Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2025
Apple warned users of a spyware campaign; France’s cyber agency confirmed targeted iCloud-linked devices may be compromised. Apple warned customers last week about new spyware attacks, the French national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) said. The agency confirmed at least four such alerts since early 2025. Apple sent spyware alerts on March 5, April 29, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 10, 2025
Pixel 10 adds C2PA to camera and Photos, helping users verify authenticity and spot AI-generated or altered images. Pixel 10 integrates C2PA Content Credentials into the camera and Photos, allowing users to verify whether images are real or AI-generated, or edited. The company announced the integration of the new feature during the Made by Google […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2025
Experts found 77 malicious Android apps with 19M+ installs on Google Play, spreading malware, including the Anatsa (TeaBot) banking trojan. While investigating Anatsa (Tea Bot) banking trojan infections, Zscaler’s ThreatLabs discovered seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs. Several Anatsa decoy apps have each been downloaded more than 50,000 times. The malicious apps […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2025
PhantomCard, an NFC-driven Android Trojan in Brazil, relays card data to fraudsters, spread via fake Google Play “card protection” apps. ThreatFabric warns of PhantomCard, a new Android NFC-driven trojan targeting Brazilian banking customers and possibly expanding globally. The malicious code is based on Chinese NFC relay Malware-as-a-Service, it relays victims’ card data to fraudsters for cash-out. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 06, 2025
Google addressed multiple Android flaws, including two Qualcomm vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address multiple Android vulnerabilities, including two Qualcomm flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), that were actively exploited in the wild. In June, Google Android Security team reported three […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 04, 2025
PlayPraetor Android RAT has hit 11K+ devices, spreading fast via campaigns targeting Spanish and French speakers, say Cleafy researchers. Cleafy researchers have identified a new Android RAT called PlayPraetor, which has infected over 11,000 devices, mainly in Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Peru, and Hong Kong. The malware is spreading rapidly, with more than 2,000 new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 15, 2025
A new Konfety Android malware variant uses a malformed ZIP and obfuscation to evade detection, posing as fake apps with no real functionality. Zimperium zLabs researchers are tracking a new, sophisticated Konfety Android malware variant that uses an “evil-twin” tactic and duplicate package names to avoid detection. The new Konfety malware variants use malformed ZIP, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 07, 2025
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, 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 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 […]
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