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Detection tool for Pegasus and other spyware
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Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has developed a new detection method for Pegasus and similarly sophisticated iOS spyware. The cybersecurity provider is providing a publicly available infection check tool on Github. The spyware Pegasus was recently used in Germany. To make it easier to identify spyware infections, Kaspersky experts have developed a self-check tool for users. In addition to Pegasus, the iOS spyware Reign and Predator are also detected. Kaspersky experts were able to develop the new detection method because they realized that Pegasus infections leave traces in the system log “Shutdown.log”, which is in the diagnostic archive of every mobile...

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Spyware to monitor Uyghurs
Spyware for surveillance campaigns against Uyghurs

IT security analysts have uncovered two new surveillance spyware programs targeting Uyghurs in mainland China and abroad. One campaign introduced a novel Android monitoring tool Lookout has dubbed BadBazaar, which shares infrastructure with other previously discovered Uyghur-targeted tools. The other tool uses updated variants of a previously publicized tool, MOONSHINE, discovered by Citizen Lab that targeted Tibetan activists in 2019. Although there have been surveillance and detention campaigns against Uyghurs and other Turkish ethnic minorities for years, after…

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Iran: Spyware app spies on its own compatriots
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An Iranian hacker group spies on their own compatriots with the help of a manipulated app. FurBall spyware, disguised as a translation app, is targeting Iranian citizens. Anyone who downloads apps onto their Android smartphone or tablet should have security software installed if possible. Especially when the desired translation app turns out to be a spy tool - and suddenly personal data changes hands. This is exactly what is currently happening in Iran, according to researchers at the IT security manufacturer ESET. APT-C-50 group Domestic Kitten Apparently the Iranian APT-C-50 group "Domestic Kitten" is running such a campaign. In a translation app, she hides a new version of the…

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Spyware NullMixer is spreading in Germany
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Kaspersky experts have identified a new cybercriminal campaign distributed by NullMixer spyware. This malware can steal user's login credentials, addresses, credit card details, cryptocurrencies and even Facebook and Amazon accounts by collecting all information typed on keyboard. More than 47.500 users got infected with NullMixer while trying to download cracked software from third party sites. In Germany, 1.100 users were affected in the first half of the year, 143 cases in Austria and 117 in Switzerland. NullMixer is actively distributed by cyber criminals via websites offering cracks, keygens and activators for…

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Mac spyware CloudMensis spies and steals data  
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CloudMensis: Mac spyware is popular with cybercriminals. After DazzleSpy (January 2022) and Gimmick (March 2022), ESET researchers have uncovered the third high-risk spy malware. The previously unknown spyware, dubbed CloudMensis by ESET, has been extensively spying on infected Apple computers since February 2022. Documents and keystrokes are recorded, e-mail messages and attachments are saved, files are copied from removable media and screen recordings are made. Cloud storage services such as Dropbox, pCloud and Yandex Disk are of particular importance: They serve both as a communication medium between victim and attacker and as storage for further malware and the captured…

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WinDealer malware spreads via man-on-the-side attacks

Kaspersky researchers have discovered that the WinDealer malware is distributed by Chinese-speaking APT actor LuoYu via man-on-the-side attacks Kaspersky researchers discovered a new method used by the actors to spread the WinDealer malware. They use a man-on-the-side attack to read the traffic and insert new messages. The…

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Europol smashes FluBot spyware network
Europol smashes FluBot spyware network

Thanks to Europol, there seems to be an end to the FluBot Android malware for the time being. The European Authority announces that, with the help of other national law enforcement agencies, it has disabled the network and structure of the SMS-based FluBot spyware for Android. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has resulted in the fight against one of the fastest-spreading mobile malwares to date. Known as FluBot, this Android malware aggressively spreads via SMS and steals passwords, online banking details, and other sensitive information from infected smartphones around the world. Its infrastructure was…

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Spyware Pegasus: Protect mobile devices from high-end malware
Spyware Pegasus: Protect mobile devices from high-end malware

Only recently did the world learn of Pegasus spyware, which primarily targeted journalists, politicians, human rights activists and defenders, and lawyers. Protecting yourself completely from such professional surveillance software is almost impossible. However, users can take certain measures that make it difficult for attackers to target them. Kaspersky experts give tips. Costin Raiu, head of the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky, has now compiled top-level recommendations on how mobile users of Android and iOS devices can protect themselves against Pegasus and other high-end mobile malware. spy ware...

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Spyware campaigns: 2.000 industrial companies attacked
Spyware campaigns: 2.000 industrial companies attacked

Kaspersky experts have discovered a new, rapidly evolving series of spyware campaigns targeting over 2.000 industrial companies worldwide, stating: short-lived attack scenarios are increasing, data is being offered for sale on marketplaces, an estimated 7.000 compromised or stolen corporate accounts. Unlike many traditional spyware attacks, these attacks have a limited number of targets and a very short lifespan for each malicious program. The captured data was offered for sale on more than 25 marketplaces. Company data on 25 marketplaces for sale In the first half of 2021, the experts of the…

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BKA buys Pegasus spy software
AvastNews

According to the latest news, the Federal Criminal Police Office has bought a version of the espionage software Pegasus from the controversial Israeli provider NSO Group. A statement from Jaya Baloo, Head of Cybersecurity at Avast, a leading provider of IT security and data protection solutions. Spy software like Pegasus is particularly problematic because it can easily be released into the wild and used to spy on innocent people as well. It was only this summer that we learned that Pegasus was being used to eavesdrop on communications from journalists and human rights activists, which constitutes a serious violation of human rights. The spy software is able to intercept the communication of individual ...

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