500,000 routers in more than 50 countries are infected with the malware targeting routers. Primarily home devices like Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link. Cisco's Talos Security attributed malware to the future Russian cyber operations against the Ukraine. The US FBI agents seize control of the botnet.
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Wandera security researchers spotted a new sophisticated Android RedDrop malware hidden in at least 53 Android applications. It can intercept SMS, record audio and exfiltrate data to the remote server.
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Interesting research on the possibility of a cheap online surveillance. 'In this work we examine the capability of [..] an individual with a modest budget -- to access the data collected by the advertising ecosystem. Specifically, we find that an individual can use the targeted advertising system to conduct physical and digital surveillance on targets that use smartphone apps with ads.'
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