android spyware

Suspected North Korea Group Targets Android Devices with Spyware
A North Korea-backed threat group, APT37, disguised KoSpy as utility apps in Google Play to infect Android devices, using the spyware for such activities as gathering sensitive information, tracking locations, capturing screenshots, ...
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Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges
Richi Jennings | | Allstate, android spyware, Arity, automaker, Car, cars, cellular IoT, cellular IoT security, Chrysler, Connected Cars, Consumer IoT, Dodge, Fiat, Fuel Rewards, GasBuddy, insurance, Insurance Companies, insurance company, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Internet of Things cyber security, iOS spyware, iot, Jeep, Lexus, Life360, Maserati, Mazda, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, New Cars, Privacy, Privacy4Cars, ram, Routely, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Stellantis, Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, Toyota, vehicle, vehicle cybersecurity, vehicle OTAs
Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: “We will hold all these companies accountable,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured) ...
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Spoofed Rocket Alert App Targets Israeli Android Users with Spyware
As violence and protests spread in the chaotic war between Israel and Hamas, evidence of the parallel battle going on in cyberspace continue to emerge. It started almost immediately after the initial ...
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BadBazaar: Chinese Spyware Shams Signal, Telegram Apps
Richi Jennings | | android, android spyware, APT15, BadBazaar, Flygram, google, Google Play Incompetence, Google Play Store, GREF, Lukas Stefanko, Nickel, Samsung, SB Blogwatch, signal, Signal Plus Messenger, spyware, Telegram, Vixen Panda
After sneaking into Google and Samsung app stores, “GREF” APT targets Uyghurs and other PRC minorities ...
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Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List
Richi Jennings | | android spyware, Biden administration, Commerce Department, Cytrox, Department of Commerce, Entity List, eu, Europe, European Union, European Union (EU), Intellexa, iOS spyware, Malware Spyware, Predator spyware, SB Blogwatch, spyware
European cousins Intellexa and Cytrox essentially banned by Commerce Dept. — Predator/ALIEN not welcome in U.S ...
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Ironic: LetMeSpy Spyware Hackers Were Hacked (by Hackers)
Richi Jennings | | android spyware, cyberstalking, Data breach, Data Leaks, iOS spyware, LetMeSpy, maia arson crimew, Malware Spyware, Parental Control, parental controls, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Stalkerware, Stalking, Stalkware
Content warning: Abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony, doxxing ...
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‘Predator’ — Nasty Android Spyware Revealed
Richi Jennings | | android spyware, Cisco Talos, Cytrox, Intellexa, iOS spyware, nation-state, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Talos
Intellexa mercenary spyware chains five unpatched bugs—plus ‘Alien’ technology ...
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Google Finally Pulls Chinese Apps Stealing Personal Data
After six million downloads, two spyware Baidu apps have been removed from the Play Store. What took Google so long? ...
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Mandrake – owning Android devices since 2016
In early 2020 we identified a new, highly sophisticated Android espionage platform that had been active in the wild for at least 4 years. We named the threat Mandrake as the actor(s) ...

Millions of Android phones may be vulnerable to camera spying vulnerability
Graham Cluley | | android camera vulnerability, android spyware, Android vulnerability, camera spyware, camera vulnerability, Industry News
Security researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in Android smartphones that could allow an attacker to secretly take photos and record videos without any permissions being granted. And the exploit works even if ...