Security News

Judy Adware Infects Dozens of Google Play Apps (Security Week)
2017-05-30 14:56

Dozens of Android applications distributed via the Google Play store have exposed up to 36.5 million users to an auto-clicking adware, Check Point security researchers reveal. read more

Google Play Apps Expose Tens of Millions to Adware: Sophos (SecurityWeek)
2017-05-11 14:02

Ewind Android adware is actually a full-fledged Trojan (Help Net Security)
2017-04-12 15:33

Palo Alto Networks researchers have analyzed a string of legitimate-looking Android apps and have discovered that the adware included in them has the potential to do much more than just show ads....

Adware rewrites phone details for legitimate security software on Google search (ZDNet)
2017-03-28 11:03

Adware Apps Booted from Google Play (Threatpost)
2017-03-24 13:37

More than a dozen apps removed from Google Play store after it was determined they were overly aggressive adware.

Sneaky adware exploits Android users with precision targeting (ZDNet)
2017-03-09 16:25

Millions of iOS Users Install Adware From Third-Party App Store (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-13 10:49

Android Trojanized Adware 'Shedun' Infections Surge (InfoRiskToday)
2016-07-08 13:29

Author of potentially malicious OS X Pirrit adware discovered (Help Net Security)
2016-07-07 13:15

An unnamed web developer working for Israeli marketing and advertising company TargetingEdge is the creator of the Pirrit adware targeting Mac machines, Cybereason security researcher Amit Serper...

Researchers Tie Pirrit Adware to Israeli Marketing Company (Threatpost)
2016-07-06 19:10

Researchers have linked a variant of the Pirrit adware for Mac OS X to an Israeli online marketing company called TargetingEdge that is still in stealth mode.