Collaborate Disseminate
The revelation that Israeli company NSO Group’s spy software Pegasus was targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists and business executives sent a shockwave through the international press. The spyware successfully infiltrated the mobile devi… Continue reading Defending Against Pervasive Spyware
In the ongoing “war” between Facebook and Apple over privacy, Apple’s new operating system, iOS 14.5 contains a feature that most people assumed—incorrectly—was already part of the operating system; the ability to choose which apps collected and share… Continue reading The High Cost of Privacy By Default
In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans and 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Continue reading Mobile malware evolution 2020
We track the ongoing activities of more than 900 advanced threat actors. Here we try to focus on what we consider to be the most interesting trends and developments of the last 12 months. Continue reading APT annual review: What the world’s threat actors got up to in 2020
LinkedIn got caught reading personal data from iPhone clipboards. Now a user is suing Microsoft’s social network.
The post Microsoft Sued for LinkedIn Clipboard Snooping Scare appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Operation AppleJeus, news about Roaming Mantis, watering-hole websites in Asia, virus blast from the past and other targeted attacks and malware campaigns. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q1 2020
For more than two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2020. Continue reading APT trends report Q1 2020
A pair of unpatched RCE vulnerabilities in iOS have been quietly exploited for months—possibly years.
The post Apple Scrambles to Patch Old iOS Mail Bugs appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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If you use Apple iPhone or MacBook, here we have a piece of alarming news for you.
Turns out merely visiting a website — not just malicious but also legitimate sites unknowingly loading malicious ads as well — using Safari browser could have let remot… Continue reading How Just Visiting A Site Could Have Hacked Your iPhone or MacBook Camera
A watering hole was discovered on January 10, 2020 utilizing a full remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant named LightSpy. The site appears to have been designed to target users in Hong Kong based on the content of the landing page. Continue reading iOS exploit chain deploys LightSpy feature-rich malware