Legislation alone isn’t enough to stop spyware

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. The use of spyware continues to make headlines across the globe. While primarily used by authoritarian regimes to track potentially sensitive subjects like political opponents or activists, governments from all over the world are guil...

Malicious code in cxfreezepy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 98b9fe0f574ed33e0a4096ba8774936c73969493c1621244334a739ef4f94f5d EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-2692 Malicious code in cxfreezepy (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 98b9fe0f574ed33e0a4096ba8774936c73969493c1621244334a739ef4f94f5d EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Predator Android Spyware: Researchers Uncover New Data Theft Capabilities

Security researchers have detailed the inner workings of the commercial Android spyware called Predator, which is marketed by the Israeli company Intellexapreviously Cytrox. Predator was first documented by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG in May 2022 as part of attacks leveraging five differen...

Predator Android Spyware: Researchers Uncover New Data Theft Capabilities

Security researchers have detailed the inner workings of the commercial Android spyware called Predator, which is marketed by the Israeli company Intellexa previously Cytrox. Predator was first documented by Google's Threat Analysis Group TAG in May 2022 as part of attacks leveraging five differe...

Malicious code in oculoushide (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 9b7403cc73bb98e45396c93de766686608f4d7f80a03e6e8af73d244de0c7fe1 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-4800 Malicious code in oculoushide (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 9b7403cc73bb98e45396c93de766686608f4d7f80a03e6e8af73d244de0c7fe1 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Mercenary mayhem: A technical analysis of Intellexa's PREDATOR spyware

We would like to thank The Citizen Lab for their cooperation, support and inputs into this research. Commercial spyware use is on the rise, with actors leveraging these sophisticated tools to conduct surveillance operations against a growing number of targets. Cisco Talos has new details of a...

Warning: Samsung Devices Under Attack! New Security Flaw Exposed

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has warned of active exploitation of a medium-severity flaw affecting Samsung devices. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-21492 CVSS score: 4.4, impacts select Samsung devices running Android versions 11, 12, and 13. The South Korean...

WebKit Under Attack: Apple Issues Emergency Patches for 3 New Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apple on Thursday rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and the Safari web browser to address dozens of flaws, including three new zero-days that it said are being actively exploited in the wild. The three security shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2023-32409 - A...

Malicious code in discord-spammer-webhooks (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 992e658db3addbbf4402e9f8bfb5c3a8af81b96c87e70863df390190f52de66b EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-2474 Malicious code in discord-spammer-webhooks (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 992e658db3addbbf4402e9f8bfb5c3a8af81b96c87e70863df390190f52de66b EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-6525 Malicious code in selfpyintpaypal (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 13bec999a49bf9dee37e242115164d05756af19ea57d26d0b54b4c67c1f01571 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Malicious code in selfpyintpaypal (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 13bec999a49bf9dee37e242115164d05756af19ea57d26d0b54b4c67c1f01571 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Malicious code in selfcontrolloadload (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 91681b7a493590b12a07e21ace57fdd2de85ae9dc23ca4f31d3b60c6a8ec1b9d EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-5975 Malicious code in selfcontrolloadload (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx 91681b7a493590b12a07e21ace57fdd2de85ae9dc23ca4f31d3b60c6a8ec1b9d EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Malicious code in py-intellibint (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx c51243b24c705c8e86f895cf56a4aaf31db49b64674882dbef77513f1bc075dc EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-5233 Malicious code in py-intellibint (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx c51243b24c705c8e86f895cf56a4aaf31db49b64674882dbef77513f1bc075dc EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

MAL-2023-2868 Malicious code in esqgameencodereplace (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a52a247b3876e80074ffdc24a1731191f9a280dcccbba73c0090e5f2aeac4ac2 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...

Malicious code in esqgameencodereplace (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: checkmarx a52a247b3876e80074ffdc24a1731191f9a280dcccbba73c0090e5f2aeac4ac2 EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware...