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Researchers studying cybersecurity are drawing attention to a campaign of Android malware that uses Microsoft's.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) framework to produce fake social media and banking applications aimed at Chinese and Indian users. According to Dexter Shin, a researcher at McAfee Labs, these malware pose as trustworthy apps in order to target users and steal confidential data. Microsoft's cross-platform desktop and mobile app framework,.NET MAUI, allows developers to use C# and XAML to create native applications. With the ability to not only build multi-platform apps with a single project but also add platform-specific source code when needed, it is an advancement beyond Xamarin. It's important to note that the tech giant encouraged developers to switch to.NET MA...

Malicious advertisements and fake links are being directed towards Chinese people searching for genuine software on search engines like Baidu, such as Notepad++ and VNote. The purpose of these attempts is to spread trojanized versions of the software and eventually launch Geacon, which is a Golang-based variant of Cobalt Strike. According to Kaspersky researcher Sergey Puzan, "the malicious site found in the notepad++ search is distributed through an advertisement block." Upon opening it, a perceptive viewer will quickly spot a humorous discrepancy: the graphic proudly displays Notepad++, while the website address has the line vnote. The title promotes a download of Notepad‐‐ (an analog of Notepad++, also released as open-source software). Notepad is really included with the package...

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Hackers Use .NET MAUI to Target Indian and Chinese Users with Fake Banking, Social Apps

Malicious Ads Targeting Chinese Users with Fake Notepad++ and VNote Installers