February 28, 2023 Sour Grapes: stomping on a Cambodia-based “pig butchering” scam A text message leads to discovery of a vast scam infrastructure run by Chinese cyber-criminals. Threat Research
February 01, 2023 Fraudulent “CryptoRom” trading apps sneak into Apple and Google app stores Using changing remote content, apps slide by official review process to deliver fraud through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Threat Research
October 11, 2022 Sophos researchers win Virus Bulletin technical research award The prestigious Péter Szőr Award is presented at Virus Bulletin for the best technical research of the year. Products & Services
March 16, 2022 CryptoRom Bitcoin swindlers continue to target vulnerable iPhone and Android users Abuse of iOS TestFlight and WebClips—along with social engineering and lookalike web pages—lead to double- and triple-dipping by criminals into victims' pockets. Threat Research
October 13, 2021 CryptoRom fake iOS cryptocurrency apps hit US, European victims for at least $1.4 million Scammers combine romantic lures with crypto scams, abusing Apple's ad-hoc app distribution to steal millions from people around the world. SophosLabs UncutThreat Research
May 12, 2021 Fake Android and iOS apps disguise as trading and cryptocurrency apps Criminals have published hundreds of bogus banking, finance, and cryptocurrency apps that steal your money SophosLabs UncutThreat Research
