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Kamran Spyware Targets Gilgit Baltistan Users Through Hunza News

Hackology

The emergence of Kamran spyware, targeting users of a regional news website, has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts. Distributed through a possible watering-hole attack on the Hunza News website , the spyware prompts users to grant permissions, allowing access to sensitive data.

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New Shlayer Mac malware spreads via poisoned search engine results

Security Affairs

. “The new malware tricks victims into bypassing Appleā€™s built-in macOS security protections, and it uses sneaky tactics in an effort to evade antivirus detection.” “As of Friday, the new malware installer and its payload had a 0/60 detection rate among all antivirus engines on VirusTotal.” up to 10.14.3.

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Scranos ā€“ A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading

Security Affairs

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 -->. The report also includes the IoCs for this last campaign.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 261

Security Affairs

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Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Security Affairs

A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software. On September 11, 2014, Kaspersky antivirus detected the Win32.GrayFish.gen Equestre.*ā€.

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A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware appeared in the wild

Security Affairs

A new sophisticated version of the AZORult Spyware was spotted in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18. Malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new version of the AZORult Spyware in the wild, it was involved in a large email campaign on July 18, just 24 hours it appeared in cybercrime forums on the Dark Web.

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Spearphishing attacks hit the oil and gas industry sector

Security Affairs

To do this, the spyware creates different threads and timer functions in the main function. This info-stealer is also able to kill processes associated with malware analysis related processes and antivirus solutions. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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