Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Researchers found an updated LightSpy spyware with enhanced data collection features targeting social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. have found an updated version of the LightSpy spyware that supports an expanded set of data collection features to target social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

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Data collection Spyware Media Surveillance 108

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

As cybercrime is global problem, it can be extremely difficult for law enforcement to prosecute the perpetrators.  The attacker may conduct surveillance first, mapping a network to find the most valuable resources or to discover potential pathways to jump into other systems. What happens when an attacker is inside a network?

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 101

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

As cybercrime is global problem, it can be extremely difficult for law enforcement to prosecute the perpetrators.  The attacker may conduct surveillance first, mapping a network to find the most valuable resources or to discover potential pathways to jump into other systems. What happens when an attacker is inside a network?

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Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever International Press Newsletter Cybercrime Mining Company NioCorp Loses $500,000 in BEC Hack Inside Black Bastas Exposed Internal Chat Logs: A Firsthand Look The Bleeding Edge of Phishing: darcula-suite 3.0

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Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware Cryptocurrency 63

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Where possible, favor openness and transparency over aggressive data collection or restrictions which erode civil liberties. Surveillance creep risks violating autonomy. Privacy Rights – Pervasive monitoring and data collection erode privacy rights and dignity. Focus only on proportional responses.

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Data collection Risk Surveillance Manufacturing 227

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a result, Nickel achieved long-term access to several targets, allowing the group to conduct activities such as regularly scheduled exfiltration of data. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed Nickel perform frequent and scheduled data collection and exfiltration from victim networks.

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