Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Security experts at Google have removed from Google Play 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “the Joker.” ” Google has removed from Google Play 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “the Joker.” continues the expert. ” states the analysis.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

Its spyware is also said to be equipped with a keylogger, which means every keystroke made on an infected device — including passwords, search queries and messages sent via encrypted messaging apps — can be tracked and monitored.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. On this day, XLoader was advertised for sale in one of the underground groups.”

Spyware 107

Spyware Malware Cybercrime Advertising 107

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2020

Security experts discovered a highly sophisticated Android spyware platform, dubbed Mandrake, that remained undetected for four years. Researchers from Bitdefender discovered a high-sophisticated Android spyware platform dubbed Mandrake, it was involved in highly targeted attacks against specific devices. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

A credential-stealing Windows-based malware, Spyware.FFDroider , is after social media credentials and cookies, according to researchers at ThreatLabz. The spyware is offered on download sites pretending to be installers for freeware and cracked versions of paid software. The version analyzed by the researchers was packed with Aspack.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

A newly discovered piece of Android malware shares the same capabilities found within many modern stalkerware-type apps—it can swipe images and video, rifle through online searches, record phone calls and video, and peer into GPS location data—but the infrastructure behind the malware obscures its developer’s primary motivations.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Researchers spotted new variants of the Windows GravityRAT spyware that now can also infect Android and macOS devices. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have spotted new variants of the GravityRAT malware that now can be also used to infect Android and macOS devices. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malware Computers and Electronics Spyware Advertising 126

Dark Reading

APRIL 11, 2023

Malware-as-a-service hackers from Spain decided to use a public code repository to openly advertise their wares.

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Spyware Advertising Malware 98

Identity IQ

APRIL 29, 2021

What is Malware? . Malware is an umbrella term used to describe any malicious software designed to harm, exploit, or extract sensitive data from a system, device, or network. Why do Cybercriminals Use Malware? How does Malware Spread? Types of Malware. Warning Signs Cour computer Is Infected by Malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The infamous Joker malware has found a way to bypass the security checks to be published in the official Play Store, new clicker was found by experts. The spyware is able to steal SMS messages, contact lists, and device information and to sign victims up for premium service subscriptions. wpaper com. vailsmsplus.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The Earth Empusa threat group is distributing new Android spyware, dubbed ActionSpy, through watering hole attacks to targets Turkic minority group. ActionSpy, which may have been around since 2017, is an Android spyware that allows the attacker to collect information from the compromised devices,” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Spyware Advertising Encryption Phishing 74

Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

Malware researchers from Kaspersky have discovered new and improved versions of the infamous FinFisher spyware used to infect both Android and iOS devices. Experts at Kaspersky have discovered a new improved variant of the FinFisher spyware used to spy on both iOS and Android users in 20 countries. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spyware Mobile Advertising Architecture 110

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2019

Allegedly Western nation-state actors breached the systems of Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware. According to the Reuters, Western state-sponsored hackers breached the systems of the Russian tech giant Yandex in 2018, the attack involved a new variant of the Regin malware.

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Spyware Malware Advertising Authentication 89

Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2020

Google revealed it successfully removed more than 1,700 apps from the Play Store over the past three years that had been infected with the Joker malware. Google provided technical details of its activity against the Joker malware (aka Bread) operation during the last few years.

Malware 95

Malware Spyware Advertising Mobile 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

Security researchers have found a new government spyware, tracked as Exodus, that was distributed through the Google Play Store. The malware was tracked as Exodus, after the name of the command and control servers the malicious apps connected to.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2019

Intezer spotted a new piece of Linux malware dubbed EvilGnome because it disguises as a Gnome extension. The researchers attribute the spyware to the Russia-linked and Gamaredon Group. The attack starts with spear-phishing emails containing weaponized attachments, the malware is distributed via Russian hosting providers.

Spyware 95

Spyware Malware Advertising Cyber Attacks 95

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2020

Shlayer Mac malware is back, the Mac threat is now spreading through new black SEO operations. Researchers spotted a new version of the Shlayer Mac malware that is spreading via poisoned Google search results. The malware can be used to download other malicious payloads, including malware or adware. up to 10.14.3.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The TA886 hacking group targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new spyware tracked as Screenshotter. A recently discovered threat actor, tracked as TA886 by security firm Proofpoint, is targeting organizations in the United States and Germany with new malware dubbed Screenshotter.

Malware 96

Malware Phishing Spyware Cybercrime 96

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) -themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. states the analysis published by FireEye.

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Malware Scams Social Engineering Phishing 138

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky was recently spotted using a new piece of malware in attacks on government agencies and human rights activists. The new malware appears to have been developed recently, but threat actors might have used Backdating, or timestomping to thwart analysis attempts (anti-forensics).

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Malware Spyware Advertising Government 121

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Lookout discovered a new mobile spyware dubbed Monokle that was developed by a Russian defense contractor. Experts at Lookout discovered a new Android mobile spyware in the wild, dubbed Monokle, that was developed by a Russian defense contractor named Special Technology Centre Ltd. ( Pierluigi Paganini.

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Spyware Surveillance Mobile Advertising 85

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Apple created post-quantum cryptographic protocol PQ3 for iMessage Russian hacker is set to face trial for the hack of a local power grid Microsoft released red teaming tool PyRIT for Generative AI CISA orders federal agencies to fix ConnectWise ScreenConnect bug in a week FTC charged Avast with selling users’ browsing data to advertising companies (..)

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Spyware Cyber Insurance Hacking Advertising 113

Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

The popular malware researcher Lukas Stefanko from ESET discovered that a malicious spyware, built on the AhMyth open-source espionage tool, was uploaded on Google Play twice over two weeks, bypassing Google security checks. “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Spyware Advertising Malware Mobile 85

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

Check Point research discovered that the Joker (aka Bread) Android malware once again has bypassed protections implemented by Google for its Play Store. “Check Point’s researchers recently discovered a new variant of the Joker Dropper and Premium Dialer spyware in Google Play. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malware Spyware Mobile Advertising 94

Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Researchers spotted a new Android banking trojan dubbed BlackRock malware that steals credentials and credit card data from hundreds of apps. The BlackRock malware borrows the code from the Xerxes banking malware, which is a strain of the popular LokiBot Android trojan.

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Malware Banking Mobile Spyware 106

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Malware Banking Healthcare Penetration Testing 85

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq Last year was notable for both malware and adware, the two very close in terms of capabilities.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 139

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

As users have increasingly moved from desktop operating systems to mobile devices as their primary form of computing, cyber attackers have taken notice and malware has followed. Mobile malware statistics. More than 3 million of those attacks represented new types of malware. Types of mobile malware. ransomware?

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

The move aims at fighting the advertising of any form of surveillance. “In August 2020, the Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy will be updated to clarify restrictions on advertising for spyware and surveillance technology.”reads Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – scranos malware, malware).

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Spyware Adware Malware Accountability 82

SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

A new study from Uptycs has uncovered an increase in the distribution of information stealing malware. Newly discovered stealer families include modules that specifically steal logs from MFA applications, like the Rhadamanthys malware. Examining the dark web reveals that infostealer malware has become increasingly widespread.

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Malware Social Engineering Passwords Spyware 66

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

Agent Tesla is a spyware that is used to spy on the victims by collecting keystrokes, system clipboard, screenshots, and credentials from the infected system. To do this, the spyware creates different threads and timer functions in the main function. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Passwords Spyware VPN Malware 140

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Researchers from Kaspersky discovered several Telegram mods on the Google Play Store that contained spyware, the campaign was tracked as Evil Telegram. The vendor advertised the applications are the fastest apps that use a distributed network of data processing centers around the world. . ” concludes the analysis.

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Spyware Advertising Encryption Hacking 128

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A China-linked threat actor used UEFI malware based on code from Hacking Team in attacks aimed at organizations with an interest in North Korea. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a UEFI malware that was involved in attacks on organizations with an interest in North Korea. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, UEFI).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

And earlier this year, three popular “ selfie beauty apps ”– Pro Selfie Beauty Camera, Selfie Beauty Camera Pro and Pretty Beauty Camera 2019 – accessible in Google Play Store were revealed to actually be tools to spread adware and spyware. Adware are unwanted ads that redirect you to sketchy webpages, and spyware collects your data.

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Adware Spyware Mobile Banking 176

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. The binaries are obfuscated and do some checks to detect if the spyware is running in a Virtual Machine. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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