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Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:43:06 +0000

Sviluppatori di applicazioni senza scrupolo hanno individuato una lacuna all’interno delle policy del Play Market, riuscendo così ad addebitare agli utenti centinaia di euro. I SophosLabs hanno scoperto un elevato numero di app Android presenti sul Google Play Market che hanno come unico obiettivo quello di “spennare” gli utenti offrendo funzionalità base disponibili su applicazioni […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jtoJE3qINwA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Icon-hiding Android adware returns to the Play Market

October 8, 2019 0 Comments adware, andr/hiddad, Android, android malware, Google Play, hidden adware, hidden apps, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:00:37 +0000

Adware apps attempt to evade easy removal by, literally, hiding their app icons from users<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CXlzdUIihFw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware cryptojacks enterprise networks

October 1, 2019 0 Comments cryptojacking, Cryptomining, EternalBlue, fileless, lemon_duck, PowerShell, smb, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: rajeshnataraj| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:01:09 +0000

SophosLabs are monitoring a significant spike in crypto mining attacks, which spread quickly across enterprise networks. Starting from a single infection, these attacks use a variety of malicious scripts that, eventually, turn an enterprise’s large pool of CPU resources into efficient cryptocurrency mining slaves. The threat actors behind these campaigns have been using an array […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jF91Bgk0dso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Fleeceware’ Play store apps quietly charging up to $250

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Android, app scam, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, Law & order, Mobile, play store, rogue apps, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:16:56 +0000

SophosLabs researchers discovered at least 15 apps with millions of downloads charging extraordinary prices right under the Google’s nose.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/H5gANUVkXYM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The WannaCry hangover

September 18, 2019 0 Comments cxmal-wanna-a, kill switch, Ransomware, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, wana, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:01:25 +0000

More than two years on, modified WannaCry variants still cause headaches for IT admins and security analysts<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CAKv8Qp7zuI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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September, 2019 Patch Tuesday updates a raft of Windows weaknesses

September 14, 2019 0 Comments 2019, Patch Tuesday, september, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, update, Windows

Credit to Author: alexandrebecholey| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:38:03 +0000

With nearly 80 major vulnerabilities addressed, this is not an update cycle you want to skip<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Pn6Elf2PeyI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Il malware Baldr attacca i gamer, l’analisi di Sophos

September 11, 2019 0 Comments Baldr, Le nuove minacce, Sophos Home, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:19:05 +0000

Il malware Baldr è un mostro di Frankenstein formato da diversi frammenti di codice e, nonostante non sia più disponibile sul mercato (deep web), può essere ancora utilizzato da chi l’aveva precedentemente acquistato<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/y4sm_D92i08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Baldr malware unpicked with a little help from crooks’ bad opsec

August 6, 2019 0 Comments Baldr, malware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:00:47 +0000

New research from Sophos takes an exhaustive look at the Baldr password stealer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/W2OuD9MrGs8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Avviso agli sviluppatori: sono arrivate le API dei SophosLabs!

July 23, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, Intelix, Sophos News, Sophos Soluzioni, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:55:48 +0000

I SophosLabs vi invitano a unirvi all’Early Access Program per la loro nuova piattaforma di threat intelligence e threat analysis, SophosLabs Intelix<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/bJpxBkyZPP4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>