Ads, NFTs and other badness: Pour one out for the decline of dumb TVs
Image: Vizio In my particular lounge room sits a relic of a time long gone, a 15-year-old plasma TV that is dumb as a...
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Researchers Expose Mars Stealer Malware Campaign Using Google Ads to Spread
A nascent information stealer called Mars has been observed in campaigns that take advantage of cracked versions of the malware to steal information stored...
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Google Introduces ‘Privacy Sandbox’ for Ads on Android
Google this week announced Privacy Sandbox on Android, a new initiative expected to lead to more private advertising solutions for its mobile users. The...
Google Drops FLoC and Introduces Topics API to Replace Tracking Cookies for Ads
Google on Tuesday announced that it is abandoning its controversial plans for replacing third-party cookies in favor of a new Privacy Sandbox proposal called...
Ad-Blocking Chrome Extension Caught Injecting Ads in Google Search Pages
A new deceptive ad injection campaign has been found leveraging an ad blocker extension for Google Chrome and Opera web browsers to sneakily insert...
New Stealthier ZLoader Variant Spreading Via Fake TeamViewer Download Ads
Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being redirected to malicious links that drop ZLoader malware onto their...
Malicious Ads Target Cryptocurrency Users With Cinobi Banking Trojan
A new social engineering-based malvertising campaign targeting Japan has been found to deliver a malicious application that deploys a banking trojan on compromised Windows...
Google Took Down Luring Ads Posing as Brave Browser – E Hacking News
Malicious advertising has attracted internet visitors to the bogus Brave website. The fraudulent website delivered an ArechClient (SectopRAT) malware variant of the Brave...
Seven-Fold Surge in Dark Web Ads Providing Corporate Network Access – E Hacking News
In the latest study, researchers at Positive Technologies have documented the evolution of hacker-placed ads on the Dark Web from 2020 to early...
This password-stealing Windows malware is distributed via ads in search results
A newly discovered form of malware delivered to victims via adverts in search results is being used as a gateway to stealing passwords, installing...