Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Leaked documents show the surveillance firm Intellexa offering exploits for iOS and Android devices for $8 Million. Intellexa is an Israeli surveillance firm founded by Israeli entrepreneur Tal Dilian, it offers surveillance and hacking solution to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel surveillance program that's suspected to be used by Chinese police departments as a lawful intercept tool to gather a wide range of information from mobile devices.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Iran-linked APT group Domestic Kitten, also tracked as APT-C-50, has been conducting widespread surveillance targeting over 1,000 individuals. Both groups have conducted long-running cyber-attacks and intrusive surveillance campaigns, which target both individuals’ mobile devices and personal computers.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. FinSpy can spy on most popular desktop and mobile operating systems, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Chinese law enforcement uses the mobile surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy to gather data from Android devices, as detailed by Lookout. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab discovered a surveillance tool, dubbed EagleMsgSpy, used by Chinese law enforcement to spy on mobile devices. The IP address 202.107.80[.]34

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Threatpost

MARCH 26, 2020

The malware, the work of a new APT called TwoSail Junk, allows deep surveillance and total control over iOS devices.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Researchers reported that the top-of-the-line Android mobile devices sold in China are shipped with malware. The smartphones analyzed by the r researchers were observed sending data to the device vendor and the Chinese mobile network operators (e.g., EU) Android OS distributions from the same OS developers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

According to an anonymous Belarusian security researcher the app was designed for surveillance purposes, it collects info on the device owner and geolocation data, then periodically sends the data back to a remote server. The post Is the Belarusian government behind the surveillance Android app banned by Google? site (89.223.89[.]47).”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

In the last weeks, a new Android surveillance malware dubbed Exodus made the headlines, now expert found the iOS version of the government spyware. Security experts at LookOut have discovered an iOS version of the dreaded surveillance Android app Exodus that was initially found on the official Google Play Store.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 13, 2022

Especially, the Pegasus software surveillance revelations have left many in the mobile world baffled. Duo Mobile Application- This is a free to download an application that is available on Appstore and Playstore. The post These five apps can wipe off all your Mobile Security worries appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2019

Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm NSO and fears its staff may be targeted by the company with its Pegasus spyware. The name NSO Group made the headlines last week after the disclosure of the WhatsApp flaw exploited by the company to remotely install its surveillance software.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Lookout researchers discovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the ethnic minority Uyghurs. Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout uncovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the Uyghurs minority. Bazar is a lesser known spelling of Bazaar.” List of installed packages.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

The malware was tracked as Exodus, after the name of the command and control servers the malicious apps connected to. The malware was undetected for months, and unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that malicious codes are hosted on the Google Play store without being detected. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. ” concludes Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have provided details about two recently discovered Android spyware families, dubbed Hornbill and SunBird, used by an APT group named Confucius. Since 2018, the hackers started targeting mobile users with an Android surveillance malware ChatSpy. ” concludes the report.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A new wave of a mobile surveillance campaign has been observed targeting the Uyghur community as part of a long-standing spyware operation active since at least 2015, cybersecurity researchers disclosed Thursday.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

According to a report published by Reuters, an Israeli surveillance software was used to spy on senior officials in the European Commission. ” NSO sent a statement to Reuters to exclude the involvement of its surveillance tools in the attacks reported by the agency. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Arab Emirates denied reports that the popular mobile app ToTok was used as part of a government massive surveillance program. According to a report recently published by the New York Times , the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillance).

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A new Android malware strain has been uncovered, part of the Rampant Kitten threat group's widespread surveillance campaign that targets Telegram credentials and more.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

An employee at Amnesty International has been targeted with Israeli surveillance malware, the news was revealed by the human rights group. Amnesty International revealed that one of its employees was targeted with a surveillance malware developed by an Israeli firm. com , pine-sales[.]com com , and ecommerce-ads[.]org.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2020

Syrian-linked APT group SEA recently used COVID-19-themed lures as part of a long-running surveillance campaign, security researchers warn. Notably, the C2 servers of SilverH awk , an Android malware family previously reported on by Lookout researchers, were located on IP addresses belonging to STE.” The experts conclude.”It

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Hacker Combat

MAY 19, 2021

As many antivirus companies continue to work diligently to develop features that can safeguard your data, the question that arises among many android users is, does Avast free protect against ransomware in mobile devices? How Safe from Ransomware is your Mobile Device with Avast Free? Malware Protection. Disadvantages.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

The malware dropped from the aforementioned document is dubbed ‘MarkiRAT’ and used to record keystrokes, clipboard content, provide file download and upload capabilities as well as the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the victim machine. Background. Analysis of MarkiRAT. hxxp://C2/ech/client.php?u=[computername]_[username]&k=[AV_value].

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Researchers at Check Point discovered that Egypt ‘ government has been spying citizens in a sophisticated surveillance program. Researchers at Check Point discovered that the Egyptian government has been spying on activists and opponents as part of a sophisticated surveillance program. SecurityAffairs – Egypt, surveillance).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. Then he requested help from Amnesty Internationals Security Lab fearing to be the target of surveillance software like other journalists in Serbia. Development traces back to at least 2018.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 18, 2021

All the politicians, journalists and members of Royal Family living across the world were put on a high mobile security alert by a post from ‘The Guardian’ last week. And the post says that some hacktivists have somehow planted a spying malware on their phones respectively and are constantly spying on the targeted mobile activists.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Researchers discovered five vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack hospital Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. A TUG is an autonomous mobile robot designed for hospitals by Aethon. SecurityAffairs – hacking, TUG autonomous mobile robots). To nominate, please visit:? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2019

Chinese border guards are secretly installing a surveillance app on smartphones of tourists and people crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from Kyrgyzstan. The surveillance software allows operators to spy on victims, accessing emails, text messages, contacts, calendar entries, call records. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. ” reads the lawsuit.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Researchers from Zimperium zLabs uncovered an ongoing campaign aimed at infecting the mobile phones of South Korean users with new sophisticated android spyware dubbed PhoneSpy. The malware already hit more than a thousand South Korean victims. The malware also allows an attacker to remotely control the infected mobile devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Court documents state that on October 29, 2019, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit, alleging that the defendants used WhatsApp to target approximately 1,400 mobile phones and devices to infect them with the surveillance software. NSOs witnesses have refused to answer whether it developed further WhatsApp-based Malware Vectors thereafter.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Security experts spotted a new malware strain, named Goontact, that allows its operators to spy on both Android and iOS users. The malware allows operators to retrieve phone identifiers and steal contacts, SMS messages, photos, and even location data. The spyware is likely used as part of a sextortion campaign.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2021

A newly discovered piece of Android malware shares the same capabilities found within many modern stalkerware-type apps—it can swipe images and video, rifle through online searches, record phone calls and video, and peer into GPS location data—but the infrastructure behind the malware obscures its developer’s primary motivations.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

CheckPoint uncovered an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Iranian APT actor and tracked as Domestic Kitten aimed at specific groups of individuals. ” This means that the Domestic Kitten surveillance operation had collateral victims whose details were leaked from contact lists or conversations with the targets. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2024

The method allow to discover stealthy and poweful surveillance software like NSO Group ‘s Pegasus , Intellexa ‘s Predator , QuaDream ‘s Reign. The researchers focused on an unexpected system log, Shutdown.log, which is present in any mobile iOS device. ” continues the report. ” continues the report.

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