Results for 'kovter'

News | Threats

Untangling Kovter’s persistence methods

July 14, 2016 - Kovter is a click-fraud malware famous from the unconventional tricks used for persistence. It hides malicious modules in PowerShell scripts as...

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Major malvertising campaign spreads Kovter Ad Fraud malware

January 8, 2015 - Last year was a busy year for malvertising with top rank ad networks such as Google’s DoubleClick caught in large scale attacks, and...

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EXPLOIT KITS

Sweet Orange

Short bio Sweet Orange is a type of exploit kit, or in other words, malicious code found on compromised websites with the...

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EXPLOIT KITS

Fiesta

Short bio Fiesta is an exploit kit that checks the user’s browser and the versions of the plugins he is using....

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PUPs

Ad fraud

Short bio Advertising (ad) fraud, also called click fraud or click spam, is a practice by bad actors, specifically dubious advertising networks,...

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News

Malwarebytes helps take down massive ad fraud botnets

November 28, 2018 - On November 27, the US Department of Justice announced the indictment of eight individuals involved in a major ad fraud case...

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Fileless malware: getting the lowdown on this insidious threat

August 29, 2018 - Traditionally, malware attacks as we have always known them are files written to disk in one form or another that require...

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