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Russia points finger at US for iPhone exploit campaign that also hit Kaspersky Lab

CSO Magazine

In a separate report, Russian antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab said that several dozen of its senior employees and upper management were targeted as part of the operation, although unlike the FSB, the company did not attribute the attack to any specific state.

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Stalkerware-type detections hit record high in 2021, but fell in second half

Malwarebytes

This decrease in stalkerware-type activity never reached the lower levels in 2019 that Malwarebytes recorded before the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, which was recognized in 2020 and which spread quickly across the globe beginning in the months of February, March, and April. This represents a 4.2 What’s at play here?

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New Shlayer Mac malware spreads via poisoned search engine results

Security Affairs

. “The new malware tricks victims into bypassing Apple’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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Joker malware infected 538,000 Huawei Android devices

Security Affairs

The fight to the Joker malware (aka Bread) begun in September 2019 when security experts at Google removed from the official Play Store 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “ the Joker. ”. Experts from antivirus firm Doctor Web discovered ten apps in AppGallery that were containing the malicious code.

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MY TAKE: Android users beware: Google says ‘potentially harmful apps’ on the rise

The Last Watchdog

However, the three apps in question — Pro Selfie Beauty Camera, Selfie Beauty Camera Pro, and Pretty Beauty Camera 2019 — were really tools to spread adware and spyware. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. And the handful of positive reviews were most likely faked. Talk more soon.

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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. ” continues the analysis. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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New Android BlackRock malware targets hundreds of apps

Security Affairs

The source code of the Xerxes malware was leaked online around May 2019. ” The malicious code supports multiple commands, it could launch overlay attacks, log keystrokes, send spam the victims’ contact lists with SMS messages, and prevent victims from using antivirus software.

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