Malicious code in saturn-bail (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 9a29ae44bbeeb4d31d176d78d669615e7a508bd236620cc3724478100f9b6997 saturn-bail is a Baileys-derivative WhatsApp library that, on every makeWASocket call, schedules a 90-second timer which executes...

Malicious code in shizukyu (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 31c8d6ffda18d74aa3d25ab3804e721a72dc385d89f2742d7c9e967919b27449 The package exports a single function shizukuChsocket that accepts a caller's authenticated Baileys WhatsApp socket and invokes...

Malicious code in hiura-baileys (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5ebb60061f29d4f4279bca1129ebfccefb928bd22364f26961205935ff71393f This is a fork of the Baileys WhatsApp library that adds undocumented behavior abusing the consumer's authenticated WhatsApp account for the author's...

Signal and WhatsApp accounts targeted in phishing campaign

Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD warn that Russian state‑backed hackers are running a large‑scale campaign to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts of high‑value targets. The targets are said to be senior officials, military personnel, civil servants, and journalists. The attackers are...

The ghosts of WhatsApp: How GhostPairing hijacks accounts

Researchers have found an active campaign aimed at taking over WhatsApp accounts. They've called this attack GhostPairing because it tricks the victim into completing WhatsApp’s own device-pairing flow, silently adding the attacker’s browser as an invisible linked device on the account. Ghost of...

No need to RSVP: a closer look at the Tria stealer campaign

Introduction Since mid-2024, we've observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app APK, which we have named "Tria Stealer" after unique strings found in campaign samples. The primary targets of the...

WhatsApp spear phishing campaign uses QR codes to add device

A cybercriminal campaign linked to Russia is deploying QR codes to access the WhatsApp accounts of high-profile targets like journalists, members of think tanks, and employees of non-governmental organizations NGOs, according to new details revealed by Microsoft. The group, which Microsoft tracks...

Modified WhatsApp App Caught Infecting Android Devices with Malware

An unofficial version of the popular WhatsApp messaging app called YoWhatsApp has been observed deploying an Android trojan known as Triada. The goal of the malware is to steal the keys that "allow the use of a WhatsApp account without the app," Kaspersky said in a new report. "If the keys are...