Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, tech publication TechCrunch discovered that TheTruthSpy and other spyware apps share a common Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability, CVE-2022-0732. The publications described the bug as “extremely easy to exploit, and grants unfettered remote access to all of the data collected from a victim’s Android device.”

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Spyware Data collection Malware Hacking 123

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Data collected by the Internet Storm Center dug into “Survival Time History”, which is “calculated as the average time between reports for an average target IP address. The pop up blocker in particular was a big help with the proliferation of adware and spyware plugging into advertising networks.

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Internet Internet Adware Spyware 69

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If the movie lover entered their bank card details on the fake site, they risked paying more than the displayed amount for content that did not exist and sharing their card details with the scammers. Soccer fans chasing merchandise risked compromising their bank cards or just losing some money.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 101

SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

Not unlike malware, stalkerware apps are much less frequent on iPhones than on Android devices due to the proprietary and closed nature of iOS. To calculate the statistics, data from the consumer line of Kaspersky’s mobile security solutions was reviewed according to the Coalition Against Stalkerware detection criteria.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The rise of destructive attacks In December of last year, shortly after we released our predictions for 2023, Russian government agencies were reported to have been targeted by a data wiper called CryWiper. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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