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Watch out! Android Flubot spyware is spreading fast

Malwarebytes

This time it seems to be very active, especially in the UK where Android users are being targeted by text messages containing a link to a particularly nasty piece of spyware called Flubot. The tracking app is in fact spyware that steals passwords and other sensitive data. Warning from the National Cyber Security Centre.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 496 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

Security Affairs

Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic , it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages. They are followed by banking Trojans , whose share in the total amount of malicious attachments showed growth for the first time in a while. Secure web- phishing.

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Spam and phishing in Q1 2021

SecureList

Banking phishing: new version of an old scheme. In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. Clients of several Dutch banks faced a phishing attack using QR codes. The fraudsters invited the victim to scan a QR code in an email, ostensibly to unblock mobile banking.

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European Bank Customers Targeted in SpyNote Android Trojan Campaign

The Hacker News

Various European customers of different banks are being targeted by an Android banking trojan called SpyNote as part of an aggressive campaign detected in June and July 2023.

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SpyNote: Beware of This Android Trojan that Records Audio and Phone Calls

The Hacker News

The Android banking trojan known as SpyNote has been dissected to reveal its diverse information-gathering features. Typically spread via SMS phishing campaigns, attack chains involving the spyware trick potential victims into installing the app by clicking on the embedded link, according to F-Secure.

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Spam and phishing in Q2 2021

SecureList

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. However, attempts to claim the promised handout only led to monetary loss or compromised bank card details. Parcel scam: buy one, get none.

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