Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden recommends customers of ExpressVPN VPN service to stop using it. Edward Snowden expressed concerns about the VPN service offered by ExpressVPN and has warned users to stop using it. The surveillance it represents is completely antithetical to our mission.” and its ally, the U.A.E.,

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

On September 14, the US Department of Justice announced that it had resolved an earlier investigation into an international cyber hacking campaign coming from the United Arab Emirates that has reportedly impacted hundreds of journalists, activists, and human rights defenders in Yemen, Iran, Turkey, and Qatar.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of those VPN products are under its other developer name, Lemon Clove, and another two by Autumn Breeze 2018. Innovative Connecting VPNs products.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian government institutions and private companies. Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian entities exclusively. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2020

hacked, data of 600k users available for sale Updated: Italian email provider Email.it supports the Secure Boot Fake Cisco ‘Critical Update used in phishing campaign to steal WebEx credentials Hackers accessed staff mailboxes at Italian bank Monte dei Paschi SFO discloses data breach following the hack of 2 of its websites.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This would allow them to view live feeds and record footage, which could be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, or gathering sensitive information. While individuals are at risk, it’s organizations or even government facilities that cyber adversaries are mainly interested in.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Earlier this year, 36 journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera had their personal phones hacked. Their phones were hacked through the use of an exploit chain known as KISMET, an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage. and could hack the Apple iPhone 11.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

February 26, 2024 FCKeditor Used for SEO Poisoning on Government, University Sites Type of vulnerability: Malicious URL redirect. February 28, 2024 Internet Exposed 3D-Printers Hacked to Broadcast Vulnerability Exposure Type of vulnerability: Missing valid credential check in printer service APIs. and a medium (CVSS 4.3)

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. BlindEagle has targeted both government entities and individuals in South America.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to use it to remain private and anonymous — such as bypassing government censorship, finding niche content, participating in forums or chat boards, whistleblowing crimes to journalists, or even contacting the CIA. federal government. government.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cyber-offense ecosystem still appears to be shaken by the sudden demise of NSO Group; at the same time, these activities indicate to us that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to commercial-grade mobile surveillance tooling. One glaring example is Iran, which faced a series of spectacular hacks and sabotages.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Russian government has already blocked the p rofessional social network L inkedIn in 2016 under the data-localization legislation. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. United Nations, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Hacking is a global enterprise and there are all kinds of traps and tricks just lying in wait for busy travelers. If you must use free or unknown WiFi, consider using one of the many free VPN services that will protect your information. Going on vacation or traveling for business? So mind what you bring and what you say.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident.

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