Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Tens of thousands of devices worldwide, including many industrial control systems (ICS), have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. Kaspersky researchers reported that tens of thousands of devices belonging to industrial and government organizations worldwide have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware.

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Spyware Energy and Utilities Malware Engineering 103

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

affiliate sideloads Cobalt Strike through Windows Defender Gootkit AaaS malware is still active and uses updated tactics Austria investigates DSIRF firm for allegedly developing Subzero spyware ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Creos Luxembourg S.A.

Spyware 115

Spyware Manufacturing Small Business Surveillance 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Trend Micro has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36745, affecting the ServerProtect solution. Trend Micro has released security patches to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-36745 , that affects the Trend Micro ServerProtect product.

Authentication 74

Authentication Spyware Hacking Information Security 74

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

Spyware 88

Spyware Cyber Insurance Hacking Advertising 88

Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2022

The spyware is able to steal SMS messages, contact lists, and device information and to sign victims up for premium service subscriptions. The Facestealer spyware was first spotted on July 2021 by Dr. Web researchers, the development team behind the threat has frequently changed its code.

Malware 116

Malware Spyware Banking Mobile 116

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The experts were investigating several suspicious UEFI firmware images when discovered four components, some of which were borrowing the source code a Hacking Team spyware. Such a scenario would typically require exploiting vulnerabilities in the BIOS update authentication process.

Firmware 122

Firmware Spyware Surveillance Hacking 122

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

. “The campaign employs a multi-stage attack strategy, starting with targeted SMS phishing messages distributed across Spain and other countries, using Sender IDs (SIDs) to create an illusion of authenticity and mimicking reputable financial institutions to deceive victims.” ” Thill explained.

Banking 75

Banking Phishing Social Engineering Authentication 75

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM) Social engineering attacks target Okta customers to achieve a highly privileged role Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler Researchers released a free decryptor for the Key (..)

Social Engineering 99

Social Engineering Spyware Data breaches Surveillance 99

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2023

The CVE-2023-26083 flaw in the Arm Mali GPU driver is chained with other issues to install commercial spyware, as reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in a recent report. Mandiant researchers first observed this affiliate targeting Veritas issues in the wild on October 22, 2022.

Backups 76

Backups Spyware Ransomware Education 76

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

However, this breach offers a unique insight into the internal workings of a hacking contractor affiliated with a state.

Hacking 101

Hacking Government Spyware Marketing 101

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors. Amount of leaked data.

Passwords 96

Passwords Identity Theft Social Engineering Spyware 96

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

Spyware turned out to be the most common malware class hiding in fraudulent COVID-19 emails, with AgentTesla topping the list of phishers’ favorite strains. Spyware: the most likely COVID-19 payload. Most COVID-19-related phishing emails analyzed had different spyware strains embedded as attachments. Source: CERT-GIB.

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Phishing Malware Spyware DDOS 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For instance, we see a new trend emerging in the criminal ecosystem of spyware-based authentication data theft, with each individual attack being directed at a very small number of targets (from single digits to several dozen). Such attacks are likely to comprise an even larger portion of the threat landscape next year.

Spyware 109

Spyware Phishing Cybercrime Energy and Utilities 109

Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The primary goal of network security is to protect a network’s infrastructure, including servers, routers, switches, and other network devices. Application Security: Application security refers to the measures taken to secure software applications from cyber-attacks.

Cyber Attacks 52

Cyber Attacks IoT Authentication Antivirus 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2020

If you want to receive the Security Affairs newsletter subscribe it for free here. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 293 appeared first on Security Affairs. Details for 1.9M Details for 1.9M Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Spyware 83

Spyware Hacking Marketing Ransomware 83

Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

Threat actors used at least five unique iPhone exploit chains that allowed them to remotely jailbreak a device and deliver spyware. The spyware implant was also able to steal the database files from popular end-to-end encryption apps like Whatsapp, Telegram, and iMessage. credentials, authentication tokens, and certificates).

Spyware 86

Spyware Hacking Advertising Encryption 86

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

Malware 107

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 107

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company A Microsoft 365 feature can ransom files on SharePoint and OneDriveCould (..)

Spyware 66

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 66

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

Spyware 76

Spyware Backups Manufacturing Data breaches 76

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

Data breaches 90

Data breaches Malware Mobile Spyware 90

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

The final payload is the FormBook information-stealing Trojan, a malware that was first spotted by researchers at FireEye in October 2017. FormBook data-stealing malware was used with cyber espionage purposes, like other spyware it is capable of extracting data from HTTP sessions, keystroke logging, stealing clipboard contents.

Malware 117

Malware Scams Social Engineering Phishing 117

Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

In the latest campaign uncovered by Kaspersky, the APT group, used a modular framework dubbed CloudWizard that supports spyware capabilities, including taking screenshots, microphone recording, harvesting Gmail inboxes, and keylogging. The module’s configuration includes OAuth tokens that are used for cloud storage authentication.

Malware 73

Malware Spyware Encryption Phishing 73

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Social Engineering According to Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Security Office , “Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.

Social Engineering 40

Social Engineering Passwords Engineering Software 40

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This includes Israeli spyware that could install surveillance software on a target’s phone by simply calling them through WhatsApp. Infographic for the table above: If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. About the author Bernard Meyer. SecurityAffairs – hacking, messaging apps).

Encryption 110

Encryption Spyware Surveillance Software 110

Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

Not to mention the various spyware apps often installed on kids' phones to track them which then subsequently leak their data all over the internet. Obviously you want to remove the risk ASAP, but you also want to make sure that information about how to exploit it isn't made public beforehand. mSpy leaked data. SpyFone leaked data.

Spyware 279

Spyware Passwords Manufacturing Marketing 279

Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2021

There are several ways for cybercriminals to acquire someone else’s API keys without installing malware or spyware on their device. However, sometimes they are left unprotected, which means that anyone, including cybercriminals, can access their contents and extract any useful information found within.

Cryptocurrency 74

Cryptocurrency Accountability Marketing Passwords 74

Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

The information the attacker is looking to gain could be login information, names, titles, phone numbers, banking information, or many other types of personally identifiable information. Security awareness training can help end users to effectively identify a phishing email in various ways.

Security Awareness 70

Security Awareness Wireless Ransomware Passwords 70