Sophos, maker of anti-malware solutions, has partnered with bit.ly, a utility for shortening, sharing and tracking links, to provide visibility into infected websites through its behavior detection capabilities, search engine partnerships and anti-spam honeypots.
A Russian national has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly operating approximately 255 fake accounts on a freelance platform to distribute malware-laced Excel attachments to around 80,000 users in 2016 and 2017.
The malicious code performs two main functions: a mobile ad-fraud and gambling-redirect chain, and a WebKit-to-kernel exploit chain on iPhones that installs spyware.
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