440 Million Android Users Plagued By Extremely Obnoxious Pop-Ups
The mobile ad plugin, found in hundreds of Google Play apps, uses well-honed techniques from malware development to hide itself.
Mobile Security – Threatpost
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SweetCAPTCHA users complain of advertising pop-ups
/in Computer SecurityWebsite owners are complaining that a free security tool started displaying unwanted advertising pop-ups to their visitors.
The tool is made by SweetCAPTCHA. It requires users to correctly pick out and match images before they’re allowed to do some action on a website. CAPTCHAs are intended to prevent abuse by spammers and automated registrations by web bots.
SweetCAPTCHA was busy Tuesday fielding complaints on Twitter from some who noticed a script that was injecting the pop-up ads. Sucuri, a security company, said the pop-ups promote tech support schemes and bogus dating sites.
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How do you get rid of popups that have gotten around your security on your computer?
/in Computer SecurityThis is Spyware Protect 2009 & is so annoying I could just scream. Thanks for any help.
Android could allow mobile ad or phishing pop-ups – CNET News
/in Security NewsLAS VEGAS–Researchers have discovered what they say is a design flaw in Android that could be used by criminals to steal data via phishing or by advertisers to bring annoying pop-up ads to phones. Developers can create apps that appear to be innocuous but …
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