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CISA adds bugs exploited by commercial surveillance spyware to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Sextortion campaign uses Goontact spyware to target Android and iOS users

Security Affairs

Security experts spotted a new malware strain, named Goontact, that allows its operators to spy on both Android and iOS users. Security researchers from Lookout have discovered new spyware, dubbed Goontcat, that could target both Android and iOS users. The spyware is likely used as part of a sextortion campaign.

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The phone monitoring app LetMeSpy disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

As a result of the attack, the criminals gained access to e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and the content of messages collected on accounts,” reads a statement published by the company. Customers can use the app by paying a monthly subscription of $6 for a standard license or $12 for a Pro license. “As ” reported TechCrunch.

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PhantomLance, a four-year-long cyberespionage spying campaign

Security Affairs

The PhantomLance malware implements classic spyware functionalities, it could exfiltrate user data, phone call logs, SMS messages, contacts, and GPS data. For most of malware deployment, the threat actors built a fake developer profile by creating a Github account that contains only a fake end-user license agreement (EULA).

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Cyber Security Roundup for May 2021

Security Boulevard

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Anti-Debugging Techniques from a Complex Visual Basic Packer

Security Affairs

It has been in continuous development at least since 2013 and the malware authors behind Hawkeye have improved the malware service adding new capabilities and techniques. Table 1: Information about the PE file inside the ISO image. Table 2: Static information about the final payload.

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