Criminal hackers are targeting South Koreans with an Android Trojan that masquerades as nearly two dozen financial applications, duping victims into handing over payment card data by faking phone conversations with lenders. The Trojan is appropriately named FakeCalls, a Check Point research report says. Voice phishing attacks are widespread in South Korea. The Chosun Ilbo […]
A North Korean state-sponsored APT group targeted nearly 900 foreign policy experts from South Korea to steal their personal information and carry out ransomware attacks. The South Korean National Police Agency in a press conference on Sunday said the attackers used a phishing campaign to trick the victims into exposing their personal data. The targeted […]
Researchers discovered new Android spyware that provides similar capabilities to NSO Group’s Pegasus controversial software. Called PhoneSpy, the mobile surveillance-ware has been spotted activity targeting South Koreans without their knowledge. PhoneSpy disguises itself as a legitimate application and gives attackers complete access to data stored on a mobile device and grants full control over the […]
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