Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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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. Reading about the NSA’s hacking abilities will do that to you. Could agents take control of my computer over the Internet if they wanted to? I wrote the essay below in September 2013.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2021

According to the alert issued by the FBI, the swatters have been hijacking smart devices such as video and audio capable home surveillance devices. “Recently, offenders have been using victims’ smart devices, including video and audio capable home surveillance devices, to carry out swatting attacks. ” concludes the alert.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Facebook has closed accounts used by a China-linked APT to distribute malware to spy on Uyghurs activists, journalists, and dissidents living outside China. This group used various cyber-espionage tactics to identify its targets and infect their devices with malware to enable surveillance.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Facebook).

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

. “We’re publishing the details of a new vulnerability (tracked under CVE-2022-30563) affecting the implementation of the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) WS-UsernameToken authentication mechanism in some IP cameras developed by Dahua, a very popular manufacturer of IP-based surveillance solutions.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

It encompasses various forms of cybercrime and online harm, including cyberstalking, tracking, hacking accounts and intimate image abuse. A common example of this is surveillance. Still, it might not be seen that way due to the normalization of surveillance and the narrative that 'surveillance is love'.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 11, 2023

The company then filed a motion to dismiss the case in the US Court of Appeals, insisting it should be granted immunity, much to the dismay of a number of organizations: Microsoft, Google, Cisco, GitHub, LinkedIn, VMWare, and Internet Association (IA). These companies then banded together to file an amicus brief supporting WhatsApp's case.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In response to the malicious activity, the company permanently banned the account used by the attacker and deployed new “safeguards” to prevent similar attacks in the future, but ClubHouse was not able to ensure that it will not happen again. Lets talk about the Clubhouse 'hack' which wasn't. ” reported Bloomberg. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Experts observed multiple botnets exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in DVRs for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN. Botnet operators are exploiting several zero-day vulnerabilities in digital video recorders (DVRs) for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN-. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LILIN).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Former contractor sentenced to 10 months in prison for hacking airline Jet2. RuNet – Russia successfully concluded tests on its Internet infrastructure. A flaw in Twitter App for Android could have been exploited to take over the account. Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2018

A vulnerability in the Guardzilla home video surveillance system could be exploited by users to watch Guardzilla footage of other users. The Guardzilla All-In-One Video Security System is an indoor video surveillance solution. “ The bad news is that the vendor hasn’t yet addressed the flaw.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Staying safe on the internet means knowing what privacy data is and how to help protect your personal information. Other types of data that you should consider private include: Your bank account number and card details.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It also found instances where virtual machines are exposed to the internet. These practices can lead to account compromise, or enabling unauthorised users to access sensitive data and escalate privileges. Sounds like excessive surveillance? It’s the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. Links we liked A fun new Yuletide game?

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Earlier this year, 36 journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera had their personal phones hacked. Their phones were hacked through the use of an exploit chain known as KISMET, an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage. and could hack the Apple iPhone 11.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories – a Paris-based nonprofit media group that works with journalists – said earlier this week that users of the Israeli-developed spyware were able to hack into iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 devices, as well as Android devices, of tens of thousands of people – including a number of world leaders.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2018

The internet has been a blessing since its inception. The very concept of globalization has come into existence just because of the internet. The internet brought with it plenty of benefits, but accompanying these benefits came some evils that were previously not known of. They do this by following you on the internet.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” the report reveals that too many people spy on their spouses , too few use unique passwords , and too many who are worried about identity theft don’t actually do anything about it (and to those people, we say: We’ve got you covered ).

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Instead of encrypting the hard drives of individual victims, and demanding payments of a few hundred dollars, a skilled team collaborated to break into an organization’s network; surveil the network layout; and then embed the malware. Nuanced hacks Another ring honing automated, active techniques is the Baldr password stealing gang.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

Microsoft declared that an Emotet attack took down an organization’s network by overheating all the computers and bringing its Internet access down. The malware made lateral movements by stealing admin account credentials, and in just eight days after the initial infection, the Fabrikam’s entire network was shut down.

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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. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Subzero malware). ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Experts from Twelve Security claimed they found API tokens that would have allowed hackers to access Wyze user accounts from any iOS or Android device. The incident was independently verified by the authors of the blog IPVM that focuses on video surveillance products. SecurityAffairs – data leak, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. The roster of the now-defunct “Infinity Recursion” hacking team, from which some members of LAPSUS$ allegedly hail.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2018

Positive Technologies discovered two flaws affecting Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuums that can be used to perform video surveillance. Securi ty Affairs – Smart vacuums, hacking). vacuum cleaner as root. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” The issue of, and the story behind, stalkerware.

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DoublePulsar

APRIL 20, 2023

Here’s a writeup from Kroll on a typical Black Basta incident: Qakbot has been around for many years, and is under heavy surveillance by both commercial CTI providers and independent security researchers. If you see alerts for Qakbot, isolate the PC and lock the user account until you’re sure things are safe. Go in hard. Go in hard.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2021

As long as you have an internet connection, you can reach the files stored in the cloud on-demand. Public cloud – it is the cloud computing environment in which computing resources are accessible via the internet and shared between the “tenants.” Event logging and workload audit. These logs record network actions.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To protect personal information and feel safe while surfing the internet; 2. In case you want to train your employees, you may need to use a company account to be able to set scheduled lessons for your staff. to $199 for business accounts. There are two types to choose from: an individual account and a company account.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. The 33 year old from suffer faced charges from US prosecutors as hacking into computers at various American agencies.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to lightbulbs to major appliances­ -- to the internet at breakneck speeds. This is the Internet of Things, and it's a security nightmare. But like nearly all innovation, there are risks involved.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

That, of course, was not all, but it is an example of how someone -- anyone on the internet -- can take a photo or blog post or Yelp review from social media, or some other seemingly random open source item and tie it back to a crime. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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