Tag: Adware.

August 23, 2021

The video game industry is soaring, not in the least thanks to the lockdowns, which forced people to look for new ways to entertain themselves and socialize. Even with things going back to normal, gaming is expected to have a […]

March 16, 2020

The video gaming landscape has changed drastically over the past few decades. Some of these changes have led to considerable developments in the cyberthreat landscape as it applies to gaming companies, the games themselves and the user base that enjoys […]

March 13, 2019

Check Point Research has uncovered two massive mobile adware and data stealing campaigns, which have already had over 250 million downloads combined globally. Both target mobiles using Android, and exploit the mobile app development supply chain to infect devices and […]

August 1, 2017

Do you need to extract text from images, videos or PDFs? Not only is there an app for that, it turns out there’s even a browser plugin called Copyfish to help you, too. Copyfish is supposed to let you grab subtitles from […]

July 7, 2017

Millions of Android devices have been hit with a new malware strain called CopyCat that uses a unique approach to injecting the devices with adware, according to a researcher with Check Point’s mobile research team, which released its findings today […]

June 8, 2017

UK and US Android users have been saddled with unwanted apps via malicious ads that executed a drive-by download attack. According to Zscaler researchers, the malicious ads were posted on forums, including one named GodLikeProductions, a relatively popular site that […]

September 29, 2016

Security experts from Carbon Black have spotted a new Adware campaign leveraging on very sophisticated obfuscation techniques. The Adware campaign was used by crooks to spread ransomware and according to the malware researchers using tactics to similarities to the nation-state attack known as Operation […]

February 19, 2016

Recent news reports, for example, warned users that they should get rid of adware apps Mintcast 3.0.1 and Shell&Services, which not only display unwanted pop-up ads, but also switch off safe browsing in Firefox. Of course this opens up your […]

October 19, 2015

#android users will be well aware of the fact that the #google play store, and their Android device, are constantly under the watchful eye of cyber-criminals. Thanks to the wide usage of the Android operating system, these criminals use this […]