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Signal and Telegram users: spy on fake apps from China 
September 17, 2023
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Signal and Telegram users: Spying on fake apps from China - Image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay

Chinese hackers are accessing personal user data using fake messenger apps. This includes message content, contact details and call logs. Particularly perfidious: The two bugs disguised as legitimate apps were available via the official app stores Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store. The applications are still available from the Korean manufacturer. By May 2023, the hackers targeted thousands of users around the world. A main target is Germany. The team led by ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko has discovered the two apps “Signal Plus Messenger” and “FlyGram”, which prove to be legitimate signal...

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Dangerous Telegram clone
July 12, 2023
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Modified versions of mobile applications are very common in the world of apps. These applications may offer additional features and customizations, reduced prices, or be available in a larger number of countries than the original application. Their offer can be so tempting that careless users install them via unofficial external application stores. The risk of installing modified versions is that the user cannot know what changes have actually been made to the application code. More specifically, it is not known what code was added and whether it has malicious intent. The check point…

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Cybergangsters: Telegram bots bypass ChatGPT restrictions
March 12, 2023
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Check Point Research (CPR) security researchers found that cyber criminals use Telegram bots to bypass ChatGPT restrictions on underground forums. The bots use OpenAI's API to create malicious emails or code. Chat bot makers currently give up to 20 free queries, but then charge $5,50 for every 100 queries. CPR therefore warns of ongoing efforts by cybercriminals to circumvent ChatGPT's restrictions in order to use OpenAI for malicious purposes. Telegram ChatGPT Bot-as-a-Service CPR found advertisements for Telegram bots on underground forums. The bots use the API…

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Raccoon-Stealer also uses Telegram for crypto mining
August 31, 2021
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Sophos Report: Widespread raccoon stealer also uses Telegram for crypto mining and crypto theft. For the first time, the Telegram chat service was also used for command and control communication. Sophos has released the new study "Trash Panda as a Service Raccoon-Stealer Steals Cookies, Cryptocoins and More". The topic is a stealer who steals cryptocurrencies and information disguised as a pirate copy and at the same time injects harmful content such as cryptominers onto the target systems. “With much of our daily and professional life now dependent on web-based services, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting stored web credentials with their malware, which gives them access to much more…

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WhatsApp worm variant for Signal, Telegram and Skype
1 May 2021
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WhatsApp worm now also attacks via Signal, Telegram or Skype users. Malware has evolved and is now also using other messenger apps to spread. Messenger service users currently have to be careful. At the end of January, we published a security warning about a WhatsApp worm that spreads via supposed profit notifications. Further development of the malicious app The criminals have since developed the malicious app significantly. In its latest version, the malware also spreads through other messenger services such as Signal, Telegram, Skype and Viber. In the message sent by infected contacts, the malicious app promises after clicking on the link ...

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