Security Affairs
MAY 22, 2024
Daigle discovered the commercial surveillance software on the hotel check-in systems while investigating consumer-grade spyware (aka stalkerware ). The software was used by someone to capture screenshots of the hotel booking systems, including guest details. .
SecureWorld News
OCTOBER 21, 2022
A new version of the Android malware "FurBall" has been discovered to be used by the threat actor(s) known as Domestic Kitten in a campaign targeting Iranian citizens in a mobile surveillance operation. Researchers believe the purpose of this could be to set up a larger spearphishing attack conducted via text messages.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
The campaigns have been conducted since 2015 and are aimed at conducting information collection and surveillance operations against individuals and organizations of strategic interest to Teheran. ” The surveillance operations conducted by the APT group involved the distribution of Android malware such as VINETHORN and PINEFLOWER.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Security experts spotted a new malware strain, named Goontact, that allows its operators to spy on both Android and iOS users. The malware allows operators to retrieve phone identifiers and steal contacts, SMS messages, photos, and even location data. The spyware is likely used as part of a sextortion campaign.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Pegasus is probably the most popular surveillance software on the market, it has been developed by the Israeli NSO Group. Many other surveillance firms develop spyware that are every day abused in dragnet surveillance and target journalists, dissidents, and opponents of totalitarian regimes. Anyway, it is not the only one.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 23, 2020
In 2013, Edward Snowden shed the light on the mass surveillance program operated by the US government to spy on its citizens and allies. In September 2019, the US DoJ filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden to prevent the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor from receiving the payment for his book, Permanent Record.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day Samsung discloses a second data breach this year The Prynt Stealer malware contains a secret backdoor. users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M
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