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Threat Intelligence

Three Banking Trojans Are Quietly Draining Accounts Across Two Continents

Manic, Grandoreiro, and ToxicPanda 2.0 are targeting bank customers in Latin America and Europe. Here is what each one does and what ordinary people should watch for.

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Threat Intelligence

Manic Android malware hops between infected phones to steal Ukrainian banking data

Researchers at ThreatFabric say the spyware, active since February, targets 169 apps and can relay stolen data through nearby infected devices over Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth when the internet is unavailable.

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Vulnerabilities

Two iPhone Exploit Tools Once Owned by Governments Are Now in the Hands of Ordinary Criminals

Coruna and DarkSword, sophisticated iPhone attack kits that began as nation-state spy tools, are spreading fast. Security researchers have found roughly 17,000 websites hosting them, and criminals are already making them worse.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

Moroccan Intelligence Insider Blows Whistle on Years of Pegasus Spyware Targeting

A former spy describes how Morocco reportedly used phone-hacking software since 2017 to surveil journalists, human rights workers, and foreign politicians, including cabinet ministers in Spain and officials in France.

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Threat Intelligence

This Week's Cyber Mess: Fake Repos, Chrome Sync Stalking and a Ransomware Crew That Moves in a Day

A roundup of the week's smaller stories that share one uncomfortable theme: attacks that succeed because something looked close enough to trust.

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Threat Intelligence

A Spyware Investigator Got Spied On: Pegasus Hit an EU Lawmaker Probing Pegasus

Forensic analysis of Stelios Kouloglou's phone shows repeated Pegasus infections while he sat on the European Parliament's own spyware inquiry.

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Threat Intelligence

Meta Catches NSO Spear-Phishing on WhatsApp, Asks Court to Hold Vendor in Contempt

The injunction was supposed to keep Pegasus operators away from WhatsApp users. Meta says NSO came back anyway — and is now asking a judge to do something about it.

3 min read
Threat Intelligence

Asin Android Spyware Surfaces in Arabic-Language Lures, ESET Says

ESET ties early-2025 campaigns to decoy sites posing as utilities, war-tracking tools and a fake government news portal.

3 min read
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