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One year later, Rhadamanthys is still dropped via malvertising

February 28, 2024 admin malvertising, malware, rhadamanthys, stealer, Threat Intelligence

Infostealers like Rhadamanthys continue to be a favorite among malware distributors who leverage search engine ads to lure victims.

MalwareBytes Security

Malvertising: This cyberthreat isn’t on the dark web, it’s on Google

February 28, 2024 admin Amazon, browser guard, malvertising, malwarebytes browser guard, news, notepad++, personal, rufus, State of Malware, state of malware 2024, tradingview, weebly

Malvertising made a resurgence in 2023, with cybercriminals creating malicious ads and websites imitating Amazon, TradingView, and Rufus.

Kaspersky Security

Cyberthreats to marketing | Kaspersky official blog

February 13, 2024 admin advertising, Business, email, enterprise, malvertising, Marketing, phishing, risks, SMB, Threats, Tips, websites

Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:12:22 +0000

How cybercriminals steal advertising budgets, advertising mailouts, and websites, and how to protect them.

MalwareBytes Security

If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix: Lock and Code S05E04

February 12, 2024 admin 2024 threatdown state of malware, android banking malware, big game ransomware, Business, living-off-the-land, lock and code, lotl, lotl attack, Mac, Mac adware, malvertising, podcast, state of malware 2024, Zero-Day, zero-day ransomware

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Jason Haddix about how businesses can protect against modern cyberthreats.

MalwareBytes Security

Nitrogen shelling malware from hacked sites

January 31, 2024 admin malvertising, nitrogen, Threat Intelligence

Threat actors are using all the tools at their disposal to deliver malware. Malicious ads are only one step in the chain, with compromised sites providing the free hosting and changing capabilities that can evade detection.

MalwareBytes Security

Malicious ads for restricted messaging applications target Chinese users

January 25, 2024 admin Chinese, malvertising, Threat Intelligence

Chinese speaking users looking for Telegram, or LINE are being targeted with malicious ads. Instead of downloading the legitimate application, they install malware.

Independent Krebs

Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

January 25, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, domaintools, google, Latest Warnings, malvertising, sentinel one, tom hegel, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:38:43 +0000

Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.

MalwareBytes Security

PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads

December 15, 2023 admin malvertising, pikabot, Threat Intelligence

PikaBot, a stealthy malware normally distributed via malspam is now being spread via malicious ads.

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