The IT security researchers at Google have declared the NSO zero-click iMessage exploit as “Terrifying.” Google Project Zero’s (GPZ) Ian Beer and Samuel Groß have shared details on a new exploit developed by the NSO Group that allows users (high-profile clients) of its software to access any iPhone and install spyware even when the victim […]
Apple on Monday released updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS with security patches for multiple vulnerabilities, including a remote jailbreak exploit chain as well as a number of critical issues in the Kernel and Safari web browser that were first demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup held in China two months ago. Tracked as CVE-2021-30955, […]
It has been revealed that NSO Group’s Pegasus malware was used to spy on U.S. government officials over the past few months. The iPhones of 9 U.S. state department officials were targeted with surveillance software. The officials were either in Uganda or working on projects linked to Uganda. The perpetrators of the attack are yet to […]
Apple reportedly notified several U.S. Embassy and State Department employees that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown assailant using state-sponsored spyware created by the controversial Israeli company NSO Group, according to multiple reports from Reuters and The Washington Post. At least 11 U.S. Embassy officials stationed in Uganda or focusing on issues […]
Specialists from the security firm Dr Web report the detection of multiple applications infected with malware in AppGallery, the official application store for Huawei devices. The apps are infected with Android.Cynos.7.origin, a variant of the well-known Cynos Trojan, and have been installed more than 9 million times. It is worth noting that Huawei launched AppGallery […]
At least 9.3 million Android devices have been infected by a new class of malware that disguises itself as dozens of arcade, shooter, and strategy games on Huawei’s AppGallery marketplace to steal device information and victims’ mobile phone numbers. The mobile campaign was disclosed by researchers from Doctor Web, who classified the trojan as “Android.Cynos.7.origin,” […]
Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court holding it accountable for illegally targeting users with its Pegasus surveillance tool, marking yet another setback for the Israeli spyware vendor. The Cupertino-based tech giant painted NSO Group as “notorious hackers — amoral 21st century mercenaries who have […]
PhoneSpy spyware is currently targeting Android users in South Korea through third-party platforms. Zimperium zLabs researchers have revealed findings on PhoneSpy spyware that can infiltrate Android handsets and is spread through malicious applications. For now, the good news is that the malicious apps are not available on Google Play Store. “Samples of PhoneSpy were not […]
The tech giant wins an appeal against a claim that it unlawfully collected personal data of millions of iPhone users
iPhone boot loop has become more prominent following the recent iOS upgrades. Worse, you might even experience an iPhone black screen – Let’s dig deeper into how to solve these two issues. It can be quite mood-wracking when you reboot your phone only to have it caught in a loop. Regardless, what you can take […]
Cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to deceive their victims and would not hesitate for a second to test them, even at the cost of investing large amounts of money. Proof of this is a new variant of extortion that consists of leaving a high-end smartphone lying on the street and simply waiting for […]
Tianfu Cup is the Chinese version of the Pwn2own in which hackers from Kunlun Lab managed to secure first place by hacking iPhone 13 through a vulnerability in the Safari mobile browser. The Chinese version of the Pwn2own hacking competition called Tianfu Cup took place from Oct. 16 to Oct. 17 in Chengdu, China. The […]
During the latest version of the Tianfu Cup event for ethical hackers, a group of researchers demonstrated a method to successfully hack an iPhone 13 device with the latest iOS 15 updates, in what became the main event of the night. In total, the event delivered more than $1.5 million USD to participants. In the […]
TangleBot Android malware is delivered through smishing and is currently targeting users in Canada and the US disguised as information about COVID-19 vaccination. It is a fact that SMS messages have become a preferred attack vector to spread malicious software and infect mobile devices. Recently, Hackread reported the notorious FluBot SMS Android malware that targeted […]
A US district court sentenced Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, for 12 years for leading a 7-year-long scheme to defraud AT&T. According to the US Department of Justice, Fahd unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones despite knowing that an investigation was launched against him. Judge Robert S. Lasnik stated while sentencing the accused […]
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry has released a warning, urging consumers to get rid of their Chinese phones and not to buy new ones. This warning comes in response to Lithuanian cybersecurity researchers identifying several security flaws and censorship-related loopholes in certain Chinese-made smartphones. Hackread.com has learned that researchers tested 5G mobiles from different Chinese mobile makers, […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Pakistani citizen has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of bribing employees of the telecommunications company AT&T, causing them to install malware on their computer systems and allowing illegal access to nearly 2 million smartphones, generating huge losses for the company. […]
Representatives from Matrix.org Foundation, in charge of the Matrix communication protocol, revealed that multiple clients and protocols have been affected by a vulnerability that could be exploited to filter messages regardless of whether they are protected with encryption. As some users may know, Matrix is an open instant messaging protocol that allows users to communicate […]
WhatsApp has lots of little-known functions, although an Internet search is enough to master these techniques. An example is a function to read deleted messages, which in certain scenarios can be useful for many. The function to delete WhatsApp messages is one of the most used and allows you to end any record sent, replacing […]
Dubbed WifiDemon by researchers; the attack required the victim’s wifi to be set on auto-join which is by default in iPhones. Just about a month ago, a bug was discovered in Apple’s iPhone devices that disabled the WIFI functionality of the phone if it connected to a personal hotspot with a specific SSID containing a […]
In groundbreaking research, it has been revealed that governments and regimes around the world used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, a company based in Herzliya, Israel. Around 17 media outlets participated in a sweeping investigation on the nefarious activities of Israeli spyware maker NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Washington Post reports that investigation revealed the software was […]