Facebook’s parent, Meta bans surveillance-for-hire groups
Meta recently released a threat report revealing they had disabled and banned 7 surveillance-for-hire groups. Check the list in this news piece.
Malware
Huawei’s AppGallery targeted by malware campaign
A large-scale malware campaign targeting Huawei’s AppGallery has been discovered. According to a blog post at Doctor Web, roughly 9.3 million Android users have been infected by this campaign.
Mozilla blocks malicious Firefox extensions installed by 455,000 users
Mozilla has taken action against Firefox extensions that mess with the proxy API. The extensions were installed by 455,000 users.
Discord experiencing concentrated malware campaign
Discord can be a great place to talk to like-minded individuals, or in this case, potentially get infected with vicious malware.
UK residents warned to beware of new Android spyware FluBot
The British government is warning about a new Android spyware named FluBot. While at this point it only attacks UK residents, that may change.
Mirai lives on: Code from destructive botnet appears in Gafgyt malware
Mirai set the standard for destructive botnets, and now Gafgyt, an even older malware, is picking up tricks from the Mirai playbook.
500M Huawei devices infected with Joker malware
The Joker trojan malware found its way onto more than 538,000 Huawei devices. It’s the latest reminder to be careful whenever you download an app.
‘World’s most dangerous malware’ Emotet shut down by Europol
Emotet has been on the cybercrime scene for years, but the virulent malware may have been vanquished by a massive Europol effort.
SolarWinds investigation uncovers new Raindrop malware
Raindrop is just the latest in a series of high-threat malware that has been uncovered as part of the destructive SolarWinds breach.
Malicious Chrome and Edge browser extensions identified by Avast
Researchers at the Czech cybersecurity company Avast are warning Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge users about malware-infected extensions.