Wave search “poisoned”

September 30, 2009

Google searches on terms related to its new collaboration and communications platform, Google Wave, are leading to a rogue anti-virus programs, according to the Websense Security Labs. Users seeking information on how to sign up for Wave, which currently is by invite-only, have been victimized by manipulated search results that lead to sites designed to trick victims into paying for a security solution that doesn't work. Searches for Microsoft's new Security Essentials consumer anti-virus product also have led to "poisoned" results. — CAM

Chuck Miller

Malware

Additional Pegasus spyware-hit devices identified

SC StaffDecember 6, 2024

New infections of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware have been discovered by mobile threat hunting firm iVerify across seven of 2,500 scanned iPhones, one of which belonged to an unnamed major business leader, who was in disbelief when informed about the attempted device compromise.

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Activity of novel DroidBot Android trojan ramps up

SC StaffDecember 6, 2024

Malicious apps spoofing the Google Chrome, Google Play Store, and Android Security apps have been leveraged to lure targets into downloading DroidBot Android banking trojan, which not only enables keystroke logging and fake login page overlaying but also facilitates the interception of incoming text messages.

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Turla targets Pakistani APT infrastructure for espionage

SC StaffDecember 5, 2024

After achieving initial access to a Storm-0156 C2 server in December 2022, Turla sought to take over more of the Pakistani threat operation's C2s to compromise Afghan government organizations' networks with the TwoDash downloader and Statuezy trojan.

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