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Pegasus spyware and how it exploited a WebP vulnerability

Malwarebytes

Recent events have demonstrated very clearly just how persistent and wide-spread the Pegasus spyware is. The exploit chain based on these vulnerabilities was capable of compromising devices without any interaction from the victim and were reportedly used by the NSO Group to deliver its infamous Pegasus spyware.

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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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Android “System Update” malware steals photos, videos, GPS location

Malwarebytes

A newly discovered piece of Android malware shares the same capabilities found within many modern stalkerware-type apps—it can swipe images and video, rifle through online searches, record phone calls and video, and peer into GPS location data—but the infrastructure behind the malware obscures its developer’s primary motivations.

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Experts warn of a new malvertising campaign spreading the ChromeLoader

Security Affairs

If applied to a higher-impact threat—such as a credential harvester or spyware—this PowerShell behavior could help malware gain an initial foothold and go undetected before performing more overtly malicious activity, like exfiltrating data from a user’s browser sessions.” ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Q&A: Here’s why Android users must remain vigilant about malicious apps, more so than ever

The Last Watchdog

Just recently, for instance, the search giant removed 50 malicious apps , installed 30 million times, from the official Google Play Store, including fitness, photo-editing, and gaming apps. However, they’re primarily adware delivery vehicles designed to aggressively display ads and install spyware. Currently we have almost 6.5

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What is a keylogger?

Malwarebytes

A blog post published earlier this year posed the question "Is Grammarly a keylogger?" Every time you type a search in a browser, what you type is sent off to the search engine of your choosing (most likely Google). Thus, most such malware is not referred to as a "keylogger," but rather is called "spyware.".

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Mac users using Exodus cryptocurrency wallet targeted by a small spam campaign

Security Affairs

Security researchers at F-Secure have recently uncovered a small spam campaign aimed at delivering spyware to Mac users that use Exodus wallet. ” states the blog post published by F-Secure. Security experts at F-Secure have recently spotted a small spam campaign aimed at Mac users that use Exodus cryptocurrency wallet.