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The trojans are designed to gain control of Facebook user accounts by capturing browser cookies in Android, says Kaspersky. This trojan captures root rights on an Android device, thus allowing it to steal cookies from the browser and from Facebook and transfer them to the server of the cybercriminals behind it.
Their tastes however can run to a different sort of cookie, as evidenced by a fresh strain of Android malware that may be implanted prior to users purchasing a device. Appropriately dubbed "Cookiethief" by the Kaspersky researchers who discovered it, the trojan has a straightforward goal: "Its main task was to acquire root rights on the victim device, and transfer cookies used by the browser and Facebook app to the cybercriminals' server," explained Kaspersky researchers Anton Kivva and Igor Golovin, in an analysis on Thursday.
The latest wave of attacks are highly personalized and, unlike previous campaigns, target victims' mobile banking apps as an extra step to evade detection when making fraudulent transfers. "Some observations from the campaigns are that the adversary operating CamuBot handpicks potential victims and remains as targeted as possible, likely to keep the attack's TTPs on low profile and their team from attracting the attention of local law enforcement," said IBM X-Force researchers Chen Nahman and Limor Kessem, in an analysis this week.
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The Lazarus hacking group are trying to sneak a ‘fileless’ Trojan on to Apple computers, disguised as a fake cryptocurrency trading program.
Account-draining malware masterminds charged but remain in motherland US prosecutors have slapped a $5m bounty on the heads of two Russian nationals they claim are part of the malware gang behind...
In-memory malware a first for suspected Nork hacking crew The Lazarus group, which has been named as one of North Korea's state-sponsored hacking teams, has been found to be using new tactics to...
A recently discovered Android banking Trojan that features a narrow target list and two-step overlays is capable of stealing both login credentials and credit card data, ThreatFabric reports. read more
Stanislov Lisov of Russia Pleaded Guilty to Federal Hacking ChargeStanislov Lisov, a Russian hacker who helped create the NeverQuest banking Trojan, has been sentenced to four years in federal...
A Russian national has been sentenced to 4 years in prison in the United States for using a Trojan known as Neverquest to steal money from bank accounts. read more