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ESET Threat Report: ChatGPT Name Abuses, Lumma Stealer Malware Increases, Android SpinOk SDK Spyware’s Prevalence

Tech Republic Security

ESET's latest report highlights the abuse of the ChatGPT name, the rise of the Lumma Stealer malware and the Android SpinOk SDK spyware.

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Government Employees at High Risk for Mobile Phishing

SecureWorld News

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. Telemetry data from more than 200 million devices and 175 million apps was analyzed to determine which mobile threats agencies most often face.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Mobile attacks. Also read: Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions. Ransomware.

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Most of the attacks on Telecom Sector in 2019 were carried out by China-linked hackers

Security Affairs

According to the CrowdStrike 2020 Global Threat Report, the telecommunications and government sectors were the most targeted by the threat actors. In the sector highlight included in the report, experts mention a strain of malware tracked as MESSAGETAP that was employed by Wicked Panda in its operations.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 277

Security Affairs

gun exchange site on hacking forum Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 Emotet malware employed in fresh COVID19-themed spam campaign PoC exploit code for two Apache Struts 2 flaws available online XCSSET Mac spyware spreads via Xcode Projects. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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We explored the dangers of pirated sport streams so you don’t have to

Webroot

Types of threats we saw on pirated streaming sites. Webroot’s 2021 Threat Report. push users into installing a browser hijacker known as mysearchflow.com, which is blocked as Spyware/Adware by Webroot. Mobile Threats. Bitcoin scams. Links on jackstream.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

The vendor reports show that most attackers want credentials, most malware development is in credential-stealing software, and the market for stolen credentials is booming: Cisco: Found 54% of organizations experienced a cybersecurity incident; and of those incidents, 54% involved phishing and 37% involved credentials stuffing.