SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses. What can this Pegasus iOS attack do?

Spyware 52

Spyware Surveillance Hacking Media 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2019

DNS hijacking campaigns target Gmail, Netflix, and PayPal users. Experts spotted the iOS version of the Exodus surveillance app. WPA3 attacks allow hackers to hack Wi-Fi password. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

Data breaches 56

Data breaches DNS Advertising Surveillance 56

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

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Firmware 42

Firmware DNS Advertising Surveillance 42

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

Surveillance 90

Surveillance Malware Authentication DNS 90

Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal.

Hacking 100

Hacking Data privacy Artificial Intelligence System Administration 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In June, more than six months after DarkHalo had gone dark, we observed the DNS hijacking of multiple government zones of a CIS member state that allowed the attacker to redirect traffic from government mail servers to computers under their control – probably achieved by obtaining credentials to the control panel of the victims’ registrar.

Malware 85

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 85

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ongoing surveillance and response The implementation of ThreatDown MDR services on January 18th, 2024, was a strategic move by the MSP to gain deeper insights into the attackers’ movements. Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security. Detection of malware leveraging RMM tools.

Malware 82

Malware DNS Surveillance Backups 82

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Slack resetting passwords for roughly 1% of its users. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

Small Business 55

Small Business Media Spyware DNS 55

Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. MIRAI was able to infect over 600,000 IoT devices by simply exploiting a set of 64 well-known default IoT login/password combinations.

IoT 107

IoT DDOS Internet Internet 107

Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2023

Attackers made a great and long surveillance of this victim, which extended until Jan 2023. While that was happening, Red Stinger targeted and made surveillance to officers and individuals involved in those elections. What is clear is that the principal motive of the attack was surveillance and data gathering.

Surveillance 71

Surveillance Accountability DNS Encryption 71

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

We have previously seen DustSquad use third-party post-exploitation tools, such as the password dumping utility fgdump; but we have now observed new custom C modules, a first for DustSquad, and Delphi downloaders acting as post-exploitation facilitators, able to gather documents of interest for the actor.

Malware 129

Malware Firmware Government Phishing 129

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Once the victim has started the program, it changes the DNS settings on the device so that all domains are resolved through the attackers’ servers: this prevents the victim from accessing certain antivirus sites. Other data could lead to indirect damage if exploited by cybercriminals.

Malware 93

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 93