Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Security experts have detected and analyzed some of the tools in its arsenals, such as the popular Pegasus spyware (for iOS) and Chrysaor (for Android). In September 2018, a report published by Citizen Lab revealed that the NSO Pegasus spyware was used against targets across 45 countries worldwide. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Kaspersky experts found a similar sample on Google Play, it implements high levels of encryption, furthermore, the malicious code was able to download and execute additional malicious payloads that would be suitable to the specific device environment (i.e Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Once the GuLoader malware has downloaded an encrypted file from [link] it will decrypt it and inject the malware into the legitimate Windows wininit.exe process. The final payload is the FormBook information-stealing Trojan, a malware that was first spotted by researchers at FireEye in October 2017. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in plaintext DB. WhatsApp flaw CVE-2019-11931 could be exploited to install spyware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Asruex first appeared in the threat landscape 2015, researchers linked it to the spyware used by the DarkHotel APT group. “This Asruex variant compresses and encrypts the original executable file or host file and appends it as its. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

App tainted with Ahmyst Open-source spyware appeared on Google Play Store twice. million to allow towns to access encrypted data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Texas attackers demand $2.5

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

Hash 32951a56e3fcd8f5b006c0b64ec694ddf722eba71e2093f7ee90f57856941f3d Threat Hawkey Spyware Brief Description Hawkey Spyware inside a Visual Basic Packer Ssdeep 12288:GVwYvwrMkE9LfRUXkpW7zGidwY/rwxOp8mH:COrI9zRUJfGCfzw0. Table 1: Information about the PE file inside the ISO image. It is the encrypted final payload.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 2016, researchers from non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried by the Stealth Falcon. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The Sweden government is going to authorize the use of spyware on suspects’ devices to spy on their communications and track them. “ The police are given the opportunity to read encrypted communications. From March next year, it will be legal to intercept encrypted calls in mobiles, computers and video calls.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In May, Facebook has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568 , that has been exploited to remotely install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device. Today @WhatsApp is taking a stand against the dangerous use of spyware. This abuse must be stopped. ” reads the lawsuit.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

According to the draft law, the country’s intelligence agencies are allowed to, under specific circumstances, to intercept encrypted traffic to and from publishing companies, radio and television broadcasters, and freelance journalists. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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