Tag: Adblockers
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ClickFix to CrashFix: KongTuke Used Fake Chrome Ad Blocker to Install ModeloRAT
Ad blockers are meant to keep us safe, but a recent discovery by threat-hunting firm Huntress shows just how easily those tools can be …
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Threat Actors Use Pirated Games to Bypass Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and Adblockers
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign where threat actors leverage pirated game downloads to distribute …
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Ad-blocker Chrome extension AllBlock injected ads in Google searches
Google has maintained that it takes the security of Chrome extensions very seriously and regularly vets them to prevent exploitation. …
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Adblocker promises to blocks ads, injects them instead
Researchers at Imperva uncovered a new ad injection campaign based on an adblocker named AllBlock. The AllBlock extension was available at …
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Stealthy Android Malware Disguised as an Adblocker and Run in Background By Requesting Fake VPN Connection
Researchers observed a stealthy Android malware poses as ad blocker serves full-screen ads while opening the browsers, in the notification …
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Malicious Ad Blockers for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme
Google has removed two malicious ad blockers from its Chrome Web Store after a researcher discovered they were carrying out ad fraud and …
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Firefox to include tracker blocking report feature
Mozilla has introduced a lot of tracker blocking protections into Firefox lately. Now, it is planning a new feature that will let you see …
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Why Your Ad Blocker Doesn’t Block Those ‘Please Turn Off Your Ad Blocker’ Popups
“We noticed you’re using an ad blocker.” If you use a plugin that blocks online ads in your browser, you’re probably familiar with …
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Firefox isn’t adding ads, it’s ‘sponsored content’
You know that whole “nothing is free” thing about online content? About how the big internet companies may look like they’re giving …
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