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Sophisticated Android clickfraud apps pose as iPhone apps and devices

December 6, 2018 admin 0 Comments advertising, Android, Android malware, clickfraud, Google Play, iOS, iPhone, Mobile Apps, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Chen Yu| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:00:54 +0000

A collection of Android apps exhibit novel and innovative advertising fraud capabilities<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aL1P_42frkM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How a SamSam-like attack happens, and what you can do about it

November 29, 2018 admin ransomware, SamSam, SophosLabs Uncut, Targeted Attacks

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:27:29 +0000

We summarize how the attackers perform a targeted ransomware attack<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/4tRhQF3Wb0k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sophos Threat Report 2019

November 14, 2018 admin SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:01:31 +0000

Links to our 2019 Threat Report and related articles<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/sNd6mMQ5D-Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chalubo botnet wants to DDoS from your server or IoT device

October 22, 2018 admin BillGates, Chalubo, downloader, ELF, Elknot, Honeypot, linux, malware, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Tim Easton| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:01:38 +0000

Attackers using brute-force SSH attacks have started to distribute a new bot that engages in coordinated denial-of-service attacks<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/gH8Nr4BLEcA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake Android banking apps target victims in India

October 21, 2018 admin Android, Android malware, banking malware, Corporate, Google Play, India, malware, Sophos Mobile, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 03:30:48 +0000

Deceptive malware may have stolen thousands of Indian subcontinental bank customers’ account data or credit card numbers<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/VjeP8v3qZxE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The price of a cheap mobile phone may include your privacy

October 2, 2018 admin Android, Android malware, Pre-installed malware, Sophos Mobile, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, Supply chain

Credit to Author: Chen Yu| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:00:28 +0000

Inexpensive mobile phones may be subject to “supply chain compromise,” with Trojaned third party apps. We look at a phone that shipped with factory-installed malware<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/9yo1mhq-MZc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cryptojacking apps return to Google Play Market

September 24, 2018 admin Android, bitcoin, coinhive, Corporate, cryptocurrency, Cryptojacking, cyptominer, Google Play, malware, monero, Posts, smartphones, Sophos Mobile, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, XMR, XMRig

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:01:30 +0000

At least 25 Android apps on the official Google Play store contain code that mines cryptocurrencies in the background.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/F8aH5rlcN50″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The persistent nuisance of cryptomining looks set to grow

September 21, 2018 admin SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:07:20 +0000

Victims do all the work and pay for the electricity, while criminals reap the rewards<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SRW3CNKrutw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft’s September patches fix a raft of serious bugs

September 19, 2018 admin 2018-09, CVE, Exploits, FragmentSmack, microsoft, October 2018, office, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, vulnerabilities, windows

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:00:07 +0000

Updates for Windows and Mac users resolve more than five dozen software vulnerabilities<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/HBOC9eD3Jfo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Malicious doc “builders” abandon old exploits wholesale

September 11, 2018 admin CVE-2012-0158, CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2018-0802, CVE-2018-4878, document, downloader, dropper, editor, Equation, Excel, maldoc, maldocs, malware, microsoft, MSCOMCTL.OCX, office, PowerPoint, RTF, SophosLabs Uncut, weaponized, Word

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:15:26 +0000

A key piece of the malware ecosystem adopts new vulnerabilities, and scraps old exploits, in record time<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/gKMCGkmvrcQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Intercept X defends against SettingsContent-ms abuse (video)

August 22, 2018 admin CVE-2018-8414, explit, Powershell, SettingsContent-ms, SophosLabs Uncut, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:56:34 +0000

Even using an older version of our anti-exploit technology will protect you if you open a malicious document with the CVE-2018-8414 exploit embedded in it<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qXrxxFkjKfc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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