CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

A report published by Sentinel One states that a hacking group named “Modified Elephant” was seen carrying out such criminal activities since 2012 and has started the game of planting criminal evidence on devices of innocent online users. Then how to keep such cyber crimes at bay?

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal. This article originally appeared on Inc.com.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Recently security the security expert researcher Sam Curry warned of vulnerabilities in mobile apps that exposed Hyundai and Genesis car models after 2012 to remote attacks. ” Privacy advocates are raising the alarm on surveillance activities operated by law enforcement by collecting data from connected systems in modern cars.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

Flushed with venture capital funding in 2012, Norse’s founders started hiring dozens of talented cybersecurity professionals. An ad for RedTorch’s “Cheetah” counter-surveillance tech. But Norse never published that report, nor did it produce any data that might support their insider claim in the Sony hack.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This strategic shift signals its intent to intensify its surveillance capabilities and expand its range of targets. These are new variants of the same hacking tools that we first reported in August 2019, and later detailed again in June 2021.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. Covers the Mirai code release and how multiple hacking groups end-up reusing the code. via an infamous hacking forum.

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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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