Android with Telegram Trojan, 4chan Hack, and Cybersecurity Events
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4chan shut down servers after a major hack. Google introduced forced reboot for Android. Trojan for Chinese smartphones stole over $1.6 million in cryptocurrencies. Vulnerabilities found in several Bitcoin wallets. Google introduced forced reboot for Android In the latest update of Google Play services, a function of automatic reboot for Android devices appeared. It will complicate data extraction using modern forensic tools. When the phone is turned on, it goes into the Before First Unlock state, in which most user data remains encrypted. But after the first unlock, in the After First Unlock (AFU) state, they become available for extraction. Thanks to the new feature, the device will automatically reboot if it remains inactive for 72 hours. Trojan for Chinese smartphones stole over $1.6 million in cryptocurrencies Dr.Web researchers reported preinstalled trojanized applications in budget copies of premium Android smartphone models from Samsung and Huawei. Among the modified programs are messengers WhatsApp and Telegram, QR code scanners, and others. The Shibai malware intercepts the app update process and also searches chats for Ethereum or Tron crypto wallet addresses and replaces them with fraudulent ones. In addition, it scans saved images for the presence of seed phrases. The attackers use about 30 domains to distribute malware and more than 60 command servers. Over the past two years, the wallets of the scheme organizers received over $1.6 million. Vulnerabilities found in several Bitcoin wallets Coinspect researchers discovered critical vulnerabilities in browser wallets Stellar Freighter, Frontier Wallet, and Coin98 that allow assets to be stolen unnoticed. To connect to dapps, browser wallets inject code into every tab visited by the user, establishing a communication channel. It allows the app to recognize the wallet and request access to key functions such as viewing balance or initiating transaction approval requests. Messages are transmitted to the…
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