IT Sec News updates – Spyware Attacks

The Hacker News

A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from …

ABC News – The Walt Disney Company

Officials in Greece say an investigation has cleared the country's security agencies of involvement in an international spyware scandal that …

Largs & Millport Weekly News

Once activated, Mandrake spyware can perform a wide range of “malicious activities” on your device, the cybersecurity experts explain, including: Data …

SecurityWeek

Five Android applications containing the Mandrake spyware have been downloaded over 32000 times from Google Play since 2022.

The Record

A sophisticated cyberespionage tool known as Mandrake has been found in five apps that were available for download on Google Play for nearly two …

POLITICO.eu

… spyware that was found on the phones of dozens of opposition politicians, journalists and entrepreneurs in the country two years ago. The …

The Cyber Express

The new Mandrake Android spyware variant, uncovered by Kaspersky, exhibits enhanced obfuscation and evasion methods. These include moving malicious …

SC Magazine

… have been leveraged to facilitate the distribution of a stealthier iteration of the Mandrake Android spyware since 2022.

Techzine Europe

“Mandrake” was the name Bitdefender gave to a new type of Android spyware in 2020. At the time, it had gone undetected for four years.

Balkan Insight

Supreme Court ruling that Greek state agencies were not involved in the use of illegal spy software shocks opposition leader who says confidence …