Schneier on Security

MAY 20, 2020

Bart Gellman's long-awaited (at least by me) book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State , will finally be published in a couple of weeks. It's an interesting read, mostly about the government surveillance of him and other journalists. There is an adapted excerpt in the Atlantic.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

North Korea-linked threat actor ScarCruft (aka APT37 , Reaper, and Group123) is behind a previously undetected Android surveillance tool namedKoSpythat was used to target Korean and English-speaking users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The victim was infected by PowerShell malware and we discovered evidence that the actor had already stolen data from the victim and had been surveilling this victim for several months. Additionally, we discovered older variants of the malware, delivered via HWP documents, dating back to mid-2020. Spear-phishing document.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

It is only recently that it drew attention when a lure document was uploaded to VirusTotal and went public thanks to researchers on Twitter. Two suspicious documents that were uploaded to VirusTotal in July 2020 and March 2021, and which seem to be operated by the same attackers, caught our attention. Background.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. Amnesty International has not documented human rights violations by NilePhish directly linked to FinFisher products.” ” reads the Amnesty’s report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

German law enforcement agencies have been surveilling Tor network by operating their own servers for months. Research conducted by ARD’s Panorama and STRG_F revealed that data collected during surveillance is processed using statistical methods, effectively breaking Tor’s anonymity. an administrator of the platform. .’s

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A recently disclosed FBI training document shows how much access to the content of encrypted messages from secure messaging services US law enforcement can gain and what they can learn about your usage of the apps. All of them are messaging apps that promise end-to-end encryption for their users. And some are safer than others.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2022

Remember when the US and Australian police surreptitiously owned and operated the encrypted cell phone app ANOM? New documents received by Motherboard show that over 100 of those phones were shipped to users in the US, far more than previously believed. They arrested 800 people in 2021 based on that operation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. The lawsuit filed by WhatsApp in U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

All communication is end-to-end encrypted, and the app is open source. ” Recently media shared an FBI training document that reveals the surveillance capabilities of the US law enforcement detailing which data can be extracted from encrypted messaging apps. Source Property of the People.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Despite people generally considering the Tor network as an essential tool for anonymous browsing, german law enforcement agencies have managed to de-anonymize Tor users after putting surveillance on Tor servers for months. The reporters saw documents that showed four successful measures in just one investigation.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal has been chosen by the European Commission for its communications. The European Commission has decided to adopt for its staff the popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal for its communications. ” reported the Politico. ” reported the Politico.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 10, 2025

This category underpins the entire SOC 2 framework and includes essential controls like access management, encryption, and incident response. Encryption, access controls, and secure file-sharing protocols play a key role here. For example, adding the Confidentiality category will include criteria for encrypting sensitive information.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. The access management software facilitates access to the encrypted partition of the drive. There are also some changes to the victimology.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The company designs and develops digital imaging products for use in mobile phones, laptops, netbooks and webcams, security and surveillance cameras, entertainment, automotive and medical imaging systems. As proof of the data breach, the extortion group published data samples, including passport images, NDAs, contracts, and other documents.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

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Centraleyes

MAY 5, 2025

Document Roles & Responsibilities: Identify key stakeholders, from the steering group to operational teams, ensuring accountability and smooth communication. Update the Statement of Applicability (SoA) : Document the controls youve selected, providing a clear justification and demonstrating your commitment to compliance.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Swiss authorities are investigating into allegations the company Crypto AG, a Switzerland-based maker of encryption devices, was a front company for the CIA and German intelligence. The investigation conducted by the media is based on documents from the CIA and Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency. That’s not credible,” he said.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. I maintain a resources page for public-interest technology.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This spyware, called Pegasus and developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, is reportedly instrumental to several governments’ oppressive surveillance campaigns against their own citizens and residents. Targeted surveillance is regulated in the national legislation of virtually every EU member state.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. Traditionally, privacy has taken the form of a policy document created, housed, and referenced by the offices of general counsel and compliance at most organizations. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. In the Dec.

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SecureList

MARCH 28, 2024

This RAT allows the malicious actor to surveil and harvest sensitive data from a target’s computer. A Windows version of this RAT was used in attacks against government entities in Guyana, and documented by ESET researchers as Operation Jacana. com 199.231.211[.]19 19 May 4, 2022 18978 Name.com, Inc.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example: German researchers have discovered security flaws that could let hackers, spies and criminals listen to private phone calls and intercept text messages on a potentially massive scale even when cellular networks are using the most advanced encryption now available. Washington Post, 2014). I don't know. When it was removed?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2021

. “With the TLS secrets at hand, we will demonstrate how a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack can lead to the compromise of WhatsApp communications, to remote code execution on the victim device and to the extraction of Noise [ 05 ] protocol keys used for end-to-end encryption in user communications.” CENSUS has tracked the TLS 1.2

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Related: Why government encryption backdoors should never be normalized. A vendor offering to issue certificates from reputable Certificate Authorities (CAs), along with forged company documentation, as part of a package of services enabling an attacker to credibly present themselves as a trusted U.S. company for less than $2,000.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

“Although issues with certificate validation have been identified within the encrypted communication between the mobile application and the backend system, the inner layer of end-to-end encryption could not be broken.” .” reads the report published by SEC Consult.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Generally, when you adhere to the cloud security best practices , such as strong authentication, data encryption, and continuous monitoring, the cloud can be extremely safe. Document the findings: Keep track of the discovered assets, their classification, and the rationale for priority.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Breaking Encryption Encryption is a key security solution for both at-rest and in-transit data protection. Vulnerabilities in encryption techniques, on the other hand, or bad key management policies, might expose data to prospective intrusions. Attackers may try to exploit these flaws to decode and access sensitive data.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 15, 2024

ESPs will be required to have a Customer Responsibility Matrix (CRM) available to OSAs, and OSAs must document the use of an ESP, its relationship to the OSA, and the services provided in the OSA’s SSP, the ESP’s service description, and the Customer Responsibility Matrix (CRM). The final rule changed how these assets will be assessed.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. On February 24, the National Security Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) publicly warned that a threat actor had exploited a national documents circulation system (SEI EB) to distribute malicious documents to Ukrainian public authorities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. The interesting thing about the communication with the C2 is the fact that there is no encryption: the data harvested are sent to the C2 in JSON format. Introduction.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Researchers discovered a new strain of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions and encrypt files on the system. Experts found surveillance software on around 5% of all machines on the network (roughly 200 computers). ” reads an analysis published by Sophos.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2024

Keeper and Dashlane are top password managers prioritizing multi-layered encryption systems for secure password sharing. 5 Keeper, a low-cost password manager, highlights security with strong end-to-end encryption and authentication. It extends protection with corporate features such as security alerts, and encrypted storage.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Once the victim opens an infected document and agrees to enable macros, the malware is dropped onto the system and proceeds to a multi-stage deployment procedure. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. Ransomware gangs are exploiting vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi to target virtual hard disks and encrypt the data stored on them.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. But to date, the specifics of exactly how that attack went down and who was hit have remained shrouded in secrecy.

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