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Researchers have uncovered a campaign that turns Android phones into proxy nodes for malicious purposes.

Several malicious Android apps that turn mobile devices running the operating system into residential proxies (RESIPs) for other threat actors have been observed on the Google Play Store. The findings come from HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence team, which said the cluster of VPN apps came fitted with a Golang library that transformed the user's device into a proxy node without their knowledge.

The Android banking trojan known as Vultur has resurfaced with a suite of new features and improved anti-analysis and detection evasion techniques, enabling its operators to remotely interact with a mobile device and harvest sensitive data. "Vultur has also started masquerading more of its malicious activity by encrypting its C2 communication, using multiple encrypted payloads that are decrypted

Plus: Microsoft patches over 60 vulnerabilities, Mozilla fixes two Firefox zero-day bugs, Google patches 40 issues in Android, and more.

Cybercriminals have taken MFA bombing to the next level by calling victims of an attack from a spoofed Apple Support number.

An easy-to-understand guide on how to back up your iPhone to a Windows computer

An easy-to-understand guide on how to backup your iPhone or iPad to your Mac.

An easy-to-understand guide on how to backup your iPhone or iPad to iCloud automatically.

Facebook is accused of using potentially criminal methods to spy on Snapchat users to gain a commercial advantage over its competition.

By Waqas Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) reports a concerning rise in zero-day exploits and increased activity from state-backed hackers.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google TAG Reports Zero-Day Surge and Rise of State Hacker Threats