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Patchwork Using Romance Scam Lures to Infect Android Devices with VajraSpy Malware

By Newsroom β€” February 5th 2024 at 13:18
The threat actor known as Patchwork likely used romance scam lures to trap victims in Pakistan and India, and infect their Android devices with a remote access trojan called VajraSpy. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET said it uncovered 12 espionage apps, six of which were available for download from the official Google Play Store and were collectively downloaded more than 1,400 times between
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British LAPSUS$ Teen Members Sentenced for High-Profile Attacks

By Newsroom β€” December 24th 2023 at 05:48
Two British teens part of the LAPSUS$ cyber crime and extortion gang have been sentenced for their roles in orchestrating a string of high-profile attacks against a number of companies. Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old from Oxford, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order due to his intent to get back to cybercrime "as soon as possible," BBC reported. Kurtaj, who is autistic, was
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SpyLoan Scandal: 18 Malicious Loan Apps Defraud Millions of Android Users

By Newsroom β€” December 11th 2023 at 11:30
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 18 malicious loan apps for Android on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 12 million times. "Despite their attractive appearance, these services are in fact designed to defraud users by offering them high-interest-rate loans endorsed with deceitful descriptions, all while collecting their victims' personal and
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DJVU Ransomware's Latest Variant 'Xaro' Disguised as Cracked Software

By Newsroom β€” November 29th 2023 at 05:55
A variant of a ransomware strain known as DJVU has been observed to be distributed in the form of cracked software. "While this attack pattern is not new, incidents involving a DJVU variant that appends the .xaro extension to affected files and demanding ransom for a decryptor have been observed infecting systems alongside a host of various commodity loaders and infostealers," Cybereason
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CISA and FBI Issue Warning About Rhysida Ransomware Double Extortion Attacks

By Newsroom β€” November 16th 2023 at 12:03
The threat actors behind theΒ Rhysida ransomwareΒ engage in opportunistic attacks targeting organizations spanning various industry sectors. The advisory comes courtesy of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). "Observed as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)
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