Security researchers from Volexity discovered a new Insomnia iOS exploit that was being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority. The Uyghur group is a Turkic minority ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. “The Uyghurs are recognized by the Chinese government only as a regional […]
A contact tracking app for the Coronavirus proposed to the government of the Netherlands is affected by security issues that could expose user data. Technologies play a crucial role in the containment of the Coronavirus outbreak, especially contact tracing applications that could pose a threat to user privacy. The app, called Covid19 Alert, was one […]
Hacker claims to have breached the Aptoide app store users early this month and now leaked 20 million records out of 39 million Aptoide user records. A hacker has leaked this week details of 20 million users of the Aptoide app store, the claims to have breached the store early this months and to be […]
Syrian-linked APT group SEA recently used COVID-19-themed lures as part of a long-running surveillance campaign, security researchers warn. Syrian hackers are behind a long-running campaign that has been active since January 2018 and that targets Arabic-speaking Android users. The campaign aimed at users in Syria and surrounding regions was spotted by experts from mobile security firm […]
Hackers are again attacking Portuguese banking organizations via Android Trojan-Banker. The threat is not new, hackers are again attacking clients of Portuguese banking organizations via a specially crafted Android Trojan-Banker from phishing campaigns launched from Brazil. The last occurrence this line was recorded on March 13rd, 2020, where a similar Trojan-Banker was disseminated targeting other […]
A group of security researchers has found thousands of Android apps containing hidden backdoors and blacklists. Researchers from The Ohio State University, New York University, and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security analyzed thousands of mobile applications for Android and discovered dangerous behavior, including backdoors and blacklists. “While these apps have rich and useful functionality […]
Crooks target Android users working from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak with a Trojanized version of the popular video messaging app Zoom. Security experts from Bitdefender have spotted tainted versions of the Android Zoom video-conferencing application that is targeting users working from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Researchers detected re-packaged Zoom mobile applications […]
Operation Poisoned News – Experts observed a campaign aimed at infecting the iPhones of users in Hong Kong with an iOS backdoor that allows attackers to spy on them. Security experts at Trend Micro have observed a campaign aimed at infecting the iPhones of users in Hong Kong with an iOS backdoor tracked as lightSpy. […]
Security experts have spotted a new COVID-themed campaign aimed at distributing the Ginp Mobile Banker with “Coronavirus Finder” lure. With the COVID19 outbreak, the number of Coronavirus-themed attacks is rapidly increasing. Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a malicious campaign that is spreading the Android banking trojan Ginp masquerade as a Coronavirus Finder. “Cybercriminals behind Ginp, […]
Security experts spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor, that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab spotted a new stalkerware, dubbed MonitorMinor (Monitor.AndroidOS.MonitorMinor.c), that can track Gmail, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook user activity. Stalkerware is commercial monitoring software or spyware that is used for stalking, it is usually […]