CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And gaining internal access of servers might allow cyber criminals to conduct long-term surveillance on their counterparts. Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt from its sources that the attack was caused because of the deceitful entry of hackers using Umoja Account of one of the employee.

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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

Artificial Intelligence 85

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Anyone who has used a computer for any significant length of time has probably at least heard of malware. Malware has been present in the digital space since the 1980s, with early prank malware like the Morris Worm or the (c)Brain. However, malware is not quite as amusing in a modern context. How Does Malware Work?

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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.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2024

Finally, Congress appears to be heeding lessons available to be learned since the hacking John Podesta’s email account – not to mention all of the havoc Russia was able to foment in our 2016 elections, attempting to interfere in 39 states. During this same time frame, investigators at Pixalate , a Palo Alto, Calif.-based

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

Gh0stCringe, also known as CirenegRAT, is a malware variant based on the code of Gh0st RAT. The Gh0st RAT source code was publicly released, so we’ve seen quite a lot of malware based on this code. The attacker can designate various settings to Gh0stCringe just like other RAT malware. Gh0stCringe.

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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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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Internet-connected smart devices, like surveillance cams, smart light bulbs, smart locks and doorbells and baby monitors, are notoriously fraught with vulnerabilities, posing grave security risks. Devices with proprietary operating systems account for 34% of what consumers own and 96% of all detected vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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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.”

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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. In the report 002, we cover an actual incident response engagement where a polymorphic malware spread through the entire network of an organization.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

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DNS 74

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. The fix: Disconnect printers from internet access until a patch becomes available. and a medium (CVSS 4.3)

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Related: How ransomware became a scourge Specialists get assigned to poke around, locate key servers and find stealthy paths to send in more malware. And then they’d use your own software deployment tools against you to deploy the malware to the key assets.” “Once they’re in the front door, now the humans get involved.”

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Encryption Malware Ransomware Cyber Attacks 147

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Experts warn of Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet malware campaign. 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 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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Data breaches DDOS Artificial Intelligence Ransomware 84

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. ” reported Bloomberg. . ” reported Bloomberg. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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-.

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Firmware Surveillance Manufacturing Advertising 103

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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IoT Healthcare Internet Internet 279

eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Top public cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) disabled all accounts linked to the Israeli company. Anyone and everyone is at risk, and even technology giants like Apple are ill-equipped to deal with the massive scale of surveillance at hand.”. The impact of the burgeoning scandal continues to ripple. Apple Under Fire.

Spyware 122

Spyware Mobile Government Surveillance 122

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.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The PyInstaller module for Windows contains a script named “Guard” Interestingly, this malware was developed for both Windows and macOS operating systems. The malware tries to spread to other hosts on the network by infecting USB drives. The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine.

Malware 92

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Out of the 18,000 Orion IT customers affected by the malware, it seems that only a handful were of interest to the attackers. For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Hudson: You can somebody to click on a website, using a falsified machine identity, and then download them some ransomware, or put keystroke stealer, or any kind of information harvesting malware. Hudson : The Government Accountability Office examined the Equifax breach. LW: What’s the big concern, going forward?

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Marketing Digital transformation CSO Internet 133

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Snippets from that fascinating conversation are recounted below, and punctuated by accounts from a recent victim who lost more than $100,000 after his mobile phone number was hijacked. Soon after, the attackers were able to use their control over his mobile number to reset his Gmail account password. ” FAKE IDs AND PHONY NOTES.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Following this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware. The backdoor, dubbed Tomiris, bears a number of similarities to the second-stage malware, Sunshuttle (aka GoldMax), used by DarkHalo last year. When victims tried to access their corporate mail, they were redirected to a fake copy of the web interface.

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SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

In the last year, there have been several public accounts on the ongoing trend of UEFI threats. This driver, which runs during the initial phases of the kernel’s execution, is in charge of deploying user-mode malware by injecting it into an svchost.exe process, once the operating system is up and running. hxxp://mb.glbaitech[.]com/mboard.dll)

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The account recovery element of passkey is another double-edged sword. While a consumer application will almost certainly be pleased to outsource account recovery to Apple, Google, or Microsoft, many administrators may not be. They convert the data into templates that, even if leaked or breached, cannot be used to hack an account.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

than I am about typical cybersecurity threats (like viruses, malware etc.).” A full 86 percent of non-Gen Z are concerned or very concerned about their financial accounts being hacked, compared to 72 percent of Gen Z who feel the same way. embarrassing/compromising photos/videos, mental health, sexuality, etc.)

Identity Theft 120

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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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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.

Mobile 86

Mobile Surveillance Software Passwords 86

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

Finally, we will reveal unknown scripts and malware run by the group in this report. Both had inside tools named ngrok.exe and rsockstun.exe: Ngrok.exe is a legitimate tool that allows web developers to deploy applications and expose services to the internet. First of all, we see a new Dropbox account being used.

Surveillance 72

Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The new “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020 ” report describes attacks on various industries and critical infrastructure facilities, as well as campaigns aimed at destabilization of the Internet in certain countries. Internet destabilization at state level. In 2019, cybersecurity became a heavily debated topic in politics.

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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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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This includes widely available proofs of concepts for software vulnerabilities to gain access to target machines, open-source malware implants to establish persistence and a myriad of tools that allow lateral movement inside breached networks. A similar incident happened in Kiev for about one hour on December 16, 2016.

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