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Adware.Adposhel takes over your web push notifications administration

February 6, 2020 admin 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 admin 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 admin 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=””/>

Security Sophos

Icon-hiding Android adware returns to the Play Market

October 8, 2019 admin 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=””/>

Kaspersky Security

Malicious Android app had more than 100 million downloads in Google Play

August 27, 2019 admin Adware, Android, apps, CamScanner, Google Play, news, paid subscriptions, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:33:34 +0000

Kaspersky researchers found malware in CamScanner, a text recognition app that was downloaded more than 100 million times from Google Play.

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Meet Extenbro, a new DNS-changer Trojan protecting adware

July 15, 2019 admin 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

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A week in security (June 10 – 16)

June 17, 2019 admin a week in security, ACLU, ad blockers, Adware, AI, American Civil Liberties Union, APT, Artificial Intelligence, breach, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, cyberbullying, disinformation campaign, fishwrap, Google Calendar notification abuse, Healthcare security, Maine, MuddyWaters, privacy, pups, push notifications, sextortion, trolling, twitter list abuse, VLC

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:09:19 +0000

A roundup of security news from June 10–16, including MegaCortex, the latest news on privacy, the abuse of Twitter’s Lists feature, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: ACLU ad blockers adware AI American Civil Liberties Union APT artificial intelligence breach CBP Customs and Border Protection cyberbullying disinformation campaign fishwrap Google Calendar notification abuse healthcare security Maine MuddyWaters privacy PUPs push notifications sextortion trolling twitter list abuse VLC

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Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector

June 13, 2019 admin Adware, browser extensions, extensions, Facebook, Facebook spammer, fbspammer, notifications, plugin, plugins, PUP, pups, push notifications, search hijackers, Trojan, trojans

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:36:14 +0000

Push notifications are being added to the arsenal of PUPs, adware, and even a Trojan browser extension that spams Facebook groups.

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Adware

Tags: adware browser extensions extensions facebook Facebook spammer fbspammer notifications plugin plugins PUP PUPs push notifications search hijackers trojan Trojans

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