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The open-source Rafel RAT is being leveraged by multiple threat actors to compromise Android devices and, in some cases, to lock them, encrypt their contents, and demand money to restore the device to its original state. Check Point researchers have observed around 120 different malicious campaigns leveraging the malware, hitting devices around the world, but primarely in the US, China, India and Indonesia.
Multiple threat actors, including cyber espionage groups, are employing an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to meet their operational objectives by masquerading it...
An open-source Android malware named 'Rafel RAT' is widely deployed by multiple cybercriminals to attack outdated devices, some aiming to lock them down with a ransomware module that demands payment on Telegram. Researchers Antonis Terefos and Bohdan Melnykov at Check Point report detecting over 120 campaigns using the Rafel RAT malware.
An open-source Android malware named 'Ratel RAT' is widely deployed by multiple cybercriminals to attack outdated devices, some aiming to lock them down with a ransomware module that demands payment on Telegram. This proves Ratel RAT is an effective attack tool against an array of different Android implementations.
The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 13.5, bringing several improvements and enhancements for Android and desktop versions. The Tor Browser is a specialized open-source web browser designed for anonymous browsing by routing the user's traffic through thousands of volunteer-run servers called nodes/relays, which constitute the Tor network.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has announced the extradition of two men from Malaysia for their alleged involvement in a mobile malware campaign targeting citizens in the country since June...
Threat actors with ties to Pakistan have been linked to a long-running malware campaign dubbed Operation Celestial Force since at least 2018. The activity, still ongoing, entails the use of an...
Google added a new CVE ID to track the Pixel fix for CVE-2024-29748, a vulnerability exploited by several forensics companies, as BleepingComputer reported in April. "It's fixed on Pixels with the June update and will be fixed on other Android devices when they eventually update to Android 15. If they don't update to Android 15, they probably won't get the fix, since it has not been backported. Not all patches are backported."
Verizon customers using Android phones report that they receive blurry images through text messages on different services and apps, with no response from Verizon as to why. Some report that the blurry photos problem on Verizon started in February 2024, but user reports escalated in May following a recent software update from their vendors.