Cybersecurity

Google sues crypto investment app makers over alleged massive “pig butchering” scam

Two China-based Android app developers are being sued by Google for an alleged scam targeting 100,000 users worldwide through fake cryptocurrency and other investment apps. The company is taking action after scammers reportedly tricked victims with bogus promises of high returns from Android apps offering cryptocurrency investment opportunities. At least 87 fake apps on Google […]

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Google Sues App Developers Over Fake Crypto Investment App Scam

Apr 08, 2024NewsroomInvestment Scam / Mobile Security Google has filed a lawsuit against two app developers for engaging in an “international online consumer investment fraud scheme” that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the Google Play Store and other sources and stealing their funds under the guise of promising higher returns. The individuals […]

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Rhadamanthys Malware: Swiss Army Knife of Information Stealers Emerges

The developers of the information stealer malware known as Rhadamanthys are actively iterating on its features, broadening its information-gathering capabilities and also incorporating a plugin system to make it more customizable. This approach not only transforms it into a threat capable of delivering “specific distributor needs,” but also makes it more potent, Check Point said […]

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Users of Telegram, AWS, and Alibaba Cloud targeted in latest supply chain attack

Key Points Throughout September 2023, an attacker executed a targeted campaign via Pypi to draw developers using Alibaba cloud services, AWS, and Telegram to their malicious packages. Rather than performing automatic execution, the malicious code within these packages was strategically hidden within functions, designed to trigger only when these functions were called. The Attackers leveraged […]