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10 Feb 2023

InfoSec News Nuggets 02/10/2023

PayPal and Twitter abused in Turkey relief donation scams Scammers are now exploiting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Turkey and Syria: this time stealing donations by abusing legitimate platforms like PayPal and Twitter. This week, high magnitude earthquakes claimed more than 15,000 lives, caused extensive infrastructural damage and disrupted network connectivity across the Middle East and Mediterranean region. As government, businesses and charity organizations step up to raise funds and aid victims of this ecological disaster, threat actors are wasting no time in targeting unsuspecting donors. Malicious Google ads sneak AWS phishing sites…

28 Jan 2022

By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 01/28/2022

‘Dark Herring’ Billing Malware Swims onto 105M Android Devices Nearly 500 malicious apps lurking on the Google Play Store have successfully installed Dark Herring malware — a cash-stealer intended to add sneaky charges onto mobile carrier bills — on more than 100 million Android devices across the globe. That’s quite a school of fish. Dark Herring malware was discovered by a research team with Zimperium, who estimate the amount the campaign has been able to steal…