Threat actors have been distributing the novel Antidot Android banking trojan as fraudulent Google Play updates to facilitate credential compromise and other malicious actions, SecurityWeek reports.
Cryptojacking operation Kinsing, also known as H2Miner, had its botnet strengthened with the addition of new security vulnerabilities, reports The Hacker News.
Security researchers have identified a design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that could allow malicious actors to trick users into connecting to less secure networks, The Hacker News reports.
Google announced at the Google I/O 2024 conference that several new security and privacy enhancements are set to roll out for Android, including on-device live threat detection for identifying malicious apps, improved safeguards for screen sharing, and enhanced security against cell site simulators, TechCrunch reports.
Cofense, a phishing detection and response solutions firm, released a report providing information on a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting business accounts in Meta platforms, reports SiliconAngle.
The botnet malware tracked as Ebury has steadily expanded over the past decade, having compromised over 400,000 hosts since 2009, with about 100,000 still-infected systems identified by the end of 2023, according to SecurityWeek.