Apurva Kumar

Staff Security Intelligence Engineer

Apurva Kumar is a Security Intelligence Engineer at Lookout that spends most of her time uncovering and exposing threats as they emerge in and around the mobile space. Her work incorporates threat hunting, reverse engineering and penetration testing. Kumar also enjoys speaking and writing about her work.

My Articles

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Novel Confucius APT Android Spyware Linked to India-Pakistan Conflict

The Lookout Threat Intelligence team has discovered two novel Android surveillanceware – Hornbill and SunBird.

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Malware

Threat Intelligence

New Spyware Used by Sextortionists | iOS/Android Blackmail

The Lookout Threat Intelligence team has discovered a new mobile app threat targeting iOS and Android users in Chinese speaking countries, Korea and Japan.

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Multiyear Surveillance Campaigns Discovered Targeting Uyghurs

The Lookout Threat Intelligence team has discovered four Android surveillanceware tools used as part of a much larger mAPT (mobile advanced persistent threat).

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Phishing

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Inside Look Into Phishing Campaign Targeting Mobile Banking

Lookout Phishing AI discovered a phishing campaign targeting customers via SMS messaging to lure them to fake websites of well-known Canadian and American banks.

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New Surveillanceware Developed by Russian Defence Contractor

Monokle is a new and sophisticated set of custom Android surveillanceware tools developed by the Russia-based company, Special Technology Centre, Ltd.