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The iPhone of a Russian journalist was infected with the Pegasus spyware

The iPhone of a prominent Russian journalist, who is at odds with Moscow, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The iPhone of the Russian journalist Galina Timchenko was compromised with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. A joint investigation conducted by Access Now and the Citizen Lab revealed that the journalist, who is at odds with the Russian government, […]

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September 14, 2023
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Evil Telegram campaign: Trojanized Telegram apps found on Google Play

Evil Telegram: a Trojanized version of the Telegram app was spotted on the Google Play Store, Kaspersky researchers reported. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered several Telegram mods on the Google Play Store that contained spyware, the campaign was tracked as Evil Telegram. One of the apps was downloaded more than ten million times before it was […]

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September 11, 2023
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Zero-days fixed by Apple were used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

Citizen Lab reported that the actively exploited zero-days fixed by Apple are being used in Pegasus spyware attacks Researchers at Citizen Lab reported that the actively exploited zero-day flaws (CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061) fixed by Apple are being used to infect devices with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.  According to the researchers, the two vulnerabilities were chained […]

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September 8, 2023
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Chinese GREF APT distributes spyware via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps on Google Play and Samsung Galaxy stores

China-linked APT group GREF is behind a malware campaign distributing spyware via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps on Google Play ESET researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign carried out by the China-linked APT group known as GREF that is distributing spyware via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps on Google Play and Samsung Galaxy stores. The malware […]

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August 30, 2023
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