New Chinese Spyware Identified in Massive Cyber Espionage Campaigns

New Chinese Spyware Identified in Massive Cyber Espionage Campaigns

APT31 gathers intelligence from Russia, Mongolia, the United States, and other countries using a new malware

Israeli Firm Accused of Developing Spyware Software

Israeli Firm Accused of Developing Spyware Software

The military-grade spyware enables the monitoring of any smartphone activity, including the microphone and camera

Enhanced Trickbot Malware Targeting Users with Spyware

Enhanced Trickbot Malware Targeting Users with Spyware

Malware powered by Trickbot Botnet is very active lately

Smart TVs Found to Be Spying on Their Owners in China

Smart TVs Found to Be Spying on Their Owners in China

Hundreds of millions of Chinese customers could be unknowingly transmitting personal information over the web

Samsung Phones Said to Come with Chinese “Spyware” Phoning Home

Samsung Phones Said to Come with Chinese “Spyware” Phoning Home

Qihoo 360 software installed on Samsung devices

UAE Builds the Perfect Spying Machine for iPhone Users No Matter Where They Live

UAE Builds the Perfect Spying Machine for iPhone Users No Matter Where They Live

Alleged spy app found in Apple’s App Store

Facebook Sued for Banning Employees of WhatsApp Spyware Maker

Facebook Sued for Banning Employees of WhatsApp Spyware Maker

Personal accounts of eight employees allegedly blocked

Lenovo to Pay $7.3 Million in Settlement for Installing Adware on 800K Notebooks

Lenovo to Pay $7.3 Million in Settlement for Installing Adware on 800K Notebooks

Another $1 million to be payed by Superfish

SMiShing Scheme Uses Fake Android Banking App to Steal Identifiers and SMS Data

SMiShing Scheme Uses Fake Android Banking App to Steal Identifiers and SMS Data

Stolen data already used to attack previous users

Vizio to Transform its Smart TV Spies into Snitches

Vizio to Transform its Smart TV Spies into Snitches

Forced to send class action suit alert after FTC settlement

  • Security
  • By Sergiu Gatlan
  • September 11th, 2018
Trend Micro Points Finger at Common Code Libraries Responsible for Data Leak

Trend Micro Points Finger at Common Code Libraries Responsible for Data Leak

Browser history data collection and use disclosed in EULA

More Apps from the Mac App Store Found to Steal User Data

More Apps from the Mac App Store Found to Steal User Data

Third incident involving Apple's stores in just as many days

Private Data of Over Two Million Users Leaked by mSpy Spyware Maker

Private Data of Over Two Million Users Leaked by mSpy Spyware Maker

Among others, the leak included iCloud login information

Fifth Top Paid App on the Mac App Store Steals Users' Browsing History <em>Update</em>

Fifth Top Paid App on the Mac App Store Steals Users' Browsing History Update

Instead of cleaning adware, the Adware Doctor app is sending its users' browsing history to servers from China

HP Says Its Windows “Spyware” Only Collects Data Anonymously with User Consent

HP Says Its Windows “Spyware” Only Collects Data Anonymously with User Consent

Users can opt out or remove telemetry service, firm claims

Microsoft Might Have Helped HP Install Spyware on Users’ Windows Computers

Microsoft Might Have Helped HP Install Spyware on Users’ Windows Computers

Unexpected HP driver installed via Windows Update

No Spyware: BLU Says Android Phones Entirely Clean, Sales Resume

No Spyware: BLU Says Android Phones Entirely Clean, Sales Resume

Amazon restarts sales of BLU Android smartphones

 
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