ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s 2021 and as we all know software is everywhere -- it has even made its way into our everyday household items like our Internet-connected toothbrushes and coffee cups. Mayhem for Code was put to the test in 2016 at the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), the world’s first machine-only hacking competition.

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Software Technology Surveillance Hacking 52

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

An employee at Amnesty International has been targeted with Israeli surveillance malware, the news was revealed by the human rights group. Amnesty International revealed that one of its employees was targeted with a surveillance malware developed by an Israeli firm. com , pine-sales[.]com com , and ecommerce-ads[.]org.”

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Surveillance Malware Spyware Mobile 44

Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2021

Danish Defense Intelligence Service (Danish: Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste, FE) allowed the US National Security Agency (NSA) to tap into a primary internet and telecommunications hub in Denmark, the operation allowed the US intelligence agency to spy on the communications of European politicians. SecurityAffairs – hacking, NSA).

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Telecommunications Surveillance Internet Internet 130

Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. Covers the Mirai code release and how multiple hacking groups end-up reusing the code.

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IoT DDOS Internet Internet 107

Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

“And Norse’s much-vaunted interactive attack map was indeed some serious eye candy: It purported to track the source and destination of countless Internet attacks in near real-time, and showed what appeared to be multicolored fireballs continuously arcing across the globe.”

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Surveillance Computers and Electronics Internet Internet 262

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sometime before March, hackers working for the Russian SVR — previously known as the KGB — hacked into SolarWinds and slipped a backdoor into an Orion software update. (We Other examples of this sort of attack include fake apps in the Google Play store, and hacked replacement screens for your smartphone. Probably.).

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Hacking Government Internet Internet 358

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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Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 106

SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While the newer actors are filling the skills gap quickly, the most advanced parties are scaling to obtain global surveillance capabilities through technological supremacy. When it was first used in 2012, it disabled over 30,000 computers. This doctrine should take into account how uncertain the attribution process for cyberattacks is.

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