Schneier on Security

JANUARY 22, 2018

The EFF and Lookout are reporting on a new piece of spyware operating out of Lebanon. It primarily targets mobile devices compromised by fake secure messaging clients like Signal and WhatsApp. The campaigns span across 21+ countries and thousands of victims.

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Malware Spyware Manufacturing Mobile 180

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Pandemic theme in mobile threats. The mobile malware Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Agent.aq The year in figures. Trends of the year.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In July, Citizen Lab collected evidence of attacks against 175 targets worldwide carried on with the NSO spyware. YEAR(S) IN WHICH SPYWARE INFECTION WAS ATTEMPTED. In August, an Amnesty International report confirmed that its experts identified a second human rights activist, in Saudi Arabia, who was targeted with the powerful spyware.

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Surveillance Spyware Software Advertising 111

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

The hacker attempted to compromise the mobile device of a staff member in early June by sending him a WhatsApp message about a protest in front of the Saudi Embassy in Washington. ” Citizen Lab collected evidence of attacks against 175 targets worldwide carried on with the NSO spyware. .” com , pine-sales[.]com

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Surveillance Malware Spyware Mobile 67

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A Short Message Service Center (SMSC) is a network element in the mobile telephone network. ” The APT41 has been active since at least 2012, it was involved in both state-sponsored espionage campaigns and financially-motivated attacks since 2014. . ” reads the analysis published by FireEye.

Telecommunications 75

Telecommunications Malware Advertising Mobile 75

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors. But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022. What we predicted in 2022.

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Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 129

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

This capability is particularly useful for devices or networks with frequently changing IP addresses, such as home networks, small businesses, or mobile devices. It’s also been used in numerous high-profile incidents, such as the 2012 attack on Miss Teen USA.

DNS 69

DNS Malware Social Engineering Phishing 69