SparkKitty Spyware on App Store and Play Store, Steals Photos for Crypto Data
Kaspersky uncovers SparkKitty, new spyware in Apple App Store & Google Play. Steals photos, targets crypto info, active since early 2024 via malicious apps.
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EagleSpy v5 RAT Promoted by Hacker for Stealthy Android Access
A notorious threat actor known as “xperttechy” is actively promoting a new version of the EagleSpy remote access Trojan (RAT), dubbed EagleSpy v5, on a prominent dark web forum. Marketed as a “lifetime activated” tool, EagleSpy v5 is raisin…
AntiDot 3-in-1 Android Botnet Malware Grants Attackers Full Control Over Victim Devices
A new Android botnet malware named AntiDot has emerged as a formidable threat, granting cybercriminals unprecedented control over infected devices. Operated and sold by LARVA-398 as a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) on underground forums like XSS, AntiDot …
GodFather Android Malware Uses On-Device Virtualization to Hijack Legitimate Banking Apps
Zimperium zLabs has uncovered a highly advanced iteration of the GodFather Android banking malware, which employs a groundbreaking on-device virtualization technique to compromise legitimate mobile banking and cryptocurrency applications. Unlike tradit…
Android Spyware SpyNote Masquerading as Google Translate Found in Open Directories
Our team stumbled upon a disturbing array of SpyNote spyware samples lurking in open directories across the internet. These misconfigured digital repositories, often overlooked as mere storage spaces, have become unwitting hosts to dangerous malware ta…
GodFather Android Malware Runs Real Apps in a Sandbox to Steal Data
Zimperium zLabs reveals GodFather malware’s advanced virtualization that hijacks mobile banking and crypto apps. Learn how it steals data on your phone.
SuperCard Malware Hijacks Android Devices to Steal Payment Card Data and Relay it to Attackers
F6, a leading developer of technologies to combat cybercrime, has reported the emergence of SuperCard, a malicious modification of the legitimate NFCGate program, now targeting Android users globally, with recent attacks recorded in Russia. Initially d…
35 open-source security tools to power your red team, SOC, and cloud security
This article showcases free, open-source security tools that support your organization’s teams in red teaming, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security. Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enf…
From cleaners to creepers: The risk of mobile privilege escalation
In this Help Net Security video, Nico Chiaraviglio, Chief Scientist at Zimperium, explores how Android apps can be abused to escalate privileges, giving attackers access to sensitive data and system functions. Drawing on Zimperium’s recent research, he…
Android Devices Under Siege: How Threat Actors Abuse OEM Permissions for Privilege Escalation
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate channels to achieve privilege escalation, posing a severe risk to millions of devices worldwide. While conventional exploits remain a concern, a more insidious danger emerges from applications gainin…