WEEKLY CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER NO: 181

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Aug 23, 2021 11:34 am

1- Beware!! New Modified Version of WhatsApp Install Malware on Your Device & Steal SMS Data

The Kaspersky Lab has recently discovered the Trojan Triada, in one of the versions of the mod for the WhatsApp messenger – FMWhatsapp16.80.0. This malware can easily download and operate other malicious modules, exhibit ads, and subscribe. However, in this version, the threat actors have configured…

2- US Media, Retailers Targeted by New SparklingGoblin APT

An emerging international cybergang is broadening its targets to include North American media firms, universities and one computer retailer. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group is new, according to researchers who dubbed it SparklingGoblin. Also new is a novel backdoor technique, called SideW…

3- Pegasus Spyware Uses iPhone Zero-Click iMessage Zero-Day

A never-before-seen, zero-click iMessaging exploit has been allegedly used to illegally spy on Bahraini activists with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab. The digital researchers are calling the new iMessaging exploit FORCEDENTRY. In a report published on Tu…