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A new mobile malware campaign targeted at Android and iOS users has been identified by experts of the National Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) and the Romanian Intelligence Service (Cyberint National Center).
The phishing attack uses, among others, the identity of a well-known express shipping company, sending SMS messages that say Your package is on its way, follow it here and thus inviting potential victims to access a link to check the status of a previously placed order. If the link is clicked, it downloads a Trojan on the user s device, which will extract data about it (model, phone operator details, IMEI number, etc.), bank card data and card operations. It also has the ability to take screenshots, add and retrieve calendar events, and also capture the strings of characters entered from the keyboard. The malware requires permissions for handling SMS and calls, accessing device data, contacts, or for total control over the device,
11/05/2021 14:51
The authorities in central Brasov, in partnership with the Transilvania University of Brasov, the Cyberint National Center and several private companies launched, on Tuesday, the Bv-CyH project, which has as an objective creating an ecosystem in the realm of cybersecurity and advanced technologies. This hub comes to meet the needs for digitization, through ensuring an absolutely necessary transversal component, that of cybersecurity. The main directions of the hub are education, innovation and events, said, at the launch conference, project manager Mircea Segarceanu.
According to the presentation made by the project s initiators, the Bv-CyH s mission is to create an ecosystem in the realm of cybersecurity and advanced technologies, based on the use of the common resources of the founding members and through attracting and involving strategic partners, the impact targeted being a regional, national and European one.