spyware

Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2017
Conexant audio driver works as Built-in Keylogger feature in dozens HP devices

A Security researcher discovered that a Conexant audio driver shipped dozens HP laptops and tablet PCs logs keystrokes. Security researcher Thorsten Schroeder of security firm Modzero discovered that a Conexant audio driver shipped with many HP laptops and tablet PCs logs keystrokes. The expert discovered that MicTray64.exe application, which is installed with the Conexant audio driver package, is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2017
The OSX.Dok dropper spotted installing the new Bella backdoor

Bad news for Mac users, a new variant of the OSX.Dok dropper was discovered by researchers at Malwarebytes, it was spotted installing a new payload dubbed Bella backdoor. Once the DOK malware infects a macOS system, it gains administrative privileges and installs a new root certificate. The root certificate allows the malicious code to intercept all victim’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2017
DOK malware, a stealthy MAC OS spyware that inspects your HTTPS Traffic

DOK Malware is a stealthy malicious code recently discovered by researchers at security firm CheckPoint, it affects almost ant Mac OS X version. Malware researchers at CheckPoint firm have discovered a new stealth Mac malware dubbed DOK that affects almost ant Mac OS X version. At the time of its discovery, the DOK malware has zero […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2017
The ViperRAT APT group is targeting the Israeli Defense Force

A group of hackers tracked as ViperRAT is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices. A group of hackers, tracked as ViperRAT, is spying on the Israeli military by hacking into the soldiers’ personal Android mobile devices to track their activities and steal sensitive data. Experts from security firms […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 21, 2016
An Android Spyware revealed the existence of a new Italian surveillance firm

A strain of Android spyware recently analyzed by security experts from RedNaga Security team points to an another Italian company. A new strain of Android malware reveals the existence of a new Italian player in the surveillance landscape. The Android spyware was analyzed by researchers from the RedNaga Security team, that is a first time […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2016
Commercial Exaspy spyware used to target high-level executives

Security researchers at Skycure have discovered a new commodity Android Spyware, dubbed Exaspy, targeting high-level executives. While in many countries the number of Smartphone and Tables is greater of desktop PC, new threats are targeting mobile devices. Researchers at Skycure have discovered a new strain of Android spyware, dubbed Exaspy, that has been used in targeted attacks against […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2016
Expert developed a Mac malware that lies in wait for user to start video apps

Mac malware could spy on users by piggybacking on webcam sessions started by legitimate applications such as FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts. Security experts are worried about the presence of a new Mac malware in the wild that attempt to record video via the built-in webcam. The principal problem for this family of spyware is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2016
The Libyan Scorpions group is behind a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia

The Cyberkov Security Incident Response team spotted a cyber espionage campaign in Lybia conducted by a group named Libyan Scorpions. Thinking of Libya we have in mind a non-stable political country where various forces fight for the control of strategic territories and oil productions. but only a few experts know about cyber malicious activities in the area. Evidently, something […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2016
iSpy, a new sophisticated commercial keylogger in the criminal underground

The new variant of the popular iSpy keylogger (version 3.x) was available in the criminal underground with sophisticated features. Security researchers at Zscaler warn of a new sophisticated commercial keylogger dubbed iSpy. The malware is a perfect surveillance tool, it was developed to capture victim’s keystroke and screenshots, access webcam, steal user data and license keys […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2016
Experts found apps in Google Play serving the Overseer malware to overseas travelers

Google has removed from the Google Play store four apps trojanized with the Overseer malware to target overseas travelers seeking embassy information. Google has removed from the official Google Play store four trojanized apps that targeted overseas travelers seeking embassy information and news for specific European countries. Three apps were named “Embassy”, “European News”, “Russian […]