SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The attack described by Microsoft begun with a phishing message that was opened by an internal employee, the malware infected its systems and made lateral movements infected other systems in the same network. The incident also affected the surveillance camera network of the company along with the finance department.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2023

Cloud providers also employ security measures such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and antivirus software to prevent attacks. Antivirus software scans files for known viruses and malware. Data centers have security guards, surveillance cameras, and other measures to prevent unauthorized access.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

Rafel’s features, including remote access, surveillance, data exfiltration, and persistence mechanisms, make it a powerful tool for covert operations and infiltrating high-value targets. Regardless, the malware commences its operations in the background immediately upon activation.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

Rafel’s features, including remote access, surveillance, data exfiltration, and persistence mechanisms, make it a powerful tool for covert operations and infiltrating high-value targets. Regardless, the malware commences its operations in the background immediately upon activation.” ” concludes the report.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 14, 2021

While coverage of the proposed powers focused on “hacking” systems and talking about the issue in terms of offensive / surveillance capabilities, what we’ve ended up with is something a little different. The post FBI shuts down malware on hundreds of Exchange servers, opens Pandora’s box appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Twitter will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers GoDaddy discloses a new data breach Fortinet fixes critical vulnerabilities in FortiNAC and FortiWeb German airport websites hit by DDos attacks once again Cisco fixed critical RCE bug in ClamAV Open-Source Antivirus engine CISA adds Cacti, Office, Windows (..)

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. The piece of malware under analysis were downloaded from “bullettruth[.com/out[.exe”, Figure 3: Malware Signature by SLON LTD. Figure 4: Malware suspicious entropy level.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The company designs and develops digital imaging products for use in mobile phones, laptops, netbooks and webcams, security and surveillance cameras, entertainment, automotive and medical imaging systems. OmniVision Technologies Inc. In 2023, the imaging sensors manufacturer was the victim of a Cactus ransomware attack.

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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. Run up-to-date antivirus/anti-malware software on your device. How did the de-anonymization work?

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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. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups. “Once they’re in the front door, now the humans get involved.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

The campaigns, discovered by the Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team , are designed to implant a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that can be used to surveil the computers it infects, and run commands on them remotely. exe for its malware—an apparent attempt to make it look like software from Rostec. Interactive map of Ukraine.

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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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

Content blockers help reduce ads, Trojans, phishing, and other undesirable content that an antivirus product alone may not stop. Never connect the backup drive to a computer if you suspect that the computer is infected with malware. Use a browser-based content blocker , like Browser Guard. Be alert for people trying to trick you.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For most small businesses, the chances of falling prey to a long-term covert surveillance operation by well-resourced, likely state-backed actors are slim. This shows that stealthily surveilling a network is not a tactic exclusive to highly sophisticated threat actors targeting enterprise businesses.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. China installs a surveillance app on tourists phones while crossing in the Xinjiang. Cryptomining Campaign involves Golang malware to target Linux servers. Godlua backdoor, the first malware that abuses the DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Bangladesh Cyber Heist 2.0:

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

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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. After this, they were tricked into downloading previously unknown malware.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. SIGINT-delivered malware. Another is the open-source offensive tool Sliver.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” They still need physical access to the phone to jailbreak it, so iPhone users who fear surveillance should always keep an eye on their device.

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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. It is a serious threat to all organisations which should be met with both a response by government, and businesses.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Malware Applications: Malicious software can disguise itself as legitimate apps. Government and Law Enforcement Surveillance Another situation where phones can be legally hacked is during government surveillance. Once downloaded, they can steal sensitive information or even gain full control of the phone.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The following are some of the most significant threats ICS environments face today: Malware & Ransomware Malware and ransomware attacks specifically target ICS to disrupt industrial operations, encrypt critical data, or cause widespread damage to the system.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Leading Android health apps expose users to avoidable threats like surveillance and identity theft, due to their risky permissions. Malware can use this permission to plant harmful files or steal sensitive information. antivirus) require this access, malicious apps could abuse it to take full control of your device.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It was for 1000s of compromised, Internet of Things, enabled devices, such as surveillance cameras, residential gateways, internet connected printers, and even in home baby monitors these devices themselves are often thought of as not having much in the way of resources, and really they don't have many computing resources.

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Hackology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Kamran Spyware: An Overview The Kamran spyware can be summarized as a sophisticated Android malware targeting regional news website users. Additionally, implementing strong security measures, such as regularly updating software and using reliable antivirus software, can help detect and prevent the infiltration of Kamran spyware.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The course consists of four modules: Hackers Exposed: You will find out methods that stop hackers, block tracking, and prevent government surveillance. Endpoint Protection: Discover how to use antivirus software, learn about malware, encryption and application control. Choose wisely, and good luck!

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2022

The spyware developed by Israeli surveillance firm Candiru exploited recently fixed CVE-2022-2294 Chrome zero-day in attacks on journalists. ” The zero-day was chained with a sandbox escape exploit, but experts were not able to recover it due to the protection implemented by the malware. ” concludes the report.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Microsoft SQL Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog SIEM for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: What you need to know Antivirus firm Dr.Web disconnected all servers following a cyberattack Experts warn of China-linked APT’s (..)

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.), While many envision attacks on smart cars and surveillance cameras, servers exposed to the demilitarized zone (DMZ), such as MoveIT servers , also provide tantalizing edge targets.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2025

Two Linux flaws can lead to the disclosure of sensitive data Meta stopped covert operations from Iran, China, and Romania spreading propaganda US Treasury sanctioned the firm Funnull Technology as major cyber scam facilitator ConnectWise suffered a cyberattack carried out by a sophisticated nation state actor Victorias Secret ‘s website offline (..)

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Apache HugeGraph-Server, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Microsoft SQL Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog SIEM for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: What you need to know Antivirus firm Dr.Web disconnected all servers following a cyberattack Experts warn of China-linked APT’s (..)

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