Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Article pays particular attention to EO 12333’s designation of the National Security Agency as primarily responsible for conducting signals intelligence, which includes the installation of malware, the analysis of internet traffic traversing the telecommunications backbone, the hacking of U.S.-based

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols used to create personal area networks with small, low-power digital radios, such as for home automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless connection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The organization confirmed that it was the victim of the massive hacking campaign targeting Progress MOVEit transfer systems that was conducted by the Clop ransomware group. In June, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection. The goals of the Privacy Sandbox are: Build new technology to keep your information private Enable publishers and developers to keep online content free Collaborate with the industry to build new internet privacy standards. .” reads the announcement.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, we published an article about how photographs of children taken by a stalkerware-type app were found exposed on the internet because of poor cybersecurity practices by the app vendor. The stalkerware-type app involved, TheTruthSpy, has shown once again that the way in which it handles captured data shows no respect to its customers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues collectively tracked as ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ProxyLogon).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address. BEGINNINGS.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Like the United States, China is more likely to try to get data from the US communications infrastructure, or from the large Internet companies that already collect data on our every move as part of their business model. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 16, 2024

Privacy-oriented browsers also limit data collection and "phoning home" and telemetry activity on their backend (in this specific case, I am using "backend" to refer to the side where users don't necessarily directly interact with the browser), preserving your privacy as a user.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. VAMOSI: That’s on the data collection side. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test. That's an example of AI.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Since the beginning of 2018, Group-IB experts detected that cybercriminals were seeking to get access to the user databases of Hong Kong state Internet portals responsible for taxes, trade, procurement, logistics, innovations and hi-tech infrastructure. Espionage as one of the main APT groups’ goals. Attacks on Crypto. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2023

Marketplace and hacking forums offering initial access, enable crooks to speed up their attacks and monetize their cyber operations. The threat actors offered detailed instructions on how to exploit known vulnerabilities in Internet-facing ICS systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

But to all those who are using such devices to keep their homes neat and clean, you better know a fact that such robots when connected to internet can be intercepted by hackers who can then snoop into your homes by hacking the device cameras. But the report doesn’t say to never buy such goods.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Mirai, Jeep Hack, etc.) There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Encryption.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Silent Night is able to grab information from online forms and perform web injections in major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer, monitor keystrokes, take screenshots, harvest cookies and passwords. SecurityAffairs – Silent Night, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. SecurityAffairs – hacking, supply chain attack). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

But, unfortunately, we live in a world of constant hacking attempts and security breaches. Password management software takes some of the brunt out of remembering the many different combinations you use around the internet. With so many passwords to keep track of, those familiar “Update Password” prompts tend to get bothersome.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. Securing your IoT environment. Control user access.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. The data collected by the undersea cable would include content from online messages, browsing sessions, VOIP calls, and emails. . Source [link].

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Attackers can also automate data collection from the device (user’s current physical address, IP address, contents of the clipboard, stored pictures/videos, contact information and more) and send them to the victims to scare them. “To SecurityAffairs – Siri Shortcuts, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan. .

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your digital footprint is the trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet and digital devices. Dormant accounts make you more vulnerable to potential hacks, exposing your personal information. Secure Your Devices To help secure your digital footprint, you must secure the devices you use to access the internet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. com , postaljobscenter[.]com com and usps-jobs[.]com.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

percent of all the data collected, followed by TP-Link that accounted for 9.07%. The Chimay Red hacking tool leverages 2 exploits, the Winbox Any Directory File Read (CVE-2018-14847) and Webfig Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. . Security Affairs – IoT devices, hacking ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

What To Know About Privacy Data. The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. IdentityIQ.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“ElasticSearch is a very common and widely used data storage and is prone to misconfigurations, which makes it accessible to anyone. This instance left sensitive data open and was already indexed via popular IoT [internet of things] search engines. Cases like these raise questions about corporate data collection practices.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2019

Even if in Italy the cells of the popular Anonymous collective are very active , the overall number of hacktivist attacks that caused in quantifiable damage to the victim has declined by 95 percent since 2015. Researchers analyzed data collected by IBM’s X-Force threat intelligence unit between 2015 and 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are many ways that data collection, and data availability, make less sense as the years pass by. More car hacking! If you have digital concerns with regard to Internet of Things in your home, security devices, and even cars, this is another one to keep in mind when weighing up a purchase.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Although this does take time, with training and upskilling programs , insightful workshops, and “Hacker Fridays” (where employees can try to hack a specific smart device), team members will become more capable of dealing with the new diagnostics support work, as well as any general IoT problems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How residential proxies using real IPs from diverse locations enable businesses to gather comprehensive and accurate data from the web Since the adoption of the first digital tools and connection to the internet, the competitive business environment has revolutionized and transformed the ways modern companies conduct business operations.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Counterfeit goods are not the only threat to popular brands on the Internet. In recent years, an often-used fraud method has been fake mobile applications: 36% of users are unable to distinguish between genuine and fake apps, and 60% of the latter request access to the user’s personal data. .

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