A new social engineering-based malvertising campaign targeting Japan has been found to deliver a malicious application that deploys a banking trojan on compromised Windows machines to steal credentials associated with cryptocurrency accounts. The application masquerades as an animated porn game, a reward points application, or a video streaming application, Trend Micro … [Read more...] about Malicious Ads Target Cryptocurrency Users With Cinobi Banking Trojan
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Phony Call Centers Tricking Users Into Installing Ransomware and Data-Stealers
An ongoing malicious campaign that employs phony call centers has been found to trick victims into downloading malware capable of data exfiltration as well as deploying ransomware on infected systems. The attacks — dubbed "BazaCall" — eschew traditional social engineering techniques that rely on rogue URLs and malware-laced documents in favor of a vishing-like method wherein … [Read more...] about Phony Call Centers Tricking Users Into Installing Ransomware and Data-Stealers
Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users’ Saved Passwords From Browsers
A software package available from the official NPM repository has been revealed to be actually a front for a tool that's designed to steal saved passwords from the Chrome web browser. The package in question, named "nodejs_net_server" and downloaded over 1,283 times since February 2019, was last updated seven months ago (version 1.1.2), with its corresponding repository leading … [Read more...] about Malicious NPM Package Caught Stealing Users’ Saved Passwords From Browsers
Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them. In order to gain access to accounts, users will be prompted to perform a series of steps, which include checking recent login activity, reviewing profile information, and updating contact details such as … [Read more...] about Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Android Apps with 5.8 million Installs Caught Stealing Users’ Facebook Passwords
Google intervened to remove nine Android apps downloaded more than 5.8 million times from the company's Play Store after the apps were caught furtively stealing users' Facebook login credentials. "The applications were fully functional, which was supposed to weaken the vigilance of potential victims. With that, to access all of the apps' functions and, allegedly, to disable … [Read more...] about Android Apps with 5.8 million Installs Caught Stealing Users’ Facebook Passwords
Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in Samsung's pre-installed Android apps, which, if successfully exploited, could have allowed adversaries access to personal data without users' consent and take control of the devices. "The impact of these bugs could have allowed an attacker to access and edit the victim's contacts, calls, SMS/MMS, install arbitrary apps … [Read more...] about Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users
Google to Let Android Users Opt-Out to Stop Ads From Tracking Them
Google is tightening its privacy practices that could make it harder for apps on Android phones and tablets to track users who have opted out of receiving personalized interest-based ads. The change will go into effect sometime in late 2021. The development, which mirrors Apple's move to enable iPhone and iPad users to opt-out of ad tracking, was first reported by the Financial … [Read more...] about Google to Let Android Users Opt-Out to Stop Ads From Tracking Them
23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users’ Personal Data
Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors. "By not following best-practices when configuring and integrating third-party cloud-services into applications, millions of users' private data was exposed," Check Point researchers said in an analysis published today … [Read more...] about 23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users’ Personal Data
Over 25% Of Tor Exit Relays Spied On Users’ Dark Web Activities
An unknown threat actor managed to control more than 27% of the entire Tor network exit capacity in early February 2021, a new study on the dark web infrastructure revealed. "The entity attacking Tor users is actively exploiting tor users since over a year and expanded the scale of their attacks to a new record level," an independent security researcher who goes by the name … [Read more...] about Over 25% Of Tor Exit Relays Spied On Users’ Dark Web Activities
Alert — There’s A New Malware Out There Snatching Users’ Passwords
A previously undocumented malware downloader has been spotted in the wild in phishing attacks to deploy credential stealers and other malicious payloads. Dubbed "Saint Bot," the malware is said to have first appeared on the scene in January 2021, with indications that it's under active development. "Saint Bot is a downloader that appeared quite recently, and slowly is getting … [Read more...] about Alert — There’s A New Malware Out There Snatching Users’ Passwords