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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...

A new, specifically targeted phishing campaign has focused on the Kavach two-factor authentication system, which is utilised by Indian government employees. The activity was called STEPPY#KAVACH by the cybersecurity company Securonix, which attributed it to the threat actor SideCopy based on tactical similarities to other operations. In a recent report, Securonix researchers Den Iuzvyk, Tim Peck, and Oleg Kolesnikov stated that ".LNK files are used to commence code execution which finally downloads and runs a malicious C# payload, which operates as a remote access trojan (RAT)". According to reports, the hacking group SideCopy, which has been active at least since 2019, has connections to Transparent Tribe, another actor (aka APT36 or Mythic Leopard) read the complete article Kav...

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

Researchers Warn of Kavach 2FA Phishing Attacks Targeting Indian Govt. Officials