Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2023
In 2022, Google prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published in the official Google Play store. Google announced that it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating applications from being published on Google Play in 2022. The IT giant also announced it has banned 173k developer accounts and prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions. Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 26, 2023
China-linked threat actor tracked as Alloy Taurus is using a Linux variant of the PingPull backdoor and a new tool dubbed Sword2033. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 recently observed the China-linked Alloy Taurus group  (aka GALLIUM, Softcell) targeting Linux systems with a new variant of PingPull backdoor. While investigating the activity of the group, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 19, 2023
Citizen Lab reported that Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three iOS zero-click exploits in 2022. A new report from Citizen Lab states that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three zero-click zero-day exploits to deliver its Pegasus spyware. In 2022, the Citizen Lab analyzed the NSO Group activity after finding […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 17, 2023
Kaspersky researchers warn of a new QBot campaign leveraging hijacked business emails to deliver malware. In early April, Kaspersky experts observed a surge in attacks that QBot malware attacks (aka Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot). QBot has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials, and other […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2023
A new Android malware named Goldoson was distributed through 60 legitimate apps on the official Google Play store. The Goldoson library was discovered by researchers from McAfeeâs Mobile Research Team, it collects lists of applications installed on a device, and a history of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices information, including nearby GPS locations. The third-party library can perform ad fraud by clicking advertisements […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 15, 2023
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Android and Novi Survey flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the following five new issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: Google addressed the vulnerability CVE-2023-20963 with the release of “The Android Security BulletinâMarch 2023” security updates. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2023
Security experts warn that a Kyocera Android printing app is vulnerable to improper intent handling and can be abused to drop malware. An improper intent handling issue affecting the Kyocera Android printing app can allow malicious applications to drop malware. Such kinds of flaws expose a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 12, 2023
At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. The victims include journalists, political opposition figures, and an NGO worker […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 11, 2023
Apple released updates to backport patches addressing two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in older iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency updates to backport security patches that address two actively exploited zero-day flaws also affecting older iPhones, iPads, and Macs. On April 7, 2023, Apple has released emergency security updates to address two actively exploited zero-day […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 01, 2023
CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance […]
