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Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading

Security Affairs

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. According to the experts, the operation is in a consolidation stage, first samples date back to November 2018, with a massive spike in December and January.

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MY TAKE: 3 privacy and security habits each individual has a responsibility to embrace

The Last Watchdog

Worldwide spending on information security products and services rose to $114 billion in 2018, up from $102 billion in 2017, an increase of 12.4 Here are three fundaments to get you, and others over whom you have influence, on the right path: Use antivirus. Apps from other sources can carry malware or spyware.

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Evilnum Group targets European and British fintech companies

Security Affairs

Evilnum threat actor was first spotted in 2018 while using the homonym malware. The JS script would also act as a dropper for additional payloads, including a C# spyware, Golden Chickens components, and Python-based applications. Threat actors used a dedicated C2 server for each component that is installed via manual commands.

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MY TAKE: Android users beware: Google says ‘potentially harmful apps’ on the rise

The Last Watchdog

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 221 – News of the week

Security Affairs

ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. Sodin Ransomware includes exploit for Windows CVE-2018-8453 bug. Singapore Government will run its third bug bounty program. A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency.

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Zero-Day Exploits in Social Media – The rise of unpatched vulnerabilities on platforms like WhatsApp

Hacker's King

A zero-day exploit is a type of cyberattack that takes advantage of a security weakness in software that the developer or antivirus programs don’t know about yet. A related threat is zero-day malware , which is a virus that antivirus software can’t detect yet because it doesn’t have the necessary signatures to block it.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ). Individuals who generate that many installation packages are obviously not worried about antivirus software.

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