Security News

Fake Fortnite Apps for Android Spread Spyware, Cryptominers
2018-05-17 19:48

An array of malicious Android apps purporting to be popular game Fortnite are instead harvesting call logs and downloading cryptomining malware.

New targeted surveillance spyware found on Google Play
2018-04-18 15:09

A new targeted surveillance app has been found and booted from Google Play. The app, named Dardesh, posed as a chat application and acted as a downloader for a second app that could spy on users....

New Agent Tesla Spyware Variant Discovered
2018-04-07 16:58

A new variant of the Agent Tesla spyware has been spreading via malicious Microsoft Word documents, Fortinet reports. read more

Internet Provider Redirects Users in Turkey to Spyware: Report
2018-03-12 17:27

Hundreds of users in Turkey and Syria have been redirected to nation-state malware at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level, a recent Citizen Lab report reveals. read more

New Hacking Team Spyware Samples Detected: ESET
2018-03-12 14:46

New samples of Hacking Team’s Remote Control System (RCS) flagship spyware have recently emerged, slightly different from previously observed variations, ESET warns.Hacking Team, an Italian...

ISPs Caught Injecting Cryptocurrency Miners and Spyware In Some Countries
2018-03-09 18:48

Governments in Turkey and Syria have been caught hijacking local internet users' connections to secretly inject surveillance malware, while the same mass interception technology has been found...

Windows Defender ATP Detects Spyware Used by Law Enforcement: Microsoft
2018-03-04 17:54

Microsoft Dissects FinFisher’s Complex Infection Process read more

Fake cryptocurrency wallet carries ransomware, leads to spyware
2018-01-23 17:22

People around the world are rushing to acquire all kinds of cryptocurrency, hoping that prices will go up and they will be rolling in money when they sell their investment stash. Criminals have,...

Skygofree — Powerful Android Spyware Discovered
2018-01-16 16:48

Security researchers have unveiled one of the most powerful and highly advanced Android spyware tools that give hackers full control of infected devices remotely. Dubbed Skygofree, the Android...

Kaspersky Discovers Powerful Mobile Spyware
2018-01-16 16:10

Kaspersky Lab has shared details of a sophisticated, multi-stage mobile spyware that gives attackers the ability to take over an infected Android device, with advanced features that have never...