Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. ” concludes Citizen Lab.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Citizens, for their part, are increasingly concerned with surveillance capitalism , a lack of anonymity and dependence on online services. While we hope 2022 will be the last pandemic year, we do not think the privacy trends will reverse. Here, we present some of our ideas about what key forces will shape the privacy landscape in 2022.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2025

Cybercriminals are having less success targeting end-user technology with zero-day attacks, said Google’s security team this week. While most attacks do still target personal technology like smartphones and browsers, the focus is moving increasingly to enterprise tech. What does all this mean for you?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. billion by 2022. Pieces in place.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 19, 2024

In a 2022 survey , Americans blamed social media for the coarsening of our political discourse, the spread of misinformation, and the increase in partisan polarization. There is a lot we can learn about social media’s unregulated evolution over the past decade that directly applies to AI companies and technologies.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. The malicious DLL used in the attacks was signed by ‘DSIRF GmbH’.”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. Evolution Equity Partners.

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SecureList

MARCH 8, 2023

The state of stalkerware in 2022 (PDF) Main findings of 2022 The State of Stalkerware is an annual report by Kaspersky which contributes to a better understanding of how many people in the world are affected by digital stalking. In addition, the data reveals a stable proliferation of stalkerware over the 12 months of 2022.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan , the Senators charge that ID.me’s CEO Blake Hall has offered conflicting statements about how his company uses the facial scan data it collects on behalf of the federal government and many states that use the ID proofing technology to screen applicants for unemployment insurance.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2022

First, most states do not equip EBT cards with smart chip technology, which can make payment cards much more difficult and expensive for skimming thieves to clone. Oddly enough, both are reliant on the same fundamentally insecure technology: The magnetic stripe, which stores cardholder data in plain text that can be easily copied.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Like something out of Black Mirror, two students have demonstrated a way to use smart glasses and facial recognition technology to immediately reveal people’s names, phone numbers, and addresses. In 2022, a company called Clearview AI was permanently banned from selling its faceprint database within the United States.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. The vulnerabilities in Google, Microsoft and Mozilla exploited by the company were fixed in 2021 and early 2022. Heliconia Files framework delivers a Firefox exploit chain for Windows and Linux.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Law enforcement and intelligence worldwide are buying technologies that exploit weaknesses in vehicle systems. According to a report published by Forbes, federal law enforcement agencies, with immigration and border cops are using technologies that can exploit similar weaknesses to extract data from 10,000 different car models.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Operation Zero was founded in 2022 by Sergey Zelenyuk, a former Kaspersky Lab security researcher. Unlike other zero-day brokers, such as Zerodium , Exodus Intelligence , and Incredity Technologies, Operation Zero focuses on the Russian market. .” states the company.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero first reported that the CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2022-22071 and CVE-2023-33063 are actively exploited in targeted attacks. “CVE-2022-22071 was included in our May 2022 public bulletin. ” reads the advisory.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs today released its updated 2022 National Cyber Power Index (NCPI), a follow-up to its groundbreaking 2020 index that ranks 30 countries according to their capability and intent to pursue eight objectives of cyber power. Surveillance – 4th behind China, Vietnam, and Iran.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Due to this focus, items primarily affecting enterprises or large organizations may not be included, even if they are widespread or "popular" stories. Tips for finding old accounts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But first, let’s examine how they fared with the predictions for 2022. What we predicted in 2022. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors. Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. Source: Meta.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023. Royal was then able to traverse the internal City infrastructure during the surveillance period using legitimate 3rd party remote management tools.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and its subsidiary Mandiant reported that in 2023 97 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in attacks, while in 2022 the actively exploited zero-day flaws were 62. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s spying when governments do it through opaque, mass surveillance regimes, it’s spying when companies do it through shadowy data broker networks that braid together disparate streams of information, and it’s spying when private individuals do it through unseen behavior on personal devices. They are deeply concerning.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2025

Our dependency on satellite technology means even minor hacks could be devastating, especially against the new threats and attack vectors brought about by AI. Just like any internet-connected device that handles important data, orbital satellites are potential targets for hackers.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2023

.” PimEyes is a search service that uses facial recognition technology to find online photos of people. Facial recognition technology already represents an invasion of privacy. Because of the privacy implications, some tech giants have backed away from the technology, and halted their development.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In 2022, it took around 9 months to identify and contain a breach. Keep reading to learn about on-premise video and access control systems and what the combination of these technologies can do for your cybersecurity strategy. Both access control and surveillance are essential elements in a security strategy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community in multiple areas: Command, control, communications, and combat systems; Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting; Weapons and missile development; Vehicle and aircraft design; and Software development, data analytics, computers, and logistics. ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers GoDaddy discloses a new data breach Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

The attack impacted the municipal police, surveillance cameras and ZTL traffic control systems, the authorities confirmed that the problems can last for days. Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

Many sites have a.onion version available to make it even harder to perform surveillance on the user. Elsewhere, major news services have had onion pages for a few years now: BBC News is available on the dark web in Ukrainian and Russian: [link] — BBC News Technology (@BBCTech) March 4, 2022. That’s not all.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Also read: Best Patch Management Software for 2022. Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. Such technology, often called user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) , is offered as a standalone product, but has also increasingly been showing up as a feature in more traditional security products like EDR and SIEM.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2022

On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. This legislation will be presented tomorrow, May 11, 2022 and would also apply to communications services that are end-to-end (E2E) encrypted. It is also a step back when it comes to cybersecurity.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

Stalkerware requires physical access to be installed, but our report also looks at a range of remote technology that can be used for nefarious purposes. Along with other related technologies, stalkerware is one element in tech-enabled abuse and is often used in abusive relationships.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We expect that emergency services will use their technologies to reliably provide us with services, that they will protect the private information we give them, and that the operators of their systems will act responsibly; but residents were failed in this sense. Relational trust, which I call rules, is equally important.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In an earlier statement , Meta said it has strict policies and technology to prevent predators from finding or interacting with teenagers on its apps. Criticism of the bill mostly points out that it might potentially enable censorship and increased online surveillance.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. Racine (@AGKarlRacine) December 30, 2022.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Once a niche technology, drones are about to explode in terms of market growth and enterprise adoption. Naturally, threat actors follow the trend and exploit the technology for surveillance, payload delivery, kinetic operations, and even diversion. Original post at [link]. Market overview.

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SecureList

MARCH 28, 2024

This RAT allows the malicious actor to surveil and harvest sensitive data from a target’s computer. 19 May 4, 2022 18978 Name.com, Inc. DinodasRAT, also known as XDealer , is a multi-platform backdoor written in C++ that offers a range of capabilities. com 199.231.211[.]19

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In June, Microsoft published a report on a threat actor named Cadet Blizzard, responsible for WhisperGate and other wipers targeting Ukrainian government agencies early in 2022. To sum up, although we did not see the same volume as we had in 2022, clearly there were some significant attacks. Verdict: prediction fulfilled ✅ 8.

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