Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 122

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 122

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Government 138

Government Advertising Data collection Hacking 138

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

“The data collected from the target machine could be useful in classifying the value of the target. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. These DLL implants were intended to gather basic information from the victims’ machines with the purpose of victim identification.”

Advertising 95

Advertising Data collection Malware Phishing 95

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Attacks against undersea cables are not a novelty, in 2014 The Register published information on a secret British spy base located at Seeb on the northern coast of Oman, a strategic position that allows the British Government to tap to various undersea cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian/Arabian Gulf.

Wireless 123

Wireless Surveillance Telecommunications Advertising 123

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Data collected by the malware are then transferred to the operator’s command-and-control (C2) server. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The malware is able to infect all operating systems.

Banking 132

Banking Advertising Malware Cybercrime 132

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers, the forum has been taken offline after the incident. We’ve been alerted that portions of the PHPBB user table from our forums showed up in a leaked data collection.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 81

Data breaches Passwords Advertising Data collection 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 96

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 96

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Since at least 2014, some of the employees have had extensive records of private living conditions. In addition to a meticulous evaluation of individual work performance, the data collected in this way were used, among other things, to obtain a profile of the employees for measures and decisions in the employment relationship.

Data collection 86

Data collection Data privacy Retail Education 86

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – buildings, hacking).

Hacking 84

Hacking Advertising Surveillance Data collection 84

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

link ) was posted on Pastebin , the hacker claims to have compromised user’s email and also accused ProtonMail of sending user’s decrypted data to American servers. AmFearLiathMor also wrote that ProtonMail hasn’t configured the mandatory Subresource Integrity ( SRI ) allowing tampering and data collection.

Scams 94

Scams Hacking Data collection Advertising 94

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. However, location data can be used to expose a person’s identity and routines, and even infer personal details.

Consumer Protection 79

Consumer Protection Accountability Data collection Advertising 79

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

This page indicates that access to the consumer and payment data collected by US Job Services is currently granted to several other coders who work with Mr. Mirza in Pakistan, and to multiple executives, contractors and employees working for a call center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. .” org back in 2014.

Marketing 273

Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 273

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

. “ MobiBurn primarily acts as an intermediary in the data business with its bundle, i.e., a collection of SDKs developed by third-party data monetisation companies. MobiBurn has no access to any data collected by mobile application developers nor does MobiBurn process or store such data.

Accountability 132

Accountability Mobile Advertising Media 132

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This was a one-time data collection, done for security purposes (to analyze whether a user had recently encountered adware or other threats, and thus to improve the product & service).” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Adware 75

Adware Data collection Advertising Antivirus 75

Identity IQ

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Hermann’s deep expertise in identity theft protection, credit and financial education and leveraging data to implement scalable business solutions will immediately benefit Entryway as the organization works to create efficiencies through data collection to serve a greater number of at-risk individuals and families across all of its program markets.

Identity Theft 124

Identity Theft Education Marketing Financial Services 124

Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2019

Data collected by SafeGuard confirm the intensification of the presence of Russian bots on Twitter. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Midterm election. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 71

Advertising Data collection Media Accountability 71

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Read more here.

Threat Reports 95

Threat Reports Phishing Banking Malware 95

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols used to create personal area networks with small, low-power digital radios, such as for home automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless connection. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 111

Hacking IoT Wireless Firmware 111

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. However, location data can be used to expose a person’s identity and routines, and even infer personal details.

Consumer Protection 84

Consumer Protection Surveillance Data collection Accountability 84

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing classified data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Small Business 53

Small Business Media Spyware DNS 53

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

” President Trump extended the powers granted to the CIA, which was involved in is offensive cyber operations along with surveillance and data collection activities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 97

Banking Hacking Advertising Media 97

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

Rankwave apparently misused data collected by his app for checking users’ social media “influencer score”. That app collects a huge quantity of data that could be used fr many other purposes. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported Techcrunch.

Advertising 59

Advertising Data collection Marketing Media 59

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

percent of all the data collected, followed by TP-Link that accounted for 9.07%. “More and more exploits are being weaponized by cybercriminals, and infected devices are used to steal personal data and mine cryptocurrencies, on top of traditional DDoS attacks. ” concludes Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 79

IoT Passwords Malware Advertising 79

Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2019

A new story of a violation of the user’s privacy made the lines, Twitter revealed that due to a bug is collected and shared iOS location data with a third-party advertising company, Fortunately, only one partner of the micro-blogging firm was involved and the data collection and sharing occurred in certain circumstances.

Advertising 68

Advertising Accountability Data collection Mobile 68

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan. Pierluigi Paganini.

Mobile 90

Mobile Advertising Malware Data collection 90

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Malware 85

Malware IoT Advertising Data collection 85

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

Companies could use this data to quickly detect malicious activities. Backstory aims at detecting patterns of malicious activities, it also compares data against “threat intelligence” data collected from other sources and partners (i.e. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 80

DNS Cyber threats Advertising Data collection 80

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

Even if in Italy the cells of the popular Anonymous collective are very active , the overall number of hacktivist attacks that caused in quantifiable damage to the victim has declined by 95 percent since 2015. Researchers analyzed data collected by IBM’s X-Force threat intelligence unit between 2015 and 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

Advertising 65

Advertising Data collection DDOS Healthcare 65

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

PagerDuty Operations performance 2014 NYSE: PD Auth0 Identity management 2014 Acquired: Okta. Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security.

Cybersecurity 126

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 126

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

” Turla attackers used many other tools and malware in the latest campaigns, such as a custom dropper to deliver the Neptun backdoor, a USB data collecting tool, a hacking tool that combines four NSA tools ( EternalBlue , EternalRomance , DoublePulsar , SMBTouch ). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Turla, hacking).

Government 77

Government Advertising Hacking Data collection 77

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

According to the Norwegian Verdens Gang tabloid newspaper, the Norwegian authorities cannot access location data collected by the Kamphuis’s mobile phone until he is officially reported missing in the Netherlands. Stay tuned … ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Advertising 51

Advertising Data collection Information Security Mobile 51

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. In September 2014, U.S.

Spyware 193

Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 193

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to August, Q3, of 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Threat Reports 81

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 81

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

Data collected by the expert showed that 16 percent of those devices with UPnP enabled utilize the MiniUPnPd library, and only 0.39% is running the latest release 2.1. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Cyber Attacks 80

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 80

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces. In 2018, Wazawaka registered a slew of domains spoofing the real domain for the Hydra dark web market. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA? . ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

DDOS 272

DDOS Accountability Cybercrime Ransomware 272

Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2019

The communications module transmits data collected by the RAT to the proxy tool. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once the function is executed, the?SodomNormal?communications SodomNormal?communications

Phishing 77

Phishing Malware Advertising Engineering 77

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Go variant of Zebrocy initially starts collecting info on the compromised system, then sends it to the command and control server. The data collected by the malware includes a list of running processes, information gathered via the ” systeminfo ” command, local disk information, and a screenshot of the desktop.

Malware 85

Malware Advertising Data collection Phishing 85