SOVA Android Banking Trojan Returns With New Capabilities and Targets

The Hacker News Daily Updates [Newsletter]( [cover]( [Breaking Down the FR 2052a Complex Institution Liquidity Monitoring Report]( Learn more about the requirement that keeps executives up at night. [Download Now]( Sponsored LATEST NEWS Aug 15, 2022 [SOVA Android Banking Trojan Returns With New Capabilities and Targets]( The SOVA Android banking trojan is continuing to be actively developed with upgraded capabilities to target no less than 200 mobile applications, including banking apps and crypto exchanges and wallets, up from 90 apps when it started out. That's according to the latest findings from Italian ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Newly Uncovered PyPI Package Drops Fileless Cryptominer to Linux Systems]( A now-removed rogue package pushed to the official third-party software repository for Python has been found to deploy cryptominers on Linux systems. The module, named "secretslib" and downloaded 93 times prior to its deletion, was released to the Python Package Index (PyPI) on August 6, 2022 and ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Tornado Cash Developer Arrested After U.S. Sanctions the Cryptocurrency Mixer]( Dutch authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a software developer in Amsterdam who is alleged to be working for Tornado Cash, days after the U.S. sanctioned the decentralized crypto mixing service. The 29-year-old individual is "suspected of involvement in concealing criminal financial ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Chinese Hackers Backdoored MiMi Chat App to Target Windows, Linux, macOS Users]( A pair of reports from cybersecurity firms SEKOIA and Trend Micro sheds light on a new campaign undertaken by a Chinese threat actor named Lucky Mouse that involves leveraging a trojanized version of a cross-platform messaging app to backdoor systems. Infection chains leverage a chat application ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Researchers Uncover UEFI Secure Boot Bypass in 3 Microsoft Signed Boot Loaders]( A security feature bypass vulnerability has been uncovered in three signed third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot loaders that allow bypass of the UEFI Secure Boot feature. "These vulnerabilities can be exploited by mounting the EFI System Partition and replacing the ... [Read More]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [cover]( [Combating Cyberattacks in 2022: Prepare to Defend Your Active Directory]( As seen in recent years, cyberattacks and the threat of ransomware continued to reach new heights in 2021. Not only that, but we also saw threat actors targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, like water treatment facilities, gas pipelines, and healthcare, as we’ve never seen before. It’s predicted that cybercrime costs the world $6 trillion annually. So, what will we see in 2022 and how can you defend your organization? [Download Now]( Sponsored This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please [click here](. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com [Unsubscribe]( The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India