Apple previews Lockdown Mode to protect users from targeted spyware
In this Help Net Security video, you’ll learn more about Lockdown Mode, a security capability from Apple that offers specialized additional protection to users who may …
FluBot takedown: Law enforcement takes control of Android spyware’s infrastructure
An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has disrupted the spreading of the FluBot Android malware, which spreads via SMS and MMS and steals sensitive …
The six most common threats against the device that knows you best
What is the most intimate relationship in your life—aside from your partner, your children or your parents? For many of us, it’s our mobile phone. It’s the last thing we see …
How to protect the corporate network from spyware
It used to be easy for network administrators to identify where corporate boundaries are; they were usually where the external and internal networks meet. That made it easy …
iOS app developers targeted with trojanized Xcode project
“We recently became aware of a trojanized Xcode project in the wild targeting iOS developers thanks to a tip from an anonymous researcher. The malicious project is a …
A look at the top threats inside malicious emails
Web-phishing targeting various online services almost doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic: it accounted for 46 percent of the total number of fake web pages, Group-IB …
App on Google Play exploited Android bug to deliver spyware
Google has pulled three malicious apps from Google Play, one of which exploits a recently patched kernel privilege escalation bug in Android (CVE-2019-2215) to install the app …
WhatsApp flaw used to install spyware by simply calling the target
A security vulnerability in the popular Facebook-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp allowed attackers to install spyware on smartphones without any user …
Most IoT devices are being compromised by exploiting rudimentary vulnerabilities
Cybercriminals are looking for ways to use trusted devices to gain control of Internet of Things (IoT) devices via password cracking and exploiting other vulnerabilities, such …
Fortnite is coming to Android, but malicious fake apps are already there
Android users eager to play the increasingly popular Fortnite survival game on their mobile devices are being targeted left and right with malicious apps masquerading as the …
New targeted surveillance spyware found on Google Play
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 …
Researchers uncover mobile, PC surveillance platform tied to different nation-state actors
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and mobile security company Lookout have uncovered a new malware espionage campaign that has targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, …