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Criminals target businesses with malicious extension for Meta’s Ads Manager and accidentally leak stolen accounts

July 12, 2023 admin ads manager, chrome, extension, Facebook, malware, meta, Threat Intelligence

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: Meta

Tags: Facebook

Tags: malware

Tags: ads manager

Tags: chrome

Tags: extension

A group of criminals is actively targeting Facebook business users to gain access to their advertising accounts via malicious Chrome extensions. But we spotted that they made a mistake…

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Fake security researchers push malware files on GitHub

June 16, 2023 admin download, fake, GitHub, malware, news, repository, SCAM, security researcher, social, Twitter

Categories: News

Tags: GitHub

Tags: malware

Tags: repository

Tags: security researcher

Tags: fake

Tags: download

Tags: scam

Tags: twitter

Tags: social

We take a look at reports of fake security researchers offering up malware downloads via GitHub repositories.

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The Threat Landscape: Emerging Viruses and Malware to Watch Out For in 2023

May 21, 2023 admin #malwareattack, #quickheal #ransomware #cybersecurity #hacking #ransomwareprevention #threatintelligence, advisory, Antivirus, Computer Security Terms, cybersecurity, data breach, Home Security, IoT, malware, Mobile Security, Online privacy, Parental Control, phishing, privacy, ransomware, Safe Banking, Scam alert, Social engineering, Vulnerability, Webcam Protection

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 05:23:36 +0000

We’re Midway into 2023, and the threat landscape is evolving with new variants of viruses and malware that…

The post The Threat Landscape: Emerging Viruses and Malware to Watch Out For in 2023 appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.

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What is Anti-Virus Software? And Do I really need it ?

May 15, 2023 admin #malwareattack, #quickheal #ransomware #cybersecurity #hacking #ransomwareprevention #threatintelligence, Antivirus, Cyber safety, cybersecurity, Cyberthreat, data breach, Hacker, malware, Online privacy, Parental Control, ransomware, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 08:25:41 +0000

If you’re still pondering over these questions, here’s the scoop: yes, you definitely need an antivirus, and we…

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YouTube is testing ad blocker detection

May 12, 2023 admin ad, ad industry, adblock, advert, affiliate, block, blocker, intrusive, malvertising, malware, Network, news, personal, popup, Youtube

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: youtube

Tags: ad

Tags: advert

Tags: network

Tags: ad industry

Tags: block

Tags: blocker

Tags: adblock

Tags: malware

Tags: malvertising

Tags: intrusive

Tags: popup

Tags: affiliate

We take a look at YouTube’s testing of ad blocking detection and why it might not be popular with users.

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Google takes CryptBot to the wood shed

May 3, 2023 admin chrome, court order, cryptbot, download, google, Legal, malware, news, package, packages, pakistan, rico

Categories: News

Tags: CryptBot

Tags: malware

Tags: chrome

Tags: download

Tags: package

Tags: packages

Tags: google

Tags: legal

Tags: court order

Tags: RICO

Tags: Pakistan

We take a look at Google’s efforts to shut down a particularly nasty set of modified Chrome installs playing host to CryptBot malware.

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Decoy dog toolkit plays the long game with Pupy RAT

April 26, 2023 admin decoy dog, DNS, evasive, linux, malware, Mobile, nation state, news, pupy rat, Russia, toolkit, windows

Categories: News

Tags: Pupy RAT

Tags: nation state

Tags: russia

Tags: decoy dog

Tags: toolkit

Tags: linux

Tags: mobile

Tags: windows

Tags: malware

Tags: DNS

Tags: evasive

We take a look at the discovery of a long running malware toolkit campaign evading detection through its use of DNS.

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GuLoader returns with a rotten shipment

April 25, 2023 admin collection, delivery, email, guloader, infection, Italy, loader, mail, malspam, malware, news, SCAM

Categories: News

Tags: GuLoader

Tags: loader

Tags: malware

Tags: malspam

Tags: email

Tags: mail

Tags: delivery

Tags: collection

Tags: scam

Tags: infection

Tags: Italy

We take a look at a GuLoader campaign which comes bundled with an Italian language fake shipment email.

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