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A stealer whispers in Chinese, tyre-pressure sensors aid tracking, and other cybersecurity news<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-14 00:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: forklog.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

This week’s cybersecurity: Android malware, crypto-ATM fraud, TPMS tracking, Meta tools.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t We compiled the week\u2019s most important cybersecurity news.<\/p>\n

Researchers found a multifunctional stealer with Chinese background audio.
\nCertiK tallied losses from crypto-ATM scams.
\nTyre-pressure sensors enabled vehicle location tracking.
\nMeta announced tools to protect users.<\/p>\n

Researchers spot a multifunctional stealer with Chinese background audio
\nResearchers at Kaspersky reported a new Android malware dubbed BeatBanker. It blends features of a banking trojan and a covert Monero miner, can steal credentials and tamper with cryptocurrency transactions.
\nAttackers distribute the software as financial apps and Starlink tools on spoofed Google Play websites. The APK uses native libraries to decrypt and load hidden code directly into memory to evade detection.
\nIn some cases, instead of the banking module the software installs an Android remote-access trojan called BTMOB RAT. It gives operators full device control, keylogging, screen recording, camera access, GPS tracking and credential interception.
\nBefore execution, it performs environment checks to ensure it is not being analysed. A fake Play Store update prompt then appears to obtain permissions for additional payloads. To avoid arousing suspicion, the software delays activity for a time after installation.
\nSource: Kaspersky Lab.
\nAccording to the researchers, the malware uses an unusual method to stay active: it continuously plays a nearly inaudible MP3 of spoken Chinese.
\nBeatBanker can also mine Monero covertly using a modified version of XMRig 6.17.0. It launches dynamically based on system load and conditions monitored by operators to balance performance and stealth.
\nThe trojan\u2019s activity has been observed in campaigns targeting users in Brazil.
\nCertiK tallies losses from crypto-ATM scams
\nIn 2025, losses from fraud involving crypto ATMs in the United States reached $333 million. Meanwhile, victim reports received by the FBI rose 33% year-on-year, said CertiK analysts.
\nThe US accounts for 78% of the 45,000 terminals worldwide. According to the researchers, crypto-ATM fraud is among the fastest-growing categories of financial crime in the country.
\nSource: CertiK.
\nThe researchers noted that AI-driven social-engineering schemes in 2025 were 4.5 times more profitable than traditional methods. CertiK also pointed to a shifting fraudster profile: operations are increasingly structured and evolving into transnational criminal organisations.
\nTyre-pressure sensors used to track cars
\nA team of researchers from Spain, Switzerland and Luxembourg demonstrated a method to track vehicle movements using tyre-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).
\nThe problem, they argue, is that TPMS transmits data and a unique identifier in the clear, and the ID remains unchanged for the tyre\u2019s lifetime. In effect, each wheel constantly broadcasts a radio signal that can uniquely identify the car.
\nSource: Study: \u201cCan\u2019t Hide Your Stride: Inferring Car Movement from Passive TPMS Measurements\u201d.
\nThe paper details an experiment deploying five receivers costing about $100 each.
\nOver ten weeks, the devices captured more than 6 million TPMS messages from roughly 20,000 vehicles. Because the IDs did not change, the researchers matched signals to specific wheels and traced their routes.
\nThey observed that the data are sent unencrypted\u2014interception requires only a budget receiver and a simple antenna. In their view, attackers could scale the system, link identifiers to individuals and conduct targeted surveillance.
\nMeta announced tools to protect users
\nMeta introduced a set of tools to protect users, the company said in a press release.
\nThe new measures include:<\/p>\n

warnings in Facebook when users interact with suspicious accounts;
\nan alert upon receiving dubious requests in WhatsApp to prevent a scammer from binding an account to their device;
\nexpanded threat detection in Messenger, offering to analyse recent messages for hacker markers using AI tools.<\/p>\n

Source: Meta.
\nMeta also reported blocking more than 150,000 accounts linked to scam centres in Southeast Asia.
\nEarlier, the company removed more than 159 million scam ads for policy violations and blocked 10.9 million Facebook and Instagram accounts tied to scam centres.
\nAlso on ForkLog:<\/p>\n

After Fusaka, the number of address-substitution attacks in Ethereum surged by 600%.
\nA MediaTek chip vulnerability put crypto wallets on a quarter of Android smartphones at risk.
\nBinance disclosed details of its investigation into transfers to Iran-linked addresses.
\nMeta handed over intimate smart-glasses videos to contractors in Kenya.
\nUS authorities affirmed crypto-mixer users\u2019 right to privacy.
\nClaude Opus 4.5 found 22 Firefox vulnerabilities in two weeks.<\/p>\n

What to read this weekend?
\nGraphics cards have become the main compute workhorses for neural networks. As the industry evolves, demand has grown for specialised AI hardware. ForkLog explores the latest phase of the artificial-intelligence arms race.<\/p>\n

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