Security News

Alleged Fruitfly macOS spyware author indicted
2018-01-11 20:53

The mystery of the Fruitfly macOS malware has apparently been solved: a 28-year-old man from Ohio has been charged on Wednesday of allegedly creating and installing the malware on thousands of...

Facing Dissent From Abroad, Ethiopia Turns to Spyware
2017-12-12 02:07

As soon as Ethiopian opposition activist Henok Gabisa read the email, he knew something was not right. With the subject line "Democracy in Ethiopia: Can it be saved?", the message seemed...

Google Detects and Boots Tizi Spyware Off Google Play
2017-11-28 17:40

Google discovered a spyware app that uses nearly a dozen old vulnerabilities to root devices and steal sensitive data from social media applications.

Google Detects Android Spyware That Spies On WhatsApp, Skype Calls
2017-11-28 01:29

In an attempt to protect Android users from malware and shady apps, Google has been continuously working to detect and remove malicious apps from your devices using its newly launched Google Play...

Middle East Group Uses Flash Zero-Day to Deliver Spyware
2017-10-16 15:38

A threat group believed to be located somewhere in the Middle East has been using a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player to deliver a piece of spyware to targeted individuals. read more

Hackers Use New Flash Zero-Day Exploit to Distribute FinFisher Spyware
2017-10-16 08:53

FinSpy—the infamous surveillance malware is back and infecting high-profile targets using a new Adobe Flash zero-day exploit delivered through Microsoft Office documents. Security researchers from...

ISPs May Be Helping Hackers to Infect you with FinFisher Spyware
2017-09-21 08:43

Are you sure the version of WhatsApp, or Skype, or VLC Player installed on your system is legitimate? Security researchers have discovered that legitimate downloads of several popular applications...

Immediately Patch Windows 0-Day Flaw That's Being Used to Spread Spyware
2017-09-13 04:09

Get ready to install a fairly large batch of security patches onto your Windows computers. As part of its September Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a large batch of security updates to patch...

.NET Zero-Day Flaw Exploited to Deliver FinFisher Spyware
2017-09-12 18:34

One of the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with this month’s security updates is a zero-day flaw exploited by threat actors to deliver FinFisher malware to Russian-speaking individuals. read more

Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps (Threatpost)
2017-08-22 17:28

More than 500 Android mobile apps have been removed from Google Play after it was discovered that an embedded advertising SDK called Igenix could be leveraged to quietly install spyware on devices.