Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

These DLL implants were intended to gather basic information from the victims’ machines with the purpose of victim identification.” “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 -->.

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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.

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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. ” This HTA annual report provides information of threats targeting the US to government and private sector partners. Let me suggest to read it.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The company claimed their software would “block[] annoying tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities” and “[p]rotect your privacy by preventing. “Respondents sold the browsing information that they purported to protect, in many instances without notice to users.” FTC will also fine Avast $16.5

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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.

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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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Aleksandr Brovko is accused to have used his programming skills to create a botnet that facilitated the large-scale theft and use of stolen personal and financial information. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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.

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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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Julian Assange associate and author of “Information Security for Journalists” Arjen Kamphuis has disappeared, the Norwegian police is working on the case. JulianAssange associate and author of "Information Security for Journalists" @ArjenKamphuis has disappeared according to friends ( @ncilla ) and colleagues.

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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.

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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 -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

origin gather information about the infected system and sent it back to the C2. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once executed, Android. Package name Minimum downloads com.a13.gpslock Pierluigi Paganini.

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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.

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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).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2020. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Opened email lets spy in. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

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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. Pedro Tavares is a professional in the field of information security, working as an Ethical Hacker, Malware Analyst, Cybersecurity Analyst and also a Security Evangelist.

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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.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

.” Song pointed out that several of the things reported by Twelve are not true, for example he denied that Wyze sends data to Alibaba Cloud in China. Song also added that Wyze only collected health data from 140 users who were beta-testing a new smart scale product, the claims of a massive data collection were fake.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is a foundational piece of legislation that mandates comprehensive information security programs for federal agencies and their contractors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Attached pic is data collection from #KKNPP #Dtrack malware (a few other bits not pictured). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

. “These are databases with information from Apple Mail and other Apple applications that enable and Siri to become better at suggesting information.” ” Gendler explained that Siri uses a process named “ suggestd ” to collect contact information from various apps. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. rar archive files. Dangerous email.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2020

Upon discovery of this information, INTERPOL’s ASEAN Desk promptly notified Indonesian cyber police. To access their servers for stolen data collection and their JS-sniffers’ control, they always used VPN to hide their real location and identity. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

An interesting point is that one day after data collection, on 2020/05/21, most of the samples were removed from the server by the malware operators, but the sample targeting Portugal was kept available for the next days. Figure 6: Metrics collected from the server on May 21st, 2020 with the Portuguese sample kept by crooks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

On Friday, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet) issued a warning that it would stop the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from handling data collected via Smittestopp contact tracing app. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Vamosi: So ransomware started with like individuals being compromised and their data collected and $300 in Bitcoin and then it became commercialized to industries and so first ransomware. If I'm constantly if I'm being asked for a second factor of authentication, as long as that's secure, and I think hardware token is the way to go.

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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. The Presidential directive, driven by the National Security Council and crafted by the CIA, focuses on the possibility to carry out covert actions in cyberspace. .

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