Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

When weaponized by authoritarian governments, surveillance chills free speech, scares away dissent, and robs an innocent public of a life lived unwatched, for no crime committed other than speaking truth to power, conducting public health research, or simply loving another person. They have no shame. They must be brought to justice.”.

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Spyware Surveillance Mobile Government 120

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While this communication system is useful for transferring real-time data, it offers neither encryption nor lockout mechanisms against password-guessing. This would allow them to view live feeds and record footage, which could be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, or gathering sensitive information.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Criminals may use hijacked drones for illegal surveillance, smuggling, or even as weapons. Countermeasures: To prevent drone signal hijacking, drone manufacturers and operators can implement encryption and authentication mechanisms for RF communication. It offers strong encryption and is considered secure for most applications.

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Encryption Firmware Surveillance Technology 52

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sometime before March, hackers working for the Russian SVR — previously known as the KGB — hacked into SolarWinds and slipped a backdoor into an Orion software update. (We Other examples of this sort of attack include fake apps in the Google Play store, and hacked replacement screens for your smartphone. Probably.).

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Hacking Government Internet Internet 358

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.

Data breaches 85

Data breaches Ransomware Hacking Financial Services 85

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages, personal information, etc.).” Tails is a security and privacy-oriented Linux distribution, it is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. SecurityAffairs – hacking, domain name system).

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Surveillance Passwords Hacking Encryption 104

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager.

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Passwords Password Management Authentication Technology 122

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We conducted an analysis of the IoT threat landscape for 2023, as well as the products and services offered on the dark web related to hacking connected devices. Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. per day, or $1350 per month.

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IoT DDOS Passwords Malware 92

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The company that sells the parental control spyware app Family Orbit has been hacked, pictures of hundreds of monitored children were left online. The company that sells the parental control spyware app Family Orbit has been hacked, the pictures of hundreds of monitored children were left online only protected by a password.

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Spyware Hacking Data breaches Passwords 50

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Data breaches DDOS Artificial Intelligence Ransomware 87

Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Data breaches Malware Mobile Spyware 93

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Earlier this year, 36 journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera had their personal phones hacked. Their phones were hacked through the use of an exploit chain known as KISMET, an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage. and could hack the Apple iPhone 11.

Spyware 52

Spyware Surveillance Hacking Media 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2019

The Android caller ID app Dalil exposed online data belonging over 5 million users, security experts discovered a MongoDB database left accessible on the web without a password. The availability of this data represents a serious threat to the privacy of the users, threat actors could use it for surveillance activity.

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Passwords Advertising Surveillance Encryption 84

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). To nominate, please visit:?. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Spyware 68

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 68

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The company discovered unauthorized access to its servers, the intruders stole personal information of the users, including usernames , hashed passwords, first and last names, gender information, and city of residenc. The compromised data included email addresses, names, usernames , genders, locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

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Accountability Data breaches Passwords Advertising 82

BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sounds like excessive surveillance? Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, used by more than a billion people. It’s the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. MORE People’s password habits are getting better … slowly. Links we liked A fun new Yuletide game?

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. In this ongoing war, some types of data storage are more prone to hacking because of the need to access, process, and analyze data quickly.

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IoT Cybersecurity VPN Internet 126

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

They’ll take more manual steps to encrypt servers, exfiltrate data – or do both. And then, instead of encrypting one or two or ten machines, they’ll encrypt everything.” Next, they encrypted servers in the most painful way possible, thus motivating companies to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a decryption key.

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Encryption Malware Ransomware Cyber Attacks 147

Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Crooks used rare Steganography technique to hack fully patched websites in Latin America. Jessica Alba ‘s Twitter account hacked, it posted racist and homophobic messages. Android devices could be hacked by playing a video due to CVE-2019-2107 flaw. Hacking avionics systems through the CAN bus. Once again thank you!

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Data breaches eCommerce Hacking Malware 61

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

IoT 52

IoT Hacking Internet Internet 52

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files.

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Malware Banking Healthcare Penetration Testing 82

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Hacking is a global enterprise and there are all kinds of traps and tricks just lying in wait for busy travelers. Once in, they’ll download keyloggers that can steal the personal information and passwords of any guests using those computers. At the very least, anything sensitive should be encrypted.

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Cybersecurity Encryption Surveillance Passwords 52

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. At this time, we have no evidence to hypothesize it could be a victim of previous hacks or not. Introduction. Figure 4: Malware suspicious entropy level. Analysis of Exposed Emails.

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Banking Malware Surveillance Retail 70

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. He was charged with money laundering, computer hacking, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

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Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a moment I’ll share a couple of travel stories from a well-known hacker, one who took creepy surveillance technology and flipped it around. It’s about challenging out expectations about the people who hack for a living. Sometimes you can use surveillance tools in your favor. So let’s get started.

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Computers and Electronics Surveillance Big data Social Engineering 40

SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” Read messages on any messenger, regardless of whether encryption is used. The risks of stalkerware can go beyond the online sphere and enter the physical world.

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Mobile Surveillance Software Passwords 86

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

We believe that the most significant aspect of the Ecipekac malware is that the encrypted shellcodes are inserted into digitally signed DLLs without affecting the validity of the digital signature. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. When this technique is used, some security solutions cannot detect these implants.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2021

But generally, popular cloud storage providers like Azure or AWS protect your data using the following practices: Encryption. In case a piece of data gets stolen, it will be impossible to read without an encryption key. Weak passwords and turned off multi-factor authentication. Event logging and workload audit.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Authentication Backups Encryption 52

SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. This strategic shift signals its intent to intensify its surveillance capabilities and expand its range of targets.

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Government Malware VPN Manufacturing 109

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. No hacking or programming experience is needed.

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Social Engineering Accountability Phishing Cybersecurity 40