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Beware: Fake Apps posing as Open AI’s ChatGPT App

January 13, 2024 admin advisory, Android, App Store, Applications, chatgpt, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, cybersecurity, exploit kits, fake android app, fake apps, google playstore, Mobile Security, online frauds, Online Hoaxes, openai, Quick Heal, Scam alert, spyware, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Akshay Singla| Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:18:42 +0000

Beware! Behind the face of advancing technology lies a dark underbelly – that of evolving cyber crime. Here,…

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Sour Grapes: stomping on a Cambodia-based “pig butchering” scam

February 28, 2023 admin cryptocurrency fraud, cryptorom, fake apps, Featured, pigbutchering, shazhupan, threat research

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:00:10 +0000

A text message leads to discovery of a vast scam infrastructure run by Chinese cyber-criminals.

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Fraudulent “CryptoRom” trading apps sneak into Apple and Google app stores

February 1, 2023 admin cryptocurrency fraud, cryptorom, fake apps, Featured, ios fake app, pigbutchering, shazhupan, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:00:48 +0000

Using changing remote content, apps slide by official review process to deliver fraud through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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CryptoRom Bitcoin swindlers continue to target vulnerable iPhone and Android users

March 16, 2022 admin cryptocurrency fraud, cryptorom, fake apps, fake crypto, Featured, iphone malware, SophosLabs Uncut, threat research

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:30:21 +0000

Abuse of iOS TestFlight and WebClips—along with social engineering and lookalike web pages—lead to double- and triple-dipping by criminals into victims’ pockets.

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STOP (Djvu) Ransomware: Ransom For Your Shady Habits!

January 15, 2020 admin _readme.txt, {1d6fc66e-d1f3-422c-8a53-c0bbcf3d900d}, {36a698b9-d67c-4e07-be82-0ec5b14b4df5}, crack software, cracked, djvu, encryption, fake apps, icacls, infostealer, keygen, malware, offline key, online key, Powershell, ransomware, salsa20, stop, syshelper, time trigger task, timetriggertask, Vidar, vilsel, Windows update

Credit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:13:09 +0000

With almost 200 extensions, STOP (djvu) ransomware can be said to be 2019’s most active and widespread ransomware. Although this ransomware was active a year before, it started its campaign aggressively in early 2019. To evade detection, it has been continuously changing its extensions and payloads. For earlier infections, data…