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| Kaspersky Lab has discovered an Android Trojan that spies on Russians |
| 2024-08-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Kaspersky Lab experts have identified a Trojan-type virus that can be used by attackers to spy on Android device owners in Russia. The company reported this on August 5. "It's unusual in that it's not one of ours" "LianSpy disguises itself as system applications and financial services. The malware's functionality includes collecting and transmitting to attackers a list of contacts from an infected device, as well as call log data, a list of installed applications," Izvestia quoted Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity expert Dmitry Kalinin as saying. It is noted that the virus can also record the smartphone screen when opening individual applications, primarily instant messengers, however, most often, the attackers are not interested in the financial information of the victims. The company added that when launched, the Trojan runs in the background and begins to fully control the device, for example, without showing the owner a notification about turning on the camera or microphone. As reported by Regnum News Agency, American businessman and billionaire Elon Musk warned on July 7 about the dangers of using the WhatsApp messenger from Meta Platforms Corporation (an organization whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). The entrepreneur was referring to the protection of user data. Co-founder of the Telegram messenger and the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov said on April 17 that he does not believe in the security of American Internet platforms. In his opinion, any devices used by users can be hacked. Related: Kaspersky 06/22/2024 BRICS Games hit by major DDoS attack Kaspersky 06/03/2024 Expert Golovanov calls Russia the most attacked country in the world by hackers Kaspersky 06/02/2023 Apple iPhone News Round Up |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Google is on the list, some say on the cusp of being banned in Russia. Here's a headline from a day ago: Russia could soon issue a block for Google, Android & iOS Google and TikTok failed to comply with an order from communications regular in Russia, Roskomnadzor, over banned content. Google received a fine of 5 million roubles ($58,000) and TikTok 4 million roubles ($46,000). |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-08-06 12:45 |
| #1 Convenient, that. Kinda like the MicroSoft engineer who found the open source faults in Linux. (So why is it you're digging around in a competing system looking for faults?) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-08-06 08:19 |