IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

Infosecurity Magazine

“The Mandrake spyware is evolving dynamically, improving its methods of concealment, sandbox evasion and bypassing new defense mechanisms. After the …

Tom’s Hardware

The total number of spyware victims impacted by Spytech and noted by TechCrunch analyzing the scale of the breach is “more than 10,000 devices since …

Securelist

Mandrake spyware threat actors resume attacks with new functionality targeting Android devices while being publicly available on Google Play.

Raw Story

Spyware represents a grave threat to the student press and free speech on campus. It also conditions students to expect government surveillance and …

Bleeping Computer

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32000 times from Google Play, the platform's …

Cyber Security News

A little-known spyware maker based in Minnesota has been hacked, exposing sensitive data, compromised over 10000 devices since 2013,

MyBroadband

MultiDropper.CG is said to be the first piece of malware to contain the mobile spyware SymbOS/Mobispy. Rather than creating the spyware software …

FindLaw

Leaked docs reveal that Israel tried to impede a lawsuit by WhatsApp over spyware attacks from an Israeli company through a secret gag order.

The Tech Report

Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech has been hacked, causing sensitive data of its customers to be leaked online.

Forbes

Updated July 29 with new Play Store spyware warning. Google's mission to make Android more like iPhone on the security and privacy front continues …