Android malware apps with 2M installs spotted on Google Play.
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Android malware apps with 2 million installs spotted on Google Play
A new set of Android malware, phishing, and adware apps have infiltrated the Google Play store, tricking over two million people into installing them.
- DECEMBER 04, 2022
- 10:11 AM
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- DECEMBER 04, 2022
- 08:27 AM
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Open source software host Fosshost shutting down as CEO unreachable
Open source software hosting provider Fosshost will no longer be providing services as it reaches end of life. Fosshost project volunteers announced the development this weekend following months of difficulties in reaching the leadership including the CEO.
- DECEMBER 04, 2022
- 02:02 AM
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SIM swapper gets 18-months for involvement in $22 million crypto heist
Florida man Nicholas Truglia was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for his involvement in a fraud scheme that led to the theft of millions from cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin.
- DECEMBER 03, 2022
- 11:15 AM
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Hackers use new, fake crypto app to breach networks, steal cryptocurrency
The North Korean 'Lazarus' hacking group is linked to a new attack spreading fake cryptocurrency apps under the made-up brand, "BloxHolder," to install the AppleJeus malware for initial access to networks and steal crypto assets.
- DECEMBER 03, 2022
- 10:12 AM
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- DECEMBER 03, 2022
- 08:12 AM
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The Week in Ransomware - December 2nd 2022 - Disrupting Health Care
This week's big news was the Colombia health system being severely disrupted by a ransomware attack on Keralty, one of the country's largest healthcare providers.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 05:51 PM
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Google Chrome emergency update fixes 9th zero-day of the year
Google has released Chrome 108.0.5359.94/.95 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild patched since the start of the year.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 04:44 PM
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Rackspace: Ongoing Exchange outage caused by security incident
American cloud computing services provider Rackspace says an ongoing outage affecting its hosted Microsoft Exchange environments and likely thousands of customers was caused by a security incident.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 04:15 PM
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DHS Cyber Safety Board to review Lapsus$ gang’s hacking tactics
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board will review attacks linked to an extortion group known as Lapsus$, which breached multiple high-profile companies in recent attacks.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 02:05 PM
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BlackProxies proxy service increasingly popular among hackers
A new residential proxy market is becoming popular among hackers, cybercriminals, phishers, scalpers, and scammers, selling access to a million claimed proxy IP addresses worldwide.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 01:56 PM
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New CryWiper data wiper targets Russian courts, mayor’s offices
A previously undocumented data wiper named CryWiper is masquerading as ransomware, extorting victims to pay for a decrypter, but in reality, it just destroys data beyond recovery.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 12:29 PM
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Police arrest 55 members of 'Black Panthers' SIM Swap gang
The Spanish National Police have arrested 55 members of the 'Black Panthers' cybercrime group, including one of the organization's leaders based in Barcelona.
- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 10:29 AM
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- DECEMBER 02, 2022
- 07:14 AM
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Samsung, LG, Mediatek certificates compromised to sign Android malware
Multiple platform certificates used by Android OEM device vendors to digitally sign core system applications have also been used to sign Android apps containing malware.
- DECEMBER 01, 2022
- 09:43 PM
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Android malware infected 300,000 devices to steal Facebook accounts
An Android malware campaign masquerading as reading and education apps has been underway since 2018, attempting to steal Facebook account credentials from infected devices.
- DECEMBER 01, 2022
- 03:52 PM
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FBI: Cuba ransomware raked in $60 million from over 100 victims
The FBI and CISA revealed in a new joint security advisory that the Cuba ransomware gang raked in over $60 million in ransoms as of August 2022 after breaching more than 100 victims worldwide.
- DECEMBER 01, 2022
- 03:09 PM
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- DECEMBER 01, 2022
- 02:11 PM
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New Redigo malware drops stealthy backdoor on Redis servers
A new Go-based malware threat that researchers call Redigo has been targeting Redis servers vulnerable to CVE-2022-0543 to plant a stealthy backdoor and allow command execution.
- DECEMBER 01, 2022
- 01:45 PM
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