Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Ahead of the U.S. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. LNK) files.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed a critical vulnerability in its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision addressed an access control vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28808, affecting its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. The lawsuit filed by WhatsApp in U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2023

Citizen Lab reported that Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three iOS zero-click exploits in 2022. A new report from Citizen Lab states that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three zero-click zero-day exploits to deliver its Pegasus spyware.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. ” But several days after a Jan.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s amazing that one person could have had so much access with so little accountability, and could sneak all of this data out without raising any alarms. And Edward Snowden?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2023

Google said it believes the exploit chain for Samsung devices belonged to a “commercial surveillance vendor,” without elaborating further. “At present, a large number of end users have complained on multiple social platforms,” reads a translated version of the DarkNavy blog post.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

TBK Vision is a video surveillance company that provides network CCTV devices and other related equipment, including DVRs for the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. The CVE-2018-9995 flaw is due to an error when handling a maliciously crafted HTTP cookie.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2019

The popular privacy-focused email service ProtonMail has been accused of offering voluntarily real-time surveillance assistance to law enforcement. The popular privacy-focused email service ProtonMail made the headlines because it has been accused of supporting real-time surveillance carried out by law enforcement.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In a blog to explain the changes, the company said that password best practice had evolved since 2018 when it last updated the requirements. Meanwhile on the consumer side of privacy, Meta will start allowing EU users to unlink their Facebook and Instagram accounts. MORE Facts and misconceptions about cybersecurity budgets.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

These heads of state and captains of industry even coined a buzz phrase, “stakeholder capitalism,” to acknowledge the need to take into account the interests of the economically disadvantaged and politically powerless citizens of the world as they bull ahead with commercial and political uses of AI.“AI AI was prominent on their agenda.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Beneath almost all of the testimony, the manifestoes, the blog posts, and the public declarations issued about AI are battles among deeply divided factions. It’s also a contest about control and power, about how resources should be distributed and who should be held accountable. The reality, unfortunately, is quite different.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

More details + TTPs in this MSTIC blog: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) August 15, 2022. The phishing messages used PDF attachments and in some cases, they included links to file or document hosting services, or to OneDrive accounts hosting the PDF documents.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. By enforcing local authentication via PIN, we effectively force remote attackers to “walk” to each account they want to hack. That is, while biometrics can be used for authentication , they can also be used for surveillance.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

The TCU deploys AI-based runtime threat-detection surveillance and remediation for enhanced tamper •. Traceability and accountability. The TCU addresses the supply-chain risks from counterfeits, substitutions, tampering, theft, and implants while adding accountability to the ownership process. Threat detection.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death. THE LAPSUS$ CONNECTION.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We have previously reported about PimEyes being accused of " surveillance and stalking on a scale previously unimaginable " after privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch filed a complaint in 2022 with the UK’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), claiming that PimEyes facilitates stalking.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Muthukrishnan Access control, surveillance , and testing are the three major components that comprise the physical security of a system. Surveillance includes monitoring and detecting intruders into the network. Access control is the restricting of access to a system. There are several types of access control methods used.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Organizations dedicate substantial resources to detecting and preventing fraudulent activity in customer accounts. Related: Neutralizing insider threats This pervasive problem extends beyond traditional notions of fraud, encompassing both insider threats and external risks arising from partnerships, competitors, and poor IP management.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog At least 2 critical infrastructure orgs breached by North Korea-linked hackers behind 3CX attack American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4

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Webroot

MARCH 12, 2021

The campaign has followed a pattern of spreading false information and requesting sensitive information for user’s NHS accounts. Hackers gain admin access to surveillance company cameras. The post Cyber News Rundown: Phishing Targets NHS Regulatory Commission appeared first on Webroot Blog.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Once inside a victim company’s bank accounts, the crooks would modify the firm’s payroll to add dozens of “ money mules ,” people recruited through work-at-home schemes to handle bank transfers. “In early October, the Ukrainian surveillance team said they’d lost him,” he wrote. tank: [link].

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ongoing surveillance and response The implementation of ThreatDown MDR services on January 18th, 2024, was a strategic move by the MSP to gain deeper insights into the attackers’ movements. Detection of malware leveraging RMM tools. Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This is the first in a series of blogs exploring what this decision means for you. The blog series will be followed by a free webinar with our data protection experts. surveillance law in Section 702 FISA and EO 12333 , which can give the US authorities access to any transferred data. The DPC rejected his complaint.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The US company has experienced some controversy due to the acquisition, the heated debate surrounding Neutrino comes from the involvement of Valleri and Ornaghi, who were both executives of surveillance firm Hacking Team. ” reads the blog post. “However, we had a gap in our diligence process.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Fraud, financial gain, and intellectual property theft are the primary motivators, and ‘trusted business partners’ typically account for 15-25% of the cases across all industries. As cited in TechJury , more than two out of three insider threats are caused by negligence. Nine in ten result from human error.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this blog, we will take a closer look at what privacy data is and share details about how you can keep yourself safe. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details. Login information for online accounts you have. Identity theft also affects around 1.4

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 17, 2020

The legal regime in the countries of destination, even under SCCs, must be taken into account to ensure that local laws, for example surveillance laws, do not prevent compliance with the SCCs. Receive our latest blog posts by email. For more information, please read the complete article. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

These practices can lead to account compromise, or enabling unauthorised users to access sensitive data and escalate privileges. Sounds like excessive surveillance? They include credentials that stay in use for a long time, inconsistent use of multi-factor authentication, and cloud workloads with non-administrator permissions.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

The latter measure is especially important, as data-in-motion encryption helps shield an organization’s data, video, voice and metadata from eavesdropping, surveillance and other interception attempts. The post How to Keep Your Information Safe for Data Privacy Day 2020 appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

That surveillance has helped to paint a detailed picture of how business ID thieves operate, as well as the tricks they use to gain credit in a company’s name. For both dormant and existing businesses, the fraudsters attempt to create or modify the target company’s accounts at Dun & Bradstreet.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. While this sounds scary (which is why Meta addresses these concerns in a separate blog post ), the fears might actually be exaggerated.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As market practice evolves, organisations should prioritise an approach built on accountability (documenting transfer impact assessments) and diligent data mapping. For transfers to the US, organisations can build an understanding of US surveillance law into their choice of supplementary measures. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. The malicious executable is substantially an email stealer, in fact, the only purpose is to retrieve all the emails and passwords accounts present inside the victim machine.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The messages were sent by accounts associated with the domain “update-exodus[.]io”, “From the website, the developer described their software as a cloud-based surveillance and remote spy tool. and comes with a cloud-based account where users can view the images and data that the tool uploaded from the target machine.”

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In a blog post , Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote that the hacker group Nobelium is looking to use the same pathways that it leveraged in its attack on SolarWinds and its customers by compromising a set of companies to gain access to their customers. Old Attack Techniques Resurface.

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