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Pro-Houthi Group Targets Yemen Aid Organizations with Android Spyware
2024-07-19 09:29

A suspected pro-Houthi threat group targeted at least three humanitarian organizations in Yemen with Android spyware designed to harvest sensitive information. "The OilAlpha threat group is highly likely active and executing targeted activity against humanitarian and human rights organizations operating in Yemen, and potentially throughout the Middle East," the cybersecurity company said.

Apple Is Alerting iPhone Users of Spyware Attacks
2024-07-11 15:09

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GuardZoo spyware used by Houthis to target military personnel
2024-07-09 12:06

Lookout discovered GuardZoo, Android spyware targeting Middle Eastern military personnel. Based on application lures, targeting, and threat actor-controlled server locations, Lookout attributes GuardZoo to a Yemeni, Houthi-aligned threat actor.

Houthi rebels are operating their own GuardZoo spyware
2024-07-09 10:56

Fairly 'low budget', unsophisticated malware, say researchers, but it can collect the same data as Pegasus Interview When it comes to surveillance malware, sophisticated spyware with complex...

Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited to Deliver MerkSpy Spyware Tool
2024-07-03 09:53

Unknown threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft MSHTML to deliver a surveillance tool called MerkSpy as part of a campaign primarily targeting users in...

CapraRAT Spyware Disguised as Popular Apps Threatens Android Users
2024-07-01 13:00

The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has continued to unleash malware-laced Android apps as part of a social engineering campaign to target individuals of interest. "These APKs continue the...

Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware
2024-06-14 13:22

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LightSpy Spyware's macOS Variant Found with Advanced Surveillance Capabilities
2024-06-07 15:44

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed that the LightSpy spyware allegedly targeting Apple iOS users is in fact a previously undocumented macOS variant of the implant. The findings come from...

macOS version of elusive 'LightSpy' spyware tool discovered
2024-05-30 10:00

A macOS version of the LightSpy surveillance framework has been discovered, confirming the extensive reach of a tool only previously known for targeting Android and iOS devices. LightSpy is a modular iOS and Android surveillance framework used to steal a wide variety of data from people's mobile devices, including files, screenshots, location data, voice recordings during WeChat calls, and payment information from WeChat Pay, and data exfiltration from Telegram and QQ Messenger.

Hacker defaces spyware app’s site, dumps database and source code
2024-05-24 22:34

A hacker has defaced the website of the pcTattletale spyware application, found on the booking systems of several Wyndham hotels in the United States, and leaked over a dozen archives containing database and source code data. Described by its developers as an "Employee and child monitoring software," pcTattletale is a consumer-grade spyware solution that was leaking guest details and customer information captured from the hotels' check-in systems because of an API security vulnerability, according to TechCrunch.