The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

In the not too distant future, each one of us will need to give pause, on a daily basis, to duly consider how we purchase and use Internet of Things devices and services. Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. This is coming. Talk more soon.

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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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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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Schneier on Security

MARCH 19, 2024

1: Advertising The role advertising plays in the internet arose more by accident than anything else. When commercialization first came to the internet, there was no easy way for users to make micropayments to do things like viewing a web page. This has been true for social media, and it will similarly hold true for AI.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The ubiquity of smart surveillance systems has contributed greatly to public safety. We discussed how ABE is ready to help resolve some rather sticky privacy issues stemming from widespread digital surveillance – and also do much more. Here are my takeaways. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The victim was infected by PowerShell malware and we discovered evidence that the actor had already stolen data from the victim and had been surveilling this victim for several months. After a conversation on social media, the actor sent a spear-phishing email to the potential victim using a stolen email account. documents), /??(pictures)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. The flaws reside in a feature named the “XMEye P2P Cloud” that is enabled by default which is used to connect surveillance devices to the cloud infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

is a US-based telecommunications company that provides broadband internet, cable TV, and phone services. is known for offering high-speed internet and competitive pricing in markets where it competes with larger providers. million accounts. a leading Internet Service Provider with over 1.5 WideOpenWest (WOW!)

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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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We are both under constant surveillance and are competing for star rankings. They have social media accounts with personalities. Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. Manipulation is the other business model of the Internet. This is how the Internet works. They use mascots and spokesmodels.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance vendors to target mobile devices with their commercial spyware: CVE-2021-30900 – Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability. The exploits were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. million, a 10% increase from the previous year.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2018

And some searches that have nothing to do with location, like "chocolate chip cookies," or "kids science kits," pinpoint your precise latitude and longitude ­- accurate to the square foot -­ and save it to your Google account. Google is a symptom of the bigger problem: surveillance capitalism in general. BoingBoing story.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. This isn't sustainable, either for this issue or any of the other policy issues surrounding Internet security. So does society's underlying security needs. We need public-interest technologists.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The commercial reel advertises just one of the many video analytics tools available for download on an app store monitored by the Internet of Things startup Azena, itself a project from the German kitchen appliance maker Bosch. It shouldn’t. This is not innovation. It’s experimentation without foresight.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. Also:   How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online For individuals, the damage can be more personal than figures on a balance sheet. Close Home Tech Security Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. And yet almost every Internet account requires one.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2021

Interestingly, the United States Postal Services(USPS) department is conducting a surveillance program for the past few weeks with the help of Facial Recognition integrated with Artificial Intelligence. . A statement released by USPS says that it is conducting an Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) by using Clearview AI technology.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters. Muthukrishnan Access control, surveillance , and testing are the three major components that comprise the physical security of a system.

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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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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. This isn't sustainable, either for this issue or any of the other policy issues surrounding Internet security. So does society's underlying security needs. We need public-interest technologists.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

“The stolen information is likely to be exploited for surveillance or intelligence gathering on specific groups and or individuals.” Sea Turtle also used code from a publicly accessible GitHub account, which is likely under the control of the threat actor. Enable 2FA on all externally exposed accounts.

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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

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.” ” concludes the report.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2021

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. It is also a metaphor used to illustrate surveillance technology. "The purpose was to be able to debug issues.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 8, 2023

WhatsApp, the messaging platform now owned by Facebook parent Meta, has made it official that its users will now-on be allowed to connect their accounts to proxy servers. However, the new rule only applies to nations where censorship is high, like China, and in places, internet shutdowns are frequent, like in Iran.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2021

Other cybersecurity news: A group of privacy-first tech companies have published an open letter today asking regulators to ban surveillance-based advertising. Source: The Hacker News) How fake accounts and sneaker-bots took over the internet. Judge drops hammer, dishes 7 years slammer for BEC and romance scammer.

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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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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2024

Moving forward, Google will link the Location information to the devices you use, rather than to the user account(s). After some digging, I learned that my Google account was added to my wife’s phone’s accounts when I logged in on the Play Store on her phone. That issue should be solved by implementing this new policy.

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

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Despite people generally considering the Tor network as an essential tool for anonymous browsing, german law enforcement agencies have managed to de-anonymize Tor users after putting surveillance on Tor servers for months. Tor enhances privacy by directing internet traffic through a minimum of three randomly chosen routers, or nodes.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

The experts observed the APT deploying Headlace in three distinct phases from April to December 2023, respectively, using phishing, compromised internet services, and living off the land binaries. As expected, Ukraine topped the list, accounting for 40% of the activity.” ” reads the report published by the Insikt Group.

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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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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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