WhatsApp accounts hijacked by call forwarding

In a short post on LinkedIn Rahul Sasi, founder and CEO of CloudSEK, explains how WhatsApp account takeovers are possible. The methods consists of several steps and it takes some social engineering skills, but it’s good to be aware of the possibility and how it works. It starts with the threat...

New WhatsApp OTP Scam Allows Scammers to Hijack Your Account

By Deeba Ahmed The new WhatsApp scam is currently targeting users in India. On May 23rd, 2022, the founder and CEO… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New WhatsApp OTP Scam Allows Scammers to Hijack Your Account...

android-gif-drawable Double Free vulnerability

A double free vulnerability in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding.c in the android-gif-drawable library before version 1.2.18, as used in WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19.244 and many other Android applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of servi...

WhatsApp Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone allows cross-site scripting and local file reading...

Another Set of Joker Trojan-Laced Android Apps Resurfaces on Google Play Store

A new set of trojanized apps spread via the Google Play Store has been observed distributing the notorious Joker malware on compromised Android devices. Joker, a repeat offender, refers to a class of harmful apps that are used for billing and SMS fraud, while also performing a number of actions o...

Pegasus spyware found on UK government office phone

“When we found the No. 10 case, my jaw dropped." John Scott-Railton recalled after finding out on July 7, 2020 that Pegasus, the highly sophisticated flagship spyware of Israels NSO Group, was used to infect a phone linked to the network at 10 Downing Street, the UK Prime Ministers home and offic...

Hackers Exploiting Recently Reported Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability in the Wild

A security flaw in the Windows Print Spooler component that was patched by Microsoft in February is being actively exploited in the wild, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has warned. To that end, the agency has added the shortcoming to its Known Exploited...

‘CatalanGate’ Spyware Infections Tied to NSO Group

An unknown zero-click exploit in Apple’s iMessage was used by Israeli-based NSO Group to plant either Pegasus or Candiru malware on iPhones owned by politicians, journalists and activists. Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan-based researchers, released the finding in a report on Monday tha...

Experts Uncover Spyware Attacks Against Catalan Politicians and Activists

A previously unknown zero-click exploit in Apple's iMessage was used to install mercenary spyware from NSO Group and Candiru against at least 65 individuals as part of a "multi-year clandestine operation." "Victims included Members of the European Parliament, Catalan Presidents, legislators,...

WhatsApp VOIP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTCP packets sent to a target phone number...

WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’

More than just group DMs, WhatsApp's new feature is a major expansion of its comprehensive encrypted messaging...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2019-18426

A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone allows cross-site scripting and local file reading...

EvilSelenium - A Tool That Weaponizes Selenium To Attack Chromium Based Browsers

EvilSelenium is a new project that weaponizes Selenium to abuse Chromium-based browsers. The current features right now are: Steal stored credentials via autofill Steal cookies Take screenshots of websites Dump Gmail/O365 emails Dump WhatsApp messages Download & exfiltrate files Add SSH keys to...

A week in security (April 4 – 10)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why data protection and privacy are not the same, and why that matters: Lock and Code S03E09 YouTube channels of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and other musicians compromised Successful operations against Russian Sandworm and Strontium groups targeting...

Watch out for fake WhatsApp “New Incoming Voicemessage” emails

Thanks to the Threat Intelligence team for their help with this article. Security researchers from Armorblox, a cybersecurity company specializing in email-based threats, have encountered a fake WhatsApp email with the subject "New Incoming Voicemessage." The spoofed WhatsApp voicemail notificati...

SharkBot Banking Trojan Resurfaces On Google Play Store Hidden Behind 7 New Apps

As many as seven malicious Android apps discovered on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions to deploy a banking trojan called SharkBot. "SharkBot steals credentials and banking information," Check Point researchers Alex Shamshur and Raman Ladutska said in a report shared with T...

Attackers Spoof WhatsApp Voice-Message Alerts to Steal Info

Attackers are spoofing voice message notifications from WhatsApp in a malicious phishing campaign that uses a legitimate domain to spread an info-stealing malware, researchers have found. Researchers at cloud email security firm Armorblox discovered the malicious campaign targeting Office 365 and...

Forcing WhatsApp and iMessage to Work Together Is Doomed to Fail

Europe’s Digital Markets Act requires interoperability between popular messaging apps. But experts warn encryption could be compromised...

'Purple Fox' Hackers Spotted Using New Variant of FatalRAT in Recent Malware Attacks

The operators of the Purple Fox malware have retooled their malware arsenal with a new variant of a remote access trojan called FatalRAT, while also simultaneously upgrading their evasion mechanisms to bypass security software. "Users' machines are targeted via trojanized software packages...

Facebook WhatsApp has an unspecified vulnerability

Facebook WhatsApp is a suite of mobile applications from the American company Facebook that utilize the web to deliver text messages. The application uses the contact information in a smartphone to find contacts using the program to send texts, pictures, and more. Facebook WhatsApp suffers from a...