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Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2019
MobiHok RAT, a new Android malware based on old SpyNote RAT

A new Android malware has appeared in the threat landscape, tracked as MobiHok RAT, it borrows the code from the old SpyNote RAT. Experts from threat intelligence firm SenseCy spotted a new piece of Android RAT, dubbed MobiHok RAT, that used code from the old SpyNote RAT. At the beginning of July 2019, the experts […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2018
Russian speaking hacker arrested for stealing $8,000 per day leveraging mobile malware

Moscow, May 24, 2018 – law enforcement, with support from Group-IB, has arrested a 32-year-old hacker, accused of stealing funds from Russian banks’ customers using Android mobile malware. At the height of their activity, victims reportedly lost between 1,500 to 8,000 dollars daily and levered cryptocurrency for laundering. Group-IB’s analysis reviewed the tools and techniques […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2017
Kelihos becomes January’s Top 10 ‘Most Wanted’ Malware

The infamous Kelihos botnet climbed to the top position, while the Conficker worm dropped to fourth on the chart of malware. Which are the most active malware in the wild? According to a research conducted by CheckPoint Security, a malware landscape was characterized by some interesting changed in this first part of 2017. The Kelihos botnet […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2015
Advertising hijacking made by Invisible rogue mobile apps are wasting petabytes of data a day

Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry to redirect users to ad pages in a sort of Advertising hijacking. Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry with malicious codes able to redirect users to ad pages, this practice is known as Advertising hijacking. These “rogue mobile apps” […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2013
Skorpion charger secure mobile while charging

Kaprica Security has presented the Skorpion charger, a smart device that is able to scan the handset for malware while it charges. The mobile security startup Kaprica Security has designed a charger, dubbed Skorpion, that is able to scan user’s Smartphone for malware and sanitize it if necessary. In the past we read about the Mactans charger, a […]