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Stealthy Android Malware Disguised as an Adblocker and Run in Background By Requesting Fake VPN Connection

16th November 2019BALAJI N

Researchers observed a stealthy Android malware poses as ad blocker serves full-screen ads while opening the browsers, in the notification section and home [...]

Holiday Shoppers Beware: 100K Malicious Sites Found Posing as Well-Known Retailers

15th November 2019Tara Seals

The copycat sites are using valid certificates to be more convincing. Source: Threat Post – Web Security – Holiday Shoppers Beware: 100K [...]

146 New Android Bugs, an Audio Porn Streaming Site, and More News

15th November 2019Alex Baker-Whitcomb

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less. Source: Wired – 146 New Android Bugs, an [...]

Lizard Squad Threatens UK’s Labour Leader with Cyberattacks Against His Family

15th November 2019Tara Seals

The threats follow a DDos attack bent on taking out the Labour Party’s online presence. Source: Threat Post – Web Security – [...]

Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation

15th November 2019Elizabeth Montalbano

A threat campaign active since January customizes long-used droppers to infect victim machines and lift credentials and other data from browsers, according to [...]

The Evidence That Links Russia’s Most Brazen Hacking Efforts

15th November 2019Andy Greenberg

From the 2017 French election to the Olympics to NotPetya, the same group’s fingerprints have appeared again and again. Source: Wired – [...]

146 New Vulnerabilities All Come Preinstalled on Android Phones

15th November 2019Brian Barrett

The dozens of flaws across 29 Android smartphone makers show just how insecure the devices can be, even brand-new. Source: Wired – [...]

New Hacking Group Using Metasploit To Install Backdoor Malware On Windows By Exploiting MS Office

15th November 2019BALAJI N

Researchers detect a wave of malware campaigns from a new hacking group named TA2101 that targeting various organizations in German and Italy to [...]

Vulnerability in Qualcomm Chip Let Hackers Steal Sensitive Data From Android Devices

15th November 2019GURUBARAN S

A vulnerability in Qualcomm’s Secure Execution Environment(QSEE) implementation of the Trusted Execution Environment(TEE) used in a number of devices especially in Android devices [...]

APT33 Hackers Launching Malware via Obfuscated C2 Server to Hack Organizations in the Middle East, the U.S., and Asia

15th November 2019BALAJI N

Researchers uncovered a new wave of a targeted cyberattack against the Organizations in the Middle East, the U.S., and Asia using an Obfuscated [...]