We’ve already looked at links under old YouTube videos or in Wikipedia articles which at some point turned bad and began pointing to partner program pages, phishing sites, or even malware. It was as if the attackers were purposely buying up domains, but such a scenario always seemed to us too complicated. Read Full Article
Our support team continues to receive more and more requests from users complaining about intrusive ads on their smartphones from unknown sources. Read Full Article
Recently, we identified several cases where Google Analytics was misused: attackers injected malicious code into sites, which collected all the data entered by users, and then sent it via Analytics. Read Full Article
We will look into a few examples of suspicious-looking ad modules that we discovered in popular apps earlier this year. Read Full Article
The pandemic has affected us all in some way, so it would be surprising if cybercriminals were an exception. Spammers and phishers were naturally the trailblazers in this but the entire cybercrime landscape has changed in the last few months. Read Full Article
With the spread of COVID-19, organizations worldwide have introduced remote working, which is having a direct impact on cybersecurity and the threat landscape. Read Full Article
It was the middle of last year that we detected the start of mass attacks by the xHelper Trojan on Android smartphones, but even now the malware remains as active as ever. Read Full Article
The other day, our Android traps ensnared an interesting specimen of software that can be used for stalking. On closer inspection, we found that this app outstrips all existing software of its class in terms of functionality. Read Full Article
For close to two years now, the Shlayer Trojan has been the most common threat on the macOS platform: in 2019, one in ten of our Mac security solutions encountered this malware at least once. Read Full Article
During our investigation, we discovered that yet another 0-day exploit (CVE-2019-1458) was used in Operation WizardOpium attacks. Read Full Article