Google Maps.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security adposhel adware data privacy law data privacy legislation facebook financial tech fintech google maps Iowa Caucus faulty app Lemon Duck week in security

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Adposhel adware takes over browser push notifications administration

February 6, 2020 0 Comments adware, adware.adposhel, defaultnotificationssetting, notifications, notificationsallowedforurls, web push notifications

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:10:02 +0000

Adware.Adposhel has been noticed to use Chrome policies to ensure that their permissions for web push notifications don’t get removed by the user.

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Adware

Tags: adware Adware.Adposhel DefaultNotificationsSetting notifications NotificationsAllowedForUrls web push notifications

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Adware.Adposhel takes over your web push notifications administration

February 6, 2020 0 Comments adware, adware.adposhel, defaultnotificationssetting, notifications, notificationsallowedforurls, web push notifications

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:10:02 +0000

Adware.Adposhel has been noticed to use Chrome policies to ensure that their permissions for web push notifications don’t get removed by the user.

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Adware

Tags: adware Adware.Adposhel DefaultNotificationsSetting notifications NotificationsAllowedForUrls web push notifications

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Billion-dollar search engine industry attracts vultures, shady advertisers, and cybercriminals

January 6, 2020 0 Comments adfraud, advertisements, adware, extensions, hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, results, search, search engine, search engine optimization, search engines, seo, seo poisoning, sponsored

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:04:21 +0000

We look at the ways in which criminals and vultures use less-than-honest tactics to fleece the search engine industry for a piece of its billion-dollar pie.

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PUPs

Tags: adfraud advertisements adware extensions hijackers potentially unwanted programs PUPs results search search engine search engine optimization search engines SEO seo poisoning sponsored

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Algunas aplicaciones Android de adware ocultan su icono para dificultar su eliminación

October 22, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, adware, Android, smartphones

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:58:32 +0000

La desinstalación de una aplicación de Android que hemos identificado como adware es normalmente fácil de realizar: simplemente consiste en hacer clic y arrastrar hacia la esquina superior derecha de la pantalla y a la papelera. La aplicación desaparece, idealmente seguido de una calificación negativa en Google Play para alertar a otros sobre su mal […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SgrM9-3TkWk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Some Android adware apps hide icons to make it hard to remove them

October 18, 2019 0 Comments adware, Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, play store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:31:24 +0000

SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AoUMvk8i70E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Icon-hiding Android adware returns to the Play Market

October 8, 2019 0 Comments adware, andr/hiddad, Android, android malware, Google Play, hidden adware, hidden apps, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:00:37 +0000

Adware apps attempt to evade easy removal by, literally, hiding their app icons from users<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CXlzdUIihFw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Meet Extenbro, a new DNS-changer Trojan protecting adware

July 19, 2019 0 Comments adware, bundler, bundleware, dns, DNS servers, DNS-changer, Extenbro, malware removal, Root certificate, scheduled tasks, trojan, Trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:54:00 +0000

We found a new Trojan that uses aggressive techniques, including blocking access to security sites, to deliver an adware bundler. Read up on what Extenbro can do and how to get this pest off your system.

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Trojans

Tags: adware bundler bundleware dns DNS servers DNS-changer Extenbro malware removal Root certificate scheduled tasks trojan Trojans