Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

The US government is testing high-altitude balloons manufactured by Sierra Nevada to conduct surveillance over American soil. The US government is planning to use high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over Americans. “ ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2019

Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm NSO and fears its staff may be targeted by the company with its Pegasus spyware. The name NSO Group made the headlines last week after the disclosure of the WhatsApp flaw exploited by the company to remotely install its surveillance software.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. Cisco finally addressed the flaws in 2013 and stopped selling Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) in 2014. Cisco is going to pay $8.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Arab Emirates denied reports that the popular mobile app ToTok was used as part of a government massive surveillance program. According to a report recently published by the New York Times , the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillance).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were employed in a surveillance campaign on a large scale, millions of users potentially impacted. ” reads the analysis published by Awake Security. The domains were found hosting several browser-based surveillance tools and malware. “Browsers have replaced Windows, MacOS, etc.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

As a result, The majority of businesses (55 percent) are using some sort of a tool to monitor for insider threats; including data leak prevention (DLP) software (54 percent), user behavior analytics (UBA) software (50 percent), and employee monitoring and surveillance (47 percent). Yes, they are cheap to apply. They can be dynamic.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. The mobile version of the surveillance software in the first stage of the infection leverages the exploits to get root access. ” reads the Amnesty’s report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2020

The legal dispute between Facebook and NSO group continues even after the Israeli surveillance firm filed a motion to dismiss the case earlier this month. Now both companies are providing technical details requested by the cyber-security experts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Protecting privacy of consumers must be a priority for all of us in today’s increasingly connected worl d” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Android, CVE-2019-2234).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

The bad news is that experts are aware of attacks exploiting the WhatsApp zero-day to deliver surveillance software. The Financial Times reported that the WhatsApp zero-day has been exploited by threat actors to deliver the spyware developed by surveillance firm NSO Group.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

The Register reports that the secret structures of GCHQ are part of the surveillance programme codenamed “CIRCUIT” and also refers to an Overseas Processing Centre 1 (OPC-1), while another centre, OPC-2, has been planned, according to documents leaked by Snowden. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

“Such a tool would likely violate the companies’ ban against using their data for surveillance.” Both Facebook and Twitter did not comment on the report but highlighted that their policies prohibit the use of user data for surveillance purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Researchers at Check Point discovered that Egypt ‘ government has been spying citizens in a sophisticated surveillance program. Researchers at Check Point discovered that the Egyptian government has been spying on activists and opponents as part of a sophisticated surveillance program. SecurityAffairs – Egypt, surveillance).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2020

the Head of the NASES Surveillance Center Ján K., Security Section of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for investment and informatization Jan M. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes. “With this in mind, we see that UEFI continues to be a point of interest to APT actors, while at large being overlooked by security vendors.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

According to a report published by the New York Times, the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. The report said US intelligence officials and a security researcher determined the app was being used by the UAE government for detailed surveillance. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillence).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. All too often, this gives them a false sense of security: when in fact, threat actors can not only access and watch your camera feed but exploit the unsecured device to hack into your network. This time, the Cybernews research team found 3.5

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2020

The feature that prevent s the execution of JavaScript code on specific sites is essential for the privacy-friendly Tor Browser that uses it to prevent online surveillance. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

The head of London’s Serpentine Galleries resigned on Tuesday following a Guardian report about her links to the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group. Pegasus is a perfect tool for surveillance, it is able to steal any kind of data from smartphones and use them to spy on the surrounding environment through their camera and microphone.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

In October 2019, security experts at Amnesty International’s Security Lab have uncovered targeted attacks against Moroccan human rights defenders Maati Monjib and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui that employed NSO Group surveillance tools. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The employee had more meetings with Kriuchkov that were surveilled by the FBI. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The employee decided to warn Tesla and the company reported the attempt to the FBI.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

CVE-2019-2234 flaws in Android Camera Apps exposed millions of users surveillance. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 241 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

.” Some experts pointed out that while the US intelligence has yet to disclose evidence for the presence of the backdoors in the Chinese equipment, the NSA has deployed surveillance implants in the equipment from several vendors in the past, including Huawei and CISCO. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – backdoor, intelligence).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Is the Belarusian government behind the surveillance Android app banned by Google? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 280 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Cisco fixed three high-severity flaws in Webex video conferencing system, Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras and Identity Services Engine. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is a Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service issue in Cisco’s Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras. received a CVSS score of 8.8

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Make screen recordings Keylogger and device-fingerprinting Retrieve browsing and call histories Take photos, videos, and screenshots Retrieve emails, SMSes, and Messages Steal contacts and calendar information Make calls and send text messages Execute arbitrary shell commands, as root, if root access is available. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2020

. “The types of sites used to distribute these malicious apps and the information exfiltrated suggests that the ultimate goal is extortion or blackmail.” These sites advertise account IDs for secure messaging apps such as KakaoTalk or Telegram that could allow to communicate with the escorts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2020

The exposed data poses a serious risk to users in a country like Iran, nation-state actor could use them to target specific individuals that use Telegram (or a fork of the instant messaging app) for surveillance purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

These indirect methods are called ‘bridges’ If someone could detect every bridge protocol, then every Tor user could be blocked from accessing the Tor network, or they can be directly surveilled. (If Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

“In Massachusetts, a bill in the State Legislature would put a moratorium on facial recognition and other remote biometric surveillance systems.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

A screenshot from a music video of hte Evan Greer song, “Surveillance Capitalism,” which tackles the dangers of commercial surveillance technology. Sometimes fighting the excesses of the creeping surveillance economy is done through position papers, coalition building and lawsuits. Our concern is not ‘Hey patch this up.’

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 286 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Edward Snowden’s book includes details of the author’s life, including the description of his activity at the US intelligence agencies while they were buiding the Prism surveillance system. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

In July, the media reported that Chinese border guards are secretly installing a surveillance app on smartphones of tourists and people crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from Kyrgyzstan. “[An Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In December 2019, The Guardian reported that the Conservative party started using the secure messaging service Signal for its internal communications with Tory MPs, as an alternative of the insecure WhatsApp app. 2015: Even if he revealed unlawful government surveillance, put him in jail! SecurityAffairs – security, Signal).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2019

These components run software that could be potentially affected by security vulnerabilitie s that could be exploited by threat actors for several malicious purposes, from sabotage to surveillance. Cisco has released a new hardware open-source tool called 4CAN that aims to help the automotive industry in security vehicles.

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