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New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities

New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities

Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover (DTO) and perform fraudulent transactions.… 

Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations

Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations

Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Cybercrime In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal… 

Critical Flaw in Microchip ASF Exposes IoT Devices to Remote Code Execution Risk

Critical Flaw in Microchip ASF Exposes IoT Devices to Remote Code Execution Risk

Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Microchip Advanced Software Framework (ASF) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as… 

Discord Introduces DAVE Protocol for End-to-End Encryption in Audio and Video Calls

Discord Introduces DAVE Protocol for End-to-End Encryption in Audio and Video Calls

Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Data Protection Popular social messaging platform Discord has announced that it’s rolling out a new custom end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) protocol to secure audio and video calls. The protocol has been… 

Chinese Hackers Exploit GeoServer Flaw to Target APAC Nations with EAGLEDOOR Malware

Chinese Hackers Exploit GeoServer Flaw to Target APAC Nations with EAGLEDOOR Malware

Sep 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A suspected advanced persistent threat (APT) originating from China targeted a government organization in Taiwan, and possibly other countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, by exploiting a recently… 

Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks

A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. “Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to…