Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Vietnam-linked APT32 group targeted Vietnamese human rights defenders (HRDs) between February 2018 and November 2020. The threat actors used by spyware to take over the target systems, spy on the victims, and exfiltrate data. The link points to files containing spyware that could infect both Mac OS or Windows systems.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In short, in 2020, cyberthreats evolved. Today, we are showing readers just what that evolution looked like, in our State of Malware 2021 report. This report provides our most comprehensive analysis of last year’s malware trends, with breakdowns by malware category, malware type, operating system, region, industry, and more.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

Researchers at Amnesty International collected evidence that a Moroccan journalist was targeted with network injection attacks using NSO Group ‘s spyware. The post Moroccan journalist targeted with network injection attacks using NSO Group ‘s spyware appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2024

A new version of the Mandrake Android spyware has been found in five apps on Google Play, which have been downloaded over 32,000 times since 2022. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a new version of the Mandrake Android spyware in five app on Google Play, totaling over 32,000 downloads between 2022 and 2024.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed a sophisticated spyware activity involving ISPs (internet service providers) aiding in downloading powerful commercial spyware onto users’ mobile devices. The spyware, dubbed Hermit, is reported to have government clients much like Pegasus.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2024

Researchers warn of a renewed cyber espionage campaign targeting users in South Asia with the Apple iOS spyware LightSpy Blackberry researchers discovered a renewed cyber espionage campaign targeting South Asia with an Apple iOS spyware called LightSpy. 217:52202, which also hosts an administrator panel accessible on port 3458.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Singapore, 09/18/2020 — Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, evidenced the transformation of the threat portfolio over the first half of 2020. Another 17 percent contained downloaders, while backdoors and banking Trojans came third with a 16- and 15-percent shares, respectively.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The Earth Empusa threat group is distributing new Android spyware, dubbed ActionSpy, through watering hole attacks to targets Turkic minority group. Attackers injected the malicious code to deploy the spyware in websites, some of them were actually fake. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. Thus, a “Malware-as-a-Service” scheme is used. ” continues the report.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 25, 2021

Pegasus spyware and NSO Group are back in the news because of a data leak of 50,000 phone numbers, another “hacker” was arrested for the great Twitter hack of 2020, and how a 16 year old printer vulnerability is affecting millions of HP, Samsung, and Xerox printers. ** Links mentioned on the show ** New […].

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SecureList

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In June 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts identified malware whose loader has some similarities to the Manuscrypt malware, which is part of the Lazarus APT group’s arsenal. In 2020, the group used Manuscrypt in attacks on defense enterprises in different countries. We dubbed the newly-identified malware PseudoManuscrypt.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2023

The malware distributed by the nation-state actors is Android BadBazaar , which has been previously employed in attacks aimed at Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic minorities. The campaigns observed by the researchers are likely active since July 2020 and since July 2022, respectively. org) and a Telegram alternative app (flygram[.]org).”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

Citizen Lab uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. Researchers from Citizen Lab spotted a zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on Bahraini activists’ devices.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A Togolese human rights advocate was hit by mobile spyware that has been allegedly developed by an Indian firm called Innefu Labs. Experts believe the attackers used a spyware developed by an Indian company called Innefu Labs. In the past, the Donot Team spyware was found in attacks outside of South Asia. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2021

The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. The spyware is able to steal SMS messages, contact lists, and device information and to sign victims up for premium service subscriptions. ” states a post published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

China-linked group APT41 was spotted using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg China-linked APT group APT41 has been observed using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg. Upon installing the two spyware, they request extensive device permissions.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2021

This downward trend was not observed in the second half of 2020. Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by half-year, 2017 – 2020 ( download ). In H2 2020, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in relation to H1 in 62% of countries. Northern Europe.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Group-IB’s CERT-GIB analyzed hundreds of coronavirus -related phishing emails and discovered top malware strains in COVID-19 campaigns. Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team ( CERT-GIB ) analyzed hundreds of coronavirus-related phishing emails between February 13 and April 1, 2020. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on Apple iPhones used by journalists, activists, government officials and business executives is becoming a global controversy for NSO, Apple and a number of governments at the center of the scandal. Spyware is Evolving. Apple Under Fire.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 11, 2020

The RAT is surging in 2020, becoming more prevalent than even the infamous TrickBot or Emotet malware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) -themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. Experts at MalwareHunterTeam uncovered a new malspam campaign exploiting the fear in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to deliver malware. Payload: Formbook (thx @James_inthe_box ).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. ” reads the announcement published by Apple.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Researchers spotted a new Android banking trojan dubbed BlackRock malware that steals credentials and credit card data from hundreds of apps. The BlackRock malware borrows the code from the Xerxes banking malware, which is a strain of the popular LokiBot Android trojan. Coinbase, BitPay, and Coinbase), and banks (i.e.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries resulted in the takedown of the FluBot Android malware. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries led to the takedown of the infamous FluBot Android malware. ” reads the announcement published by Europol.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2020

Elon Musk confirmed that Russian hackers attempted to recruit an employee to install malware into the network of electric car maker Tesla. Recently US authorities arrested the Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27) after attempting to recruit an employee at a targeted company to plant a piece of malware. He was arrested on Aug.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 28, 2022

After a pandemic lull in 2020, malware aimed at individuals and organizations surged in 2021, according to a report released last week by cybersecurity software maker Malwarebytes. increase, and 1,106 detections of spyware apps, a 4.2% To read this article in full, please click here

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

We also found Cobalt Strike beacons and several traces tying this actor to the ShadowPad malware and UNC2643 activity, which is in turn associated with the HAFNIUM threat actor. Epeius is a commercial spyware tool developed by an Italian company that claims to provide intelligence solutions to law enforcement agencies and governments.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

Check Point research discovered that the Joker (aka Bread) Android malware once again has bypassed protections implemented by Google for its Play Store. “Check Point’s researchers recently discovered a new variant of the Joker Dropper and Premium Dialer spyware in Google Play. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Iranian authorities have been spotted using the BouldSpy Android malware to spy on minorities and traffickers. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab have discovered a new Android surveillance spyware, dubbed BouldSpy, that was used by the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA). continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

The tech giant announced that the update will be effective starting from August 11, 2020. “In August 2020, the Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy will be updated to clarify restrictions on advertising for spyware and surveillance technology.”reads ”reads the post published by Google.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

As users have increasingly moved from desktop operating systems to mobile devices as their primary form of computing, cyber attackers have taken notice and malware has followed. Mobile malware statistics. More than 3 million of those attacks represented new types of malware. Types of mobile malware. ransomware?

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Threatpost

AUGUST 5, 2020

The groups, all tied to the Winnti supply-chain specialist gang, were seen using the same Linux rootkit and backdoor combo.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, January – June 2020, 2021, and 2022. Among global regions, Africa ranked highest based on the percentage of ICS computers on which malware was blocked when removable media was connected. Diversity of malware. since 2020. Ransomware.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

ThreatFabric released a report detailing advancements in the LightSpy implant, an iOS spyware first identified in 2020, which has evolved into a more complex and damaging tool.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 16, 2022

2021 saw a massive surge in detections of malware, adware, and Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). Detections of malware on Windows business machines were 143% higher in 2021 than in 2020, and 65% higher on consumer machines. Windows malware detection totals 2019-2021.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

higher than that for H2 2020. Regions ranked by percentage of ICS comuters on which malware was blocked when removable media was connected in H1 2021 ( download ). Fifteen countries and territories with the largest percentage of ICS computers on which malware was blocked when removable media was connected in H1 2021 ( download ).

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