New FireScam Infostealer Spyware Hits Android via Fake Telegram Premium

Researchers at Cyfirma have discovered FireScam, an Android malware disguised as ‘Telegram Premium’ that steals data, monitors activity, and infiltrates devices. Learn about its distribution, functionality, and the impact on user privacy.

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Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more.

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PLAYFULGHOST Delivered via Phishing and SEO Poisoning in Trojanized VPN Apps

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer/execution.
The backdoor, according to Google’s Managed Defense team, shares functional overlaps with a known remote administration tool referred to as Gh0st RAT, which had its source

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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Beijing Cybersecurity Firm for State-Backed Hacking Campaigns

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday issued sanctions against a Beijing-based cybersecurity company known as Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated for orchestrating several cyber attacks against U.S. victims.
These attacks have been publicly attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor tracked as Flax Typhoon (aka Ethereal Panda or

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Thousands of Buggy BeyondTrust Systems Remain Exposed

Weeks after the critical vulnerability was reported and a hacking of the Treasury Department, nearly 9,000 BeyondTrust instances remain wide open to the Internet, researchers say.

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Legacy App Migration: Transforming Outdated Systems

Businesses are perpetually under pressure to innovate in a fast-paced digital era. But legacy applications, written with outdated…

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New HIPAA Cybersecurity Rules Pull No Punches

Healthcare organizations of all shapes and sizes will be held to a stricter standard of cybersecurity starting in 2025 with new proposed rules, but not all have the budget for it.

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Top Tips for Weather API Integration and Data Utilization

Integrate weather APIs to enhance your app with real-time data, forecasts, and personalized insights. Improve user experience while…

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Treasury Dept. Sanctions Chinese Tech Vendor for Complicity

Integrity Technology Group was found complicit with Flax Typhoon as part of a broader Chinese strategy to infiltrate the IT systems of US critical infrastructure.

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US sanctions prominent Chinese cyber company for role in Flax Typhoon attacks

The Treasury Department said Integrity Technology provided Flax Typhoon actors with infrastructure between the summer of 2022 and fall of 2023 — with the state-backed groups sharing and receiving information from the company.

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