The mobile threat campaign tracked as Roaming Mantis has been linked to a new wave of compromises directed against French mobile phone users, months after it expanded its targeting to include European countries. No fewer than 70,000 Android devices are said to have been infected as part of the active malware operation, Sekoia said in […]
Apple on Wednesday announced it plans to introduce an enhanced security setting called Lockdown Mode in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura to safeguard high-risk users against “highly targeted cyberattacks.” The “extreme, optional protection” feature, now available for preview in beta versions of its upcoming software, is designed to counter a surge in threats […]
A week after it emerged that a sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders, Google said it has notified Android users of infected devices. Additionally, necessary changes have been implemented in Google Play Protect — Android’s built-in malware defense service — to protect all users, Benoit Sevens […]
The Chinese hacking group known as Tropic Trooper was attributed to a new campaign discovered by cybersecurity researchers at CheckPoint. In this case, a new variant of the Yahoyah trojan is being used along with a new loader called Nimbda. In addition, the trojan is embedded in a Greyware tool designed for DoS attacks against […]
A report from Motherboard details the detection of a data breach affecting the telephone company Verizon, an incident that would have put at risk the personal records of thousands of employees. The leak would include employees’ full names, corporate IDs, email addresses, and phone numbers. Even though Verizon was notified and has already acknowledged the […]
A first-of-its-kind security analysis of iOS Find My function has identified a novel attack surface that makes it possible to tamper with the firmware and load malware onto a Bluetooth chip that’s executed while an iPhone is “off.” The mechanism takes advantage of the fact that wireless chips related to Bluetooth, Near-field communication (NFC), and […]
Apple on Thursday rolled out emergency patches to address two zero-day flaws in its mobile and desktop operating systems that it said may have been exploited in the wild. The shortcomings have been fixed as part of updates to iOS and iPadOS 15.4.1, macOS Monterey 12.3.1, tvOS 15.4.1, and watchOS 8.5.1. Both the vulnerabilities have […]
Social engineering attacks leveraging a combination of romantic lures and cryptocurrency fraud have been luring unsuspecting victims into installing fake apps by taking advantage of legitimate iOS features like TestFlight and Web Clips. Cybersecurity company Sophos, which has named the organized crime campaign “CryptoRom,” characterized it as a wide-ranging global scam. “This style of cyber-fraud, […]
Two vulnerabilities have been reported to be detected in Samsung Galaxy S21 devices whose malicious exploitation would allow threat actors to deploy various hacking tasks on the compromised devices. Below are brief descriptions of the reported flaws, in addition to their respective scores assigned under the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). It is worth mentioning […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reported that Mexican businessman Carlos Guerrero pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell and use hacking tools while serving as director of a commercial consortium he also owned. Between 2014 and 2017, Guerrero negotiated the purchase of various hacking, espionage and geolocation tools developed by firms based in Italy […]
Dozens of Mac device users report that the Zoom video conferencing app keeps their devices’ microphone on even when the app isn’t active. According to reports, the problem lies in the native zoom version in macOS Monterey, a version of the operating system that has a function to alert the user if their microphone or […]
The latest Android operating system update includes a patch for a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-39675 that resides in the System component and could be exploited to gain remote access or perform privilege escalation attacks on affected devices. Although the company has not revealed extensive details about this flaw, it is mentioned that the error […]
A now-patched security vulnerability in Apple iOS that was previously found to be exploited by Israeli company NSO Group was also separately weaponized by a different surveillance vendor named QuaDream to hack into the company’s devices. The development was reported by Reuters, citing unnamed sources, noting that “the two rival businesses gained the same ability […]
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This week, a young cybersecurity researcher demonstrated how to hack the webcams of Mac devices to leave the devices completely open to other attack variants. Ryan Pickren submitted his report to Apple through its rewards program, earning $100,500 USD for his report, the largest reward the company has ever delivered. The young researcher mentions that […]
It is no secret to anyone that the most dangerous groups of threat actors in the world are always trying to evolve, making significant investments for the development of complex malware variants and the deployment of social engineering campaigns, so it is difficult to always stay protected from cyberattacks against computer systems, including smartphones. A […]
Apple on Wednesday rolled out software updates for iOS and iPadOS to remediate a persistent denial-of-service (DoS) issue affecting the HomeKit smart home framework that could be potentially exploited to launch ransomware-like attacks targeting the devices. The iPhone maker, in its release notes for iOS and iPadOS 15.2.1, termed it as a “resource exhaustion issue” […]
Researchers have disclosed a novel technique by which malware on iOS can achieve persistence on an infected device by faking its shutdown process, making it impossible to physically determine if an iPhone is off or otherwise. The discovery — dubbed “NoReboot” — comes courtesy of mobile security firm ZecOps, which found that it’s possible to […]
In its latest report, the Scottish Prison service revealed that a total of 1889 cell phones were confiscated due to misuse within local jails. These devices were delivered to thousands of prisoners in early 2020 as part of the coronavirus isolation measures, since the prisons could not receive visitors and contact with the outside was […]
Mobile hacking is one of the most dangerous cybercriminal trends, as it allows threat actors to conduct detailed surveillance of people of interest, steal personal information, and even empty bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets remotely and without raising suspicion. This time, specialists from the mobile security course of the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) […]
Cybersecurity specialists report the appearance of a new toy with Bluetooth capabilities whose malicious use would allow threat actors to deploy complex espionage tasks against the homes where it is used, affecting both infants and their parents and other relatives. The device in question is the Chatter Special Edition, which at first glance is just […]