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Tech Giants Lend WhatsApp Support in Spyware Case Against NSO Group

22 Dec, 2020 appeals court, Cisco systems, cyber-surveillance, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, google, Lawsuit, legal, Malware, Microsoft, mobile devices, Mobile Security, NSO Group, Pegasus, Privacy, Security News, Spyware, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, vmware, WhatsApp 0 Comments

Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and others want appeals court to deny immunity to Israeli company for its alleged distribution of spyware and illegal cyber-surveillance activities.

Sextortionist Campaign Targets iOS, Android Users with New Spyware

16 Dec, 2020 Android, Apple, Blackmail, email, google, Goontact, iOS, iPhone, KakaoTalk, Malware, Mobile Security, mobile threats, Privacy, Security News, sextortionist, Spyware, telegram, threat actors 0 Comments

Goontact lures users of illicit sites through Telegram and other secure messaging apps and steals their information for future fraudulent use. New spyware is targeting iOS and Android frequenters of adult mobile sites by posing as a secure messaging application in yet another twist on sextortionist scams. The spyware, dubbed . . . Read more

Rana Android Malware Updates Allow WhatsApp, Telegram IM Snooping

07 Dec, 2020 Android, Android accessibility, Android malware, APT39, Malware, Mobile Security, Rana, Rana Intelligence Computing Co., Security News, skype, Spyware, surviellanceware, telegram, Viber, WhatsApp 0 Comments

The developers behind the Android malware have a new variant that spies on instant messages in WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype and more. Researchers have discovered new samples of a previously discovered Android malware, which is believed to be linked to the APT39 Iranian cyberespionage threat group. The new variant comes with . . . Read more

North Korea-Backed Spy Group Poses as Reporters in Spearphishing Attacks, Feds Warn

28 Oct, 2020 active campaigns, alert, analysis, babyshark, CISA, espionage, Government, Hidden Cobra, Kimsuky, Malware, North Korea, reporters, Security News, South Korea, Spyware, Web Security 0 Comments

The Kimsuky/Hidden Cobra APT is going after the commercial sector, according to CISA. The North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Kimsuky is actively attacking commercial-sector businesses, often by posing as South Korean reporters, according to an alert from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Kimsuky . . . Read more

GravityRAT Comes Back to Earth with Android, macOS Spyware

19 Oct, 2020 Android, Facebook messages, gravity rat, India, Kaspersky, macOS, malicious apps, Malware, Malware analysis, Mobile Security, multiplatform, remote access, Security News, social media, Spyware, travel application, Trojan, Web Security 0 Comments

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Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face

09 Oct, 2020 API, app, Application, breen, Connected Device, data theft, Fitbit, Fitbit Gallery, immersive, IoT, malicious watch face, Malware, Mobile Security, Privacy, privacy controls, Security News, Spyware, Vulnerabilities 0 Comments

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MontysThree APT Takes Unusual Aim at Industrial Targets

08 Oct, 2020 apt, Critical Infrastructure, custom toolset, espionage, industrial targets, Kaspersky, Malware, montysthree, pubic cloud services, sas@home, Security Analyst Summit, Security News, Spyware, steganography 0 Comments

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PoetRAT Resurfaces in Attacks in Azerbaijan Amid Escalating Conflict

07 Oct, 2020 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cisco Talos, conflict, Dostoevsky, email, espionage, Government, macros, malicious documents, Malware, Malware analysis, microsoft word, nation state, PoetRAT, public sector, Security News, spearphishing, Spyware, The Brothers Karamazov, threat actors, war, Web Security 0 Comments

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Tenda Router Zero-Days Emerge in Spyware Botnet Campaign

05 Oct, 2020 360netlab, botnet, CVE-2018-14558, CVE-2020-10987, espionage, IoT, Malware, Mirai Variant, RAT, remote access Trojan, Security News, Spyware, tenda router, ttint, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, zero day 0 Comments

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