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Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2025

New Batavia spyware targets Russian industrial enterprises

Since March 2025, fake contract emails have been spreading Batavia spyware in targeted attacks on Russian organizations. Since March 2025, a targeted phishing campaign against Russian organizations has used fake contract-themed emails to spread the Batavia spyware, a new malware designed to steal internal documents. The attack, ongoing since July 2024, begins with links to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2025

A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of +62,000 users

A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of 62,000 users, turning the spy tool into a data leak, security researcher Eric Daigle revealed. A flaw in the Catwatchful Android spyware exposed its full user database, leaking email addresses and plaintext passwords of both customers and its admin, TechCrunch first reported. Security researcher Eric Daigle first discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2025

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on official devices over security concerns, citing risks flagged by the Chief Administrative Officer. The U.S. House has banned WhatsApp on government devices due to data security concerns. Similar restrictions apply to AI tools like ChatGPT, ByteDance apps, and Microsoft Copilot. “nuto has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2025

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps, stealing user funds, warns mobile security firm Zimperium. Zimperium zLabs has uncovered a major evolution of the GodFather Android trojan, which uses on-device virtualization to hijack real banking and crypto apps. Instead of using fake overlays, the malware creates a sandbox on the victim’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2025

Apple confirmed that Messages app flaw was actively exploited in the wild

Apple confirmed that a security flaw in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target journalists with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. Apple confirmed that a now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-43200, in its Messages app was actively exploited in the wild to target journalists with Paragon’s Graphite spyware. The IT giant addressed the flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2025

Paragon Graphite Spyware used a zero-day exploit to hack at least two journalists’ iPhones

Security researchers at Citizen Lab revealed that Paragon’s Graphite spyware can hack fully updated iPhones via zero-click attacks. Citizen Lab has confirmed that Paragon’s Graphite spyware was used to hack fully updated iPhones, targeting at least two journalists in Europe. The group found forensic evidence showing the phones had communicated with the same spyware server. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2025

Android banking trojan Crocodilus rapidly evolves and goes global

A new Android banking trojan called Crocodilus is being used in a growing number of campaigns targeting users in Europe and South America. Crocodilus is a recently discovered Android banking trojan that is quickly gaining ground. What began as small test campaigns has now grown into full-blown attacks targeting users across Europe and South America. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2025

Qualcomm fixed three zero-days exploited in limited, targeted attacks

Qualcomm addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities that, according to the company, have been exploited in limited, targeted attacks in the wild. Google Android Security team reported the three issues, tracked as CVE-2025-21479, CVE-2025-21480, CVE-2025-27038, to the company. “There are indications from Google Threat Analysis Group that CVE-2025-21479, CVE-2025-21480, CVE-2025-27038 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” reads […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2025

App Store Security: Apple stops $2B in fraud in 2024 alone, $9B over 5 years

Apple blocked over $9B in fraud in 5 years, including $2B in 2024, stopping scams from deceptive apps to fake payment schemes on the App Store. In the past five years alone, Apple says it has blocked over $9 billion in fraudulent transactions, more than $2 billion of that in 2024, highlighting its ongoing efforts […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2025

4G Calling (VoLTE) flaw allowed to locate any O2 customer with a phone call

A flaw in O2 4G Calling (VoLTE) leaked user location data via network responses due to improper IMS standard implementation. A flaw in 4G Calling (VoLTE) service of the UK telecom O2 exposed user location data through network responses due to flaws in the IMS standard implementation. 4G Calling, also known as VoLTE (Voice over […]

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New Batavia spyware targets Russian industrial enterprises

A flaw in Catwatchful spyware exposed logins of +62,000 users

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

Godfather Android trojan uses virtualization to hijack banking and crypto apps

Apple confirmed that Messages app flaw was actively exploited in the wild

Paragon Graphite Spyware used a zero-day exploit to hack at least two journalists’ iPhones

Android banking trojan Crocodilus rapidly evolves and goes global

Qualcomm fixed three zero-days exploited in limited, targeted attacks

App Store Security: Apple stops $2B in fraud in 2024 alone, $9B over 5 years

4G Calling (VoLTE) flaw allowed to locate any O2 customer with a phone call

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