At the Virus Bulletin 2020 conferencia, Facebook’s security team revealed one of the most complex malware operations it has ever faced. Information security experts told about the Chinese hack group SilentFade, which defrauded Facebook users for more than 4 Millón de dólares. The main target of these hackers, as you might guess, were Facebook users. El… Seguir leyendo Chinese hack group SilentFade defrauded Facebook users for $4,000,000
Etiqueta: Spyware
Experts discovered Chrome largest spyware installation campaign
Specialists from the company Awake Security reported about currently perhaps the largest spyware campaign for installing spyware in Google Chrome. As part of the campaign, criminals registered thousands of domains and used extensions in Chrome to install malware on victims’ dispositivos. Users installed spyware through 32,962,951 downloads of various malicious extensions. “The Awake Security Threat… Seguir leyendo Experts discovered Chrome largest spyware installation campaign
Los piratas informáticos utilizan Discord como herramienta para robar contraseñas
The Bleeping Computer magazine warns that the new version of the AnarchyGrabber Trojan steals passwords and tokens, disables 2FAs and distributes the malware to the victim’s friends. Además, attackers modify and use the official Discord client as a tool for stealing passwords. Como una regla, attackers spread AnarchyGrabber through Discord, posing as a trojan for… Seguir leyendo Los piratas informáticos utilizan Discord como herramienta para robar contraseñas
Qatar obligó a los ciudadanos a instalar "software espía" para contener la pandemia de COVID-19
As part of the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection, the Qatar government has obliged citizens and residents to install special software on their mobile devices to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. This spyware tracks contacts with infected people. This would sound fine, but for some reason the application requires permission for a number of… Seguir leyendo Qatar obligó a los ciudadanos a instalar "software espía" para contener la pandemia de COVID-19