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In today’s world, it is becoming difficult each day to keep your privacy safe. A new Sim card attack: Simjacker wants to make your life even more difficult by exploiting a vulnerability in mobile sim. The Simjacker attack utilizes an inbuilt dynamic sim toolkit called the [email protected] browser. It is a legacy technology embedded in […]
Researchers discovered an open-source spyware AhMyth associated with Google play store app called RB Music to intrude the Android users device to steal various sensitive information. RB Music also know as Radio Balouch, a malicious streaming radio based Android app appeared in Google play store borrowed malicious features and functionality from AhMyth to infect the Android users […]
Canadian security firm Lookout has discovered yet another Russian-made surveillance campaign targeting Android users. The firm detected a dangerous Android surveillance tool called Monokle, which was supposedly developed by the Russian defense contractor Special Technology Centre Ltd. (STC), based in St. Petersberg. It is believed that STC played a crucial role in affecting the 2016 […]
Threat actors tainted the popular Android app within Google play with more than 50 million installs to deliver the Triout Android malware. The popular app package “com.psiphon3” that known for providing uncensored access to Internet content was abused by attackers and they repack it with spyware framework. Security researchers from Bitdefender found the new tainted […]
Dangerous spyware apps discovered form the Google play store that posed as legitimate apps and almost 100,000 users downloaded and affected these malicious apps from 196 countries. Based on the Current mobile-based attacks, Android Platform is one of the biggest Target for Cyber Criminals to spying and Steal the personal information around the globle. There […]
A security researcher from ESET has announced that he has unearthed new Android-based spyware that is capable of accessing the Whatsapp database and features a host of surveillance features. As reported by ZDNet, the spyware has been discovered on Github in a repository named “OwnMe.” It features a MainActivity.class that initiates a new service OwnMe.class, […]
Researchers at Bitdefender have identified a new powerful Android spyware named ‘Triout.’ It can secretly record phone calls, collect pictures, videos, text messages and as well as GPS coordinates of the victims and send it back to attackers. Triout has been active since May this year and is circulated through a fake Android app which was […]
It seems that efforts being made by Google and Mozilla to safeguard their Chrome and Firefox extension store aren’t turning out to be much effective. Just a few months ago, we witnessed a frenzy of extensions being caught mining cryptocurrency using your CPUs’ power without consent. A recent report by AdGuard Research has uncovered a […]
Android malware posing as Fake Fortnite Game includes spyware, cryptocurrency miner and install unwanted apps that show ads to generate revenue for authors. Epic games, the publisher of Fortnite recently announced that they are to extend the support for mobile platforms. Recently they have launched the game for iOS and the Android next few months […]
Security researchers from Trend Micro discovered malicious apps that spies on and steal data from Android users. Malicious apps dubbed as PoriewSpy steals sensitive information from victims’ such as contacts, location, call logs, SMS, and files in SD cards. Researchers believe these malicious apps were distributed by a hacking group that targets Indian Government officials […]
The lethal form of surveillance tools meant for Android spyware is something that comes uncovered. These kinds of spyware are equipped with features that are never seen before. We are talking about something called Skygofree, which researchers say is a term that was used in one of the domains. This malware was designed for surveillance […]
Short Bytes: According to a new and surprising report by the security firm G Data, 26 top Android smartphone models come with pre-installed spyware. These smartphone makers include reputed names like Lenovo, Xiaomi and Huawei. Buying a new Android smartphone doesn’t guarantee you a phone free of malicious spyware. On your phone, you see what […]