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Understanding and Recognizing Tech Abuse

SecureWorld News

charity and movement by the cybersecurity industry that supports more than 2,000 individuals and sole traders impacted by cybercrime and online harm every month. It encompasses various forms of cybercrime and online harm, including cyberstalking, tracking, hacking accounts and intimate image abuse.

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Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

SecureWorld News

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. Remcos, short for Remote Control and Surveillance, was leveraged by malicious cyber actors conducting mass phishing campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal data and credentials.

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What is Malware? Definition, Purpose & Common Protections

eSecurity Planet

From ransomware attacks locking businesses out of their data until they pay potentially millions of dollars to spyware tracking users’ every move through their infected device, the effects of malware can be devastating. Types of spyware are often classified based on what information they’re gathering. Need More Intel on Rootkits?

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 221 – News of the week

Security Affairs

ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. China installs a surveillance app on tourists phones while crossing in the Xinjiang. Singapore Government will run its third bug bounty program. A cyberattack took offline websites of the Georgia agency.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. Other interesting discoveries.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2023

SecureList

The cyber-offense ecosystem still appears to be shaken by the sudden demise of NSO Group; at the same time, these activities indicate to us that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to commercial-grade mobile surveillance tooling. However, we believe that a number of threat actors will begin to use other alternatives.

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