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GOOGLE FIXED THE FIFTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023

Security Affairs

The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne from Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-09-25, a circumstance that suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. _clem1 discovered another ITW 0-day in use by a commercial surveillance vendor: CVE-2023-5217.

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Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

Malwarebytes

When weaponized by authoritarian governments, surveillance chills free speech, scares away dissent, and robs an innocent public of a life lived unwatched, for no crime committed other than speaking truth to power, conducting public health research, or simply loving another person. They have no shame. They must be brought to justice.”.

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The Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency

Security Affairs

Belgian newspaper reported that investigators had found proof that the Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency. According to Snowden, the UK’s signals intelligence have hacked into the Belgian telco to spy on private communications in transit into its infrastructure. ” wrote The Intercept.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 349

Security Affairs

US NCSC and DoS share best practices against surveillance tools Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app Russian submarines threatening undersea cables, UK defence chief warns. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Threat actors stole $18.7M Threat actors stole $18.7M Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. The 33 year old from suffer faced charges from US prosecutors as hacking into computers at various American agencies.

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Case Study: Obsidian Group

SiteLock

During the economic turmoil of the late 2000’s, we enhanced our offers to include consulting in the HR, small business and marketing arenas. Over 100 pages and 200 links are analyzed each day, providing the firm with constant surveillance. With this mindset, Obsidian Group has helped its clients achieve their goals for over 13 years.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. He’s been around the hacking scene since the late 1990s, he knows a few people, and he has contributed a lot to the industry. He started hacking in the 1990s. Mine was 2000. I hope you’ll stick around.

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