‘Precision espionage campaign’ began months before the flaw was fixed A previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL exploited a zero-day in Samsung Galaxy devices for nearly a year, installing surveillance code capable of recording calls, tracking locations, and harvesting photos and logs before Samsung finally patched it in April.… READ MORE HERE…

Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers Security experts have helped remove malicious NuGet packages planted in 2023 that were designed to destroy systems years in advance, with some payloads not due to hit until the latter part of this decade.… READ MORE HERE…

This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-first The Bank of England (BoE) has cited the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as one of the reasons for the country’s slower-than-expected GDP growth in its latest rates decision.… READ MORE HERE…

Move fast – miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hours Gootloader JavaScript malware, commonly used to deliver ransomware, is back in action after a period of reduced activity.… READ MORE HERE…