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The developers behind the Android malware have a new variant that spies on instant messages in WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype and more. Continue reading Rana Android Malware Updates Allow WhatsApp, Telegram IM Snooping
I downloaded a sensitive pic on telegram’s secret chat which contained important details on public wifi, can anyone on the same wifi see what i downloaded and saved in my gallery?
Events application Peatix this week disclosed a data breach, after user account information reportedly began circulating on Instagram and Telegram. Continue reading Post-Breach, Peatix Data Reportedly Found on Instagram, Telegram
Marking a pivot from COVID-19 scams, researchers track a single threat actor through the evolution from the pandemic to PayPal, and on to more timely voter scams — all with the same infrastructure. Continue reading Phishers Capitalize on Headlines with Breakneck Speed
I imagine like either leaked or otherwise published official memos on efforts and signals intelligence programs to intercept and crack different types of communications either lamenting or chronicling the technical difficulties in doing so… Continue reading What secure mobile messaging app is publicly known to be the most frustrating for state intelligence to read? [closed]
The Android malware comes from threat group APT-C-23, also known as Two-Tailed Scorpion and Desert Scorpion. Continue reading Android Spyware Variant Snoops on WhatsApp, Telegram Messages
The cybercrooks spread the COVID-19 relief scam via Telegram and WhatsApp, and ultimately harvest account credentials and even pics of IDs. Continue reading Facebook Small Business Grants Spark Identity-Theft Scam
A hacking group that typically spies on targets in the Middle East has updated its malware and is distributing it through bogus versions of popular messaging apps such as Telegram, researchers say. The malware has been circulating since May 2019, according to Slovakia-based antivirus company ESET, which identified it in collaboration with researchers at MalwareHunterTeam. ESET does not speculate about the intentions of the group, known as APT-C-23 or Two-tailed Scorpion, but in 2017 and 2018, other researchers linked it to the Palestinian organization Hamas. In most cases, victims are infected by visiting a fake app store, “DigitalApps,” containing both clean and malicious software, ESET said in findings published Wednesday. The malware was hidden in apps posing as Telegram, another messaging platform, Threema, and a utility labeled as AndroidUpdate. Users who downloaded the two messaging apps had the apps’ full functionality, but also were infected with malware, ESET says. By impersonating an encrypted […]
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Continue reading ESET catches spyware posing as Telegram, Android messaging apps
A new ‘fork’ of the Cerberus banking trojan, called Alien, targets victims’ credentials from more than 200 mobile apps, including Bank of America and Microsoft Outlook. Continue reading Alien Android Banking Trojan Sidesteps 2FA
The Telegram FAQ’s state that they are not able to comply with court orders from one country alone because they "split the encryption keys and spread them over multiple jurisdictions".
To protect the data that is not covered by … Continue reading How does Telegram’s secret-splitting scheme work?