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Google has removed over 85 popular apps after Trend Micro reported them as adware. The apps which were downloaded over nine million times, in total contained a common strain of adware, as reported by ZDNet. The fraudulent Android apps, disguised as game apps, TV apps, remote control simulator apps, were available under different Google Play Store categories. According […]
Researchers discovered 22 malicious Android apps that uploaded in Google playstore with Sophisticated click fraud functionality affected around 2 million Android users. Some of the malicious apps are unnoticed for a month and year, some of the apps were uploaded in June 2018 and one of the malicious flashlight apps alone downloaded around 1 million […]
Another day, another malware targeting Android users – This time, 22 apps have been removed from the Play Store after security researchers found malware draining user phone’s battery and also downloading files without their consent. These Android apps disguised themselves as legitimate software and in some cases even offered some functionality. The most popular of […]
Lenovo, the Chinese laptop manufacturer company, has reached an agreement with a consumer group that filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for installing adware in its laptops. In 2015, a group of consumers filed a lawsuit against Lenovo after security researchers found that the company’s laptops are pre-installed with “Superfish” adware. According to the […]
Cyber Criminals abusing Bing Search results to delivery dangerous Malware when users try to download Google Chrome via Bing from brand new Windows computer. Attackers deliver the malware using phishing site and it was appearing top of the result once user search as “Download Chrome” and it leads to land the phishing page that exactly […]
Powerful Python based adware called PBot (PythonBot) went beyond the adware limits, it installs and runs malicious hidden miner on the victim’s computer. Two versions of PBot used by Malware authors, the infection starts with injecting a malicious DLL into the browser. The first version injects JS scripts to display ads on web pages. Second version attempt […]
The IT security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an adware written in Python language targeting Windows-based computers. Dubbed PBot (PythonBot) by researchers; the adware not only spams an infected computer with advertisements but also installs cryptocurrency miner and ad extensions in the browser – This means the PBot is much more than a typical adware. Originally, the adware was discovered […]
The IT security researchers at RiskIQ have discovered a unique malware campaign targeting Android devices to steal personal information of the victim and generate revenue. The campaign involves a battery saver Android application called “Advanced Battery Saver” on Google Play Store which surprisingly once installed does exactly what it claims including reducing battery strain, increasing battery life and […]
The IT security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a sophisticated and persistent malware stealing data and monitoring online activities of Windows users particularly Windows 10 and in some cases Windows 7 and Windows 8. Dubbed Zacinlo by researchers; the malware has been active since 2012-2013 but the latest research [PDF] from Bitdefender highlights how it is […]
It is commonly believed that a brand new handset would be free from malware, adware and any malicious software. But, analysts Vojtech Bocek and Nikolaos Chrysaidos at Avast Threat Labs have proven it to be nothing else but a myth. Avast researchers have identified adware malware that has already affected thousands of Android devices users […]
If you’re among the internet users who visit a search engine to open software download sites (basically everyone), you might want to hold your hands before moving further. That’s because any innocent software download advertisement could be hiding malicious apps or adware. Bleeping Computer spotted a fishy Chrome advertisement when using Bing search engine. The […]
Another day, another Android malware – This time the malware spams users with advertisements and web links to generate revenue. The IT security researchers at SophosLabs have discovered a new Android malware in seemingly harmless QR readers apps on Google Play Store. The malware has been developed to flood Android devices with large screen ads to generate […]
The Google Play Store is home to more than 3.5 million apps but at the same time, there are tons of apps that are malicious and infected with adware or some kind of malware targeting users who download them believing that Google is handling their security the same way it does with other platforms. But the […]
Just another day with just another Android malware hosted on Google Play Store targeting unsuspecting users – But this time, the malware is written in Kotlin, a statically-typed programming language. Androidos_Bkotklind.Hrx malware The IT security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an Android malware Androidos_Bkotklind.Hrx on Google Play Store hiding behind a utility app called “Swift Cleaner.” […]
It is just another day for Android users who are yet again under adware attack by malicious apps on Google Play Store. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies have identified a new mobile adware program, dubbed as LightsOut, in at least 22 illegitimate Android flashlight and utility apps on Google Play Store. These apps have now […]
A new adware spotted in Google play contains scripts to overrides the user decision and disable ads outside of legitimate context. It hides icon which makes the detection and removal process difficult. The malware Dubbed LightsOut spotted by checkpoint security researchers and notified to Google, who removed the apps from the play store now.The Malware […]
Today, we at HackRead have discovered a sophisticated malware scam that tricks users into downloading fake Google Chrome browser installer but in reality, the file is infected with malware that installs Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP’s) on Windows devices and connects to certain servers to receive commands from the remote attacker. Hackers using Google Adwords for this scam […]
Security firm Cybereason’s principal security researcher Amit Serper has discovered an invasive OSX.Pirrit adware variant that has been launched to target macOS so that attackers could invade and completely hijack any Mac computer. Already thousands of Mac devices across the globe have been infected with the adware. This campaign is a bit different from regular […]
The maker of a sneaky adware that hijacks a user’s browser to serve ads is back with a new, more advanced version — one that can gain root privileges and spy on the user’s activities. News of the updated adware dropped Tuesday in a lengthy write-up by Amit Serper, principal security researcher at Cybereason. The […]
The quote “where there is pleasure there is pain” is perfectly appropriate for those who visited the pornography giant PornHub since for the past year, the site was hacked and conducting malvertising attacks on the visitors. So if you have been to PornHub, there are chances that your computer might have been hacked since the […]
Days of frustratingly loud autoplay ads are numbered – Google to block autoplay videos that annoyed us every time we visited small or popular websites. Are you also annoyed of the auto playback videos that obliterate our eardrums while we surf the net with their insanely loud sound? Isn’t it truly frustrating when all you […]