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LW ROUNDTABLE — How 2024’s cyber threats will transform the security landscape in 2025

The Last Watchdog

Continuing our look back at 2024, part two of Last Watchdogs year-ender roundtable turns its focus to emerging threats vs. evolving defense tactics. This has fueled rapid adoption of autonomous AI agents, which matured significantly in 2024 and will become mainstream in 2025. The drivers are intensifying. million (NIST, WEF).

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Report on Paragon Spyware

Schneier on Security

This person received an Apple threat notification in November 2024, but no WhatsApp notification. Our analysis showed an attempt to infect the device with novel spyware in June 2024. Other Surveillance Tech Deployed Against The Same Italian Cluster.

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Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 actively exploited zero-day flaws in 2024

Security Affairs

Google tracked 75 zero-day flaws exploited in 2024, down from 98 in 2023, according to its Threat Intelligence Group’s latest analysis. In 2024, Google tracked 75 exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, down from 98 in 2023 but up from 63 in 2022. In 2024, over half of zero-days enabled remote code execution or privilege escalation.

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Experts discovered surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy used by Chinese law enforcement

Security Affairs

Chinese law enforcement uses the mobile surveillance tool EagleMsgSpy to gather data from Android devices, as detailed by Lookout. Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab discovered a surveillance tool, dubbed EagleMsgSpy, used by Chinese law enforcement to spy on mobile devices. ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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Report claims that Serbian authorities abused Cellebrite tool to install NoviSpy spyware

Security Affairs

Researchers warn of previously undetected surveillance spyware, named NoviSpy, that was found infecting a Serbian journalist’s phone. In February 2024, Serbian journalist Slavia Milanov was summoned to a police station after a routine traffic stop. ” reads the report published by Amnesty.

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The Rise of Cyber Espionage: UAV and C-UAV Technologies as Targets

Security Affairs

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Resecurity detected a rise in cyberattacks targeting UAV and counter-UAV technologies. Resecurity identified an increase in malicious cyber activity targeting UAV and counter-UAV (C-UAV/C-UAS) technologies.

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Your location or browsing habits could lead to price increases when buying online

Malwarebytes

The name for this method is surveillance pricing, and the FTC has just released initial findings of a report looking into that practice. In July 2024, the FTC requested information from eight companies offering surveillance pricing products and services that incorporate data about consumers characteristics and behavior.