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Unlike what they show in the movies, you won't see a 'phone hacked' screen if someone takes over. Real-life hacks are a lot more insidious.

Microsoft Alerts on New RAT Loader Malware May 14, 2021 11:28 GMT   ·  Comment      Snip3 Malware Microsoft emitted an alert regarding a Remote Access Tool (RAT) dubbed RevengeRAT. The malware has been used to send out spear-phishing emails targeting aerospace and travel industries.  RevengeRAT, also known as AsyncRAT, is distributed by carefully crafted email messages that instruct recipients to open a file that looks like an Adobe PDF attachment but actually installs a malicio...

Android Malware Poses as Android Security Scanners on Google Play Store

Israel targeted by Hezbollah hacker group, remained unnoticed for 5 years News Highlights: Israel targeted by Hezbollah hacker group, remained unnoticed for 5 years. Over the past decade, companies in the US, UK, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestinian Authority have been targeted by a hacker group called Lebanese Cedar, also known as Volatile Cedar, which appears to be linked to Hezbollah, ClearSky Cyber Security The group has been active since 2012, but has had a low profile since 20...

From an information security perspective, 2020 was a complicated year. Not only did the pandemic affect the threat landscape, but double extortion ransomware attacks have become the new normal. To top the year off, in December the massive supply-chain campaigns were discovered, whose real extent is not yet clear. An additional thing of note from last year is the emergence of the weaponization of cloud services by state-sponsored groups. Exploiting the cloud for criminal purposes such as phishin...

»Rogue is An Android Malware That Gives Hackers Full Control Over a Phone: Heres What We Know 2-MIN READ Rogue is An Android Malware That Gives Hackers Full Control Over a Phone: Heres What We Know Image used for representation. (Image Credit: Pixabay) The only way to avoid falling victim to this is to not click and suspicious links or download apps from outside sources other than Google Play and Apple App Store. FOLLOW US ON: A new type of Android malware that provides hackers with a nearly-f...

ElectroRAT Drains Crypto Wallets Thousands of cryptocurrency users have fallen victim to a sophisticated threat campaign that uses trojanized apps to drain funds from digital wallets. The recently discovered campaign is a wide-ranging operation that encompasses fake companies, a marketing campaign, custom-built cryptocurrency applications, and a new Remote Access Tool (RAT) written from scratch to avoid antivirus detection. Researchers at Intezer who uneart...

A fancy bear, you said, used it to target ukrainian military officers. can you explained how that worked? >> sure. this is known as a remote access tool. allows you to get full access to the machine on which its installed unbeknownst to the owner of the machine, it allows you to steal files on a phone and steal text messages. a pretty comprehensive tool for a ta a takeover of that device whether a cell phone or piece of equipment they use. you have to ask yourself who was interested in targeting...