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Hermit spyware is deployed with the help of a victim’s ISP

Malwarebytes

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed a sophisticated spyware activity involving ISPs (internet service providers) aiding in downloading powerful commercial spyware onto users’ mobile devices. The spyware, dubbed Hermit, is reported to have government clients much like Pegasus.

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Account Takeover: What is it and How to Prevent It?

Identity IQ

It’s one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats today, growing a staggering 300% since 2019 and leading to consumer losses of $3.5 Social Engineering: Cybercriminals are increasingly using sophisticated social engineering tools to trick people into revealing their login credentials.

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Operation Falcon: Group-IB helps INTERPOL identify Nigerian BEC ring members

Security Affairs

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a type of email phishing attack that relies on social engineering. Group-IB has been tracking the gang since 2019 and established that around 500,000 government and private sector companies could have been compromised by TMT gang members. 1 Courtesy of INTERPOL.

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IRISSCON 2022 roundup: a new hope

BH Consulting

He argued that security works when it costs €100,000 for spyware to hack into a politician’s iPhone. Sharon Conheady’s entertaining talk explored the ethical side of social engineering. Using humour to deliver a serious message, she said social engineering tests done badly can foster a “toxic” security culture.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. Number of attacks on mobile users in 2019 and 2020 ( download ). Whereas it was 12.85% in 2019, it reached 14.62% in 2020.

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Malvertising campaign on PornHub and other top adult brands exposes users to tech support scams

Malwarebytes

The scammers created those fake identities to redirect traffic away from the adult platforms onto pages showing bogus alerts claiming users were infected with pornographic spyware. Back in June 2019, we had identified an ad campaign targeting recipe keywords. com which belongs to a legitimate business. com (3) recipesonline365[.]com/?aclid=[removed]

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APT trends report Q3 2022

SecureList

In 2019, SoleDragon was also deployed through Skype. In June, we identified a previously unknown Android spyware app that targets Persian-speaking individuals. The spyware itself collects various data from the victims’ devices, such as call logs or lists of contacts. í religion that are banned in Iran. Final thoughts.

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