The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

While VR devices have been around in some form since well before the internet, the true ambition of major corporations to turn these devices into massively-connected social “metaverse” platforms has only recently come to light. To test the true extent of data collection in VR, we designed a simple 30-person user study called MetaData.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the world’s most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank , one of Russia’s largest financial institutions. trump-email.com).

Banking 363

Banking DNS Internet Internet 363

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The investigation into the intrusion revealed the involvement of 13 internet addresses including one traced to the Kimsuky APt group. “The name of the VPN server vendor was redacted in documents presented to South Korean press today at a KAERI press conference.” ” reported the Reuters. ” reported The Record.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The report, titled “ Everyone’s afraid of the internet and no one’s sure what to do about it ,” reveals the dismal rates of adoption for antivirus software, two-factor authentication (2FA), password managers, and unique passwords across online accounts. These numbers are less open to interpretation.

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Surveillance Passwords Software Technology 113

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

According to data collected by Semrush, an online visibility management platform, Omegle has enjoyed a global growth of 65 million visits from January 2020 to January 2021—a staggering 91 percent growth. “People wanted to experience what the Internet was like when people were still afraid,” Taylor wrote.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Augusto Barros, Vice President of Solutions at Securonix , presented at SecureWorld on the challenge of detecting threats in the cloud. But as Barros explained in his presentation at SecureWorld New England 2021, significant changes are underway. "The The challenge of detecting threats in the cloud.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2023

Verizon has released its 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the 16th annual publication providing an analysis of real-world data breaches and security incidents. Ransomware occupied its fair share of space in Verizon's report, making the top of the list for top action types present in breaches.

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Data breaches Social Engineering Engineering Cryptocurrency 81

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The notices were "meaningless," he said, as most people ignore them, were written in a vague and legalistic language that very few people understand, and "fail to present meaningful opportunities for individual choice." They can also answer "I don’t know," the median option. The overall survey results are worrying.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 24, 2024

How to Help Protect Your Digital Footprint IdentityIQ Every click, search, and interaction online contributes to your digital footprint – an intricate trail of data that encapsulates your digital identity. While the digital landscape offers unprecedented convenience and connectivity, it also presents many risks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

These systems are connected to and managed from the cloud to fine-tune performance, provide data analytics, and ensure the integrity of critical infrastructure across all sectors. Attacking OT systems presents a major threat not only to business disruption, but also to national economy and security. The threat landscape.

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Healthcare Ransomware Authentication Threat Reports 126

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. What will be the consequences of these processes?

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. “It is possible to identify exposed systems using search engines like Shodan, and it is feasible to scan the entire IPv4 internet.”

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Hacking Advertising Surveillance Data collection 86

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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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 357

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

“But accessing the phone from Siri Shortcuts also presents some potential security risks that were discovered by X-Force IRIS and reported to Apple’s security team.” The shortcuts can be presented by developers on the lock screen or in ‘search’ field, based on time, location and context. ” continues the analysis.

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Social Engineering Advertising Hacking Data collection 83

The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has launched a project to catalog all of the AI ethics declarations made by public and commercial organizations. However, as the data collected by Internet of Things systems gets deeper and richer , the algorithms running AI should get smarter and more accurate.

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Surveillance Government Accountability Artificial Intelligence 304

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are many ways that data collection, and data availability, make less sense as the years pass by. The VIN (or chassis number) is a unique marker on all vehicles put to use after 1981, originally designed to present you with an easy way to browse a vehicle’s history.

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Manufacturing Wireless Risk Data collection 95

Centraleyes

JANUARY 14, 2024

In addition, merchants at this level will need to present a quarterly network scan by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) and an attestation of compliance (AoC) form. In addition, merchants at this level will need to present a quarterly network scan by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) and an attestation of compliance (AoC) form.

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Computers and Electronics Risk Software Information Security 52

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 14, 2019

What’s more, early EDR solutions were only as good as the type and quantity of data collected, and the quality of the underlying analytics. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Talk more soon.

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Antivirus Digital transformation Firmware Software 147

SecureList

MAY 28, 2024

The most common method of initial compromise is exploiting vulnerabilities in applications accessible from the internet. We present them here in the order they appear in the attack process. Let’s consider the three most popular ones, which make up more than 80% of all initial attack vectors.

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VPN Accountability Passwords Antivirus 75

Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Consider, for example, a 2013 Massachusetts bill that tried to restrict the commercial use of data collected from K-12 students using services accessed via the internet. But lobbying strategies are not always so blunt, and the interests involved are not always so obvious. This process is called fine-tuning.

Energy and Utilities 290

Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Technology Government 290

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

This lack of consistency presents challenges for IoT companies and means it is essential for organisations to understand which regulations apply, or will apply, to avoid any infringements and protect their customers. 6 Decide early on the types of data collection, transmission and processing.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MARCH 23, 2018

These low results for cyber preparedness and resiliency present a significant risk for business. 34% assess device and system interconnectivity and vulnerability across the business ecosystem.

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Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Data breaches IoT 40

Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 19, 2017

For the last 4 years, I've also run a free service called Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) which aggregates data breaches and presently contains about 4.8 million people presently subscribe to those notifications and I've had up to 3 million people visit the site in a single day after a major data breach.

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Data breaches Government Backups Internet 210

Centraleyes

MARCH 25, 2024

Cloud misconfigurations , such as a misconfigured cloud storage bucket, are common causes of data breaches. In a case like this, an administrator may unintentionally expose sensitive information to the public Internet by failing to implement proper access controls or encryption measures.

Antivirus 52

Antivirus Firewall Risk Software 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2019

For example, data collected by an entity may not be associated with an individual but could identify a household. The CCPA applies to for-profit entities that both collect and process the PI Information of California residents and do business in the State of California, without a physical presence in California being a requirement.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

MoneyTaker and Silence are two of the four most dangerous hacker groups that present a real threat to international financial organisations,” said Rustam Mirkasymov , Group-IB Head of Dynamic Analysis of malware department and threat intelligence expert. Group-IB system blocked this threat in inline mode. .

Banking 97

Banking Computers and Electronics Phishing Cybercrime 97

SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If the PowerShell is not present, the malware generates a hidden file with MZ-PE loader with a randomized name located in % APPDATA % directory. If administrative rights are present, its ether executes a PowerShell script that creates two task scheduler entries with GUID-like names and with different triggers. 8, 10.0.0.0/8,

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Malware DNS Encryption Cryptocurrency 114

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From banking to personal data collection, schools must ensure that their systems come with security features and that their employees comply with those security features. Attackers distribute this ransomware as an email attachment or try to exploit vulnerabilities in web browsers and other services exposed to the internet.

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Education Cyber Attacks Cyber Insurance Insurance 58

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

As stated in Group-IB’s annual report “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2018 ” presented at the CyberCrimeCon18 conference, every month, 1-2 banks lose money as a result of cyber attacks, and the damage caused by one successful theft is, on average, $2 million. million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector.

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Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 82

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Abnormal Security Cloud email security 2019 Private Sqreen Application security 2019 Acquired: Datadog Demisto SOAR 2018 Acquired by PAN Skyhigh Cloud security 2012 Acquired: McAfee OpenDNS Internet security 2009 Acquired: Cisco Palo Alto Networks Cloud and network security 2006 NYSE: PANW. Business Data.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. In reality, the scheme worked the way any other internet hoax would: the self-professed altruists went off the radar once they received the deposit.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 96

SecureList

JULY 27, 2023

We now have better visibility into the group’s tactics, particularly in the areas of lateral movement, data collection and exfiltration. In our private report, we presented an overview of previous and current attacks, the group’s objectives, and its methodologies.

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Malware Government Phishing Social Engineering 88

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2023

It presents a continuation of our previous annual financial threat reports ( 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 ), which provide an overview of the latest trends across the threat landscape. To gain insights into the financial threat landscape, we analyzed data on malicious activities on the devices of Kaspersky security product users.

Banking 76

Banking Phishing Cryptocurrency Mobile 76

SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The loader starts its activities by loading an encrypted payload from another file that should be present in the same directory. The loaded data are then decoded using XOR, where the XOR key is generated using an unusual technique. The malware uses a static seed to generate a 256-byte XOR_KEY block using shuffle and add operations.

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Encryption Passwords Malware Firewall 119

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2022

Third parties may spot gaps and inconsistencies in the evidence presented and thus help increase the credibility and quality of technical attribution. within network activity logs collected by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), etc.). On the other hand, new capabilities are offered to defenders in response.

Energy and Utilities 89

Energy and Utilities Data collection Malware Cybersecurity 89

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

Collecting information about a company from public sources. The first and simplest step that can be taken by cybercriminals is to gather data from publicly accessible sources. Such key positions include the CEO, HR department director, and chief accountant. Cybercriminals may also pose as a company employee for fraudulent purposes.

Identity Theft 94

Identity Theft Phishing Accountability Banking 94

SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The graph presents data for the first five days of each link’s life ( download ). The data presented above allows some general conclusions to be made about the life cycle of modern phishing pages without focusing on specific categories. This means the website disappears from the internet forever.

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Phishing Hacking Engineering Scams 117