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iPhone spyware-maker mSpy has reportedly suffered a data breach, which has impacted millions of its users. It has been reported that sensitive personal information belonging to the users has thus been “accidentally” exposed to the web. The personal data include passwords, text messages, call logs, contact info, notes etc. The massive data breach was discovered […]
The hacker claims to have entered an app’s server A spyware is designed to monitor people’s online activities, especially if they are criminals or potential malicious actors. However, this does not mean that this kind of software is safe from any vulnerability or that it is immune to hacker attacks. Cases such as TheTruthSpy or FlexiSpy are evidence of […]
A hacker broke into the servers of TheTruthSpy, one of the most recognized stalkerware companies A company dedicated to selling spyware that directs its advertising specifically to domestic abusers has been hacked, as reported by cyber security organization specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security. The hacker, who calls himself L.M., revealed to a digital media […]
An infamous seller of iOS and Android spyware app, TheTruthSpy, has been hacked. The company was criticized for selling spyware primarily to domestic abusers and openly marketing about it. The company markets its spyware as the best solution for spying upon cheating husbands and claims the software to be undetectable. Yet the company couldn’t protect […]
Spyware company Spyfone exposed terabytes of data that includes audio recordings, text messages, photos and web history from an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket. Spyfone is a mobile phone monitoring application to monitor employees and Kid’s Smartphone activities Remotely. The information that they are monitoring is left unprotected online. A security researcher spotted the unprotected Amazon […]
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 […]
Russian intelligence agencies avoided nearly 25 million of cyber attacks and other criminal acts during the World Cup, according to the Kremlin, ensuring that the event passed normally, as reported by experts in secure data destruction from the International Institute of Cyber Security. Press reports mention that President Vladimir Putin said he hopes that close and constructive […]
An NSO Group ex employee, one of the most powerful hacking companies in the world, has been arrested and charged for stealing company’s phone hack tools and trying to sell it for $50M on the dark web. The Israeli computer piracy firm NSO Group is primarily known for selling high-tech malware capable of remotely connecting […]
The security researchers at ESET have uncovered InvisiMole: a spyware that has been active at least since 2013. The company’s security products recently detected it in Russia and Ukraine. As its name suggests, InvisiMole remains hidden and performs highly targeted actions with low infection ratio. The malicious components of the malware turn the computer into […]
Newly discovered powerful InvisiMole Spyware attack targeted computer to turn on the video camera and record the videos, audio to hear whatever things happening to surround the victims and take the Picture. Also, it has the ability to steal the various sensitive information of the victim’s computer by closely monitoring the victims actvities. InvisiMole is one of […]
An underground hacking group called “Sun Team” distributing spyware on Korean based victims and infiltrate the sensitive information from their devices. Cybercriminals insert malware on google play store in various apps names such as ApplockFree, FastAppLock, and few other names. Once the victims download and install the malware, it copies sensitive information including personal photos, contacts, and SMS messages […]
Newly discovered a powerful spyware distributed via YouTube Videos comments sections and the spyware is capable of steal files and other confidential information from infected devices. A Malicious Link that distributed via YouTube comments focusing on a computer game called cheats and trainers related videos that make easier to play the computer games. Cybercriminal generates a malicious […]
Another day, another data breach – This time it is Retina-X Studios, a well know spyware developing firm. There are different types of hackers, some hack for profit while some hack for good and then there are hacktivists who do it for the cause. Recently a hacktivist has dropped a bombshell on a spyware manufacturer Retina-X Studios […]
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 […]
How ‘Elf Bowling,’ the incredibly popular viral game from 1999, became an early victim of what we might now call “fake news.” I know this sounds pretty crazy and dangerous, but there was once a time when we sent one another executable files via email. It was kind of like playing Russian Roulette with our […]
Continuing our research into FinFisher – the infamous spyware known also as FinSpy and sold to governments and their agencies worldwide – we noticed that the FinFisher malware in our previously-documented campaign, which had strong indicators of internet service provider (ISP) involvement, had been replaced by different spyware. Detected by ESET as Win32/StrongPity2, this spyware notably […]
Safeguarding Your Phone Against Spying Apps That prevention is better than cure is a maxim that holds true in everything. If you want to protect your phone against spy apps, you have to engage your protective gear and do what you should to keep off the spying. But how do you protect your phone from […]
Security researchers have tracked a malware distribution campaign spreading the FinFisher spyware — also known as FinSpy — to the infrastructure of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in at least two countries. Researchers suspect that ISPs used their ability to control user trafic and redirect users attempting to download certain software to a different link offering […]
Short Bytes: Lookout Security has been running after the samples of SonicSpy malware. Around 1000 apps reported since February 2016. Google has recently deleted Soniac spyware which is one of the apps that managed to enter the Play Store. Soniac can record audio, steal call logs, send SMS and make calls, etc. and send it […]
Security experts from Lookout identified thousands of spyware apps in Google Play that belongs to SonicSpy family.They identified this threat after their cloud Security tool flagged the apps. This threat actor was deployed in February 2017 and they are more likely to be operating from Iraq. Functionalities of Soniac SonicSpy dubbed as Soniac distributed as […]
Google Blocked a new Spyware Family Lipizzan that is capable of extracting user’s email, SMS messages, location, voice calls, and media. They examined the code and it refers to famous cyber arm company Equus Technologies. Lipizzan was blocked by Google in its early stage itself, they found around 20 Lipizzan apps and less than 100 […]