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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

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Researchers announced on May 1 that when they inspected the ingredients of the North Korean antivirus software for Windows computers, they found a mix of spyware and old code stolen from an antivirus vendor. Jaku is a known spyware-botnet combination, spread over BitTorrent.

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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

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Also featured are stories about WeWork’s perennial struggles, Google’s Messages app fully embracing RCS, and spyware maker LetMeSpy shutting down after a massive data breach. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. Now, on with the recap.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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But first, some programming notes: Our city spotlight series is back, and TechCrunch is heading to Austin. And there was even more, of course: MyPlace raised nearly $6 million for a home-sharing social network, Apollo.io TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. Big Tech Inc.

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Daily Crunch: After raising $3M seed, global fintech platform Payday plans to secure licensing in Canada, UK

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TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Now here’s five more for you: Spot-ify the new changes : Spotify is testing out new card-style user profiles so that users can have more of a social profile on the platform, Sarah reports. So which one is it? : agency you ask.

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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

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Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 11, 2022! Big Tech Inc.

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

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The hackers hid Trojan malware in legitimate-looking and functioning apps for devices running Google’s Android operating system, promoting their third-party app marketplace installation via links on Facebook and other social platforms. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp.

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Fed Tech Roundup July 24

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Advanced spyware for Android now available to script kiddies everywhere. State Department Seeks Russian-speaking Social Media Maven. Johnson, Carper move to authorize DHS Einstein program. Federal Lab Explodes, Police Say Evidence Points to a Meth Lab | Mediaite - Mediaite. NASA Awards Contract for Office Support Services.

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