Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

How is the UK Government trying to influence the public's opinion on end-to-end encryption? How does Microsoft hope to defeat the macro terror? And what is MoviePass hoping to do with your eyeballs?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And gaining internal access of servers might allow cyber criminals to conduct long-term surveillance on their counterparts. Note 2- A ransomware attack is a kind of file encrypting malware attack where threat actors induce malware into a database to encrypt it until a ransom is paid.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2021

The file encrypting malware group has also released a decryption key for zero cost to help victims clean up their databases. Highly placed sources say that Ragnarok that also involved in double extortion tactics shut its doors because of the constant surveillance of the law enforcement agencies of west.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

CBS News Texas obtained an image the ransomware note dropped by the malware on the infected systems. The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023. ” reads the report. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2022

Gh0stCringe, also known as CirenegRAT, is a malware variant based on the code of Gh0st RAT. The Gh0st RAT source code was publicly released, so we’ve seen quite a lot of malware based on this code. The attacker can designate various settings to Gh0stCringe just like other RAT malware. Gh0stCringe.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

CheckPoint uncovered an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Iranian APT actor and tracked as Domestic Kitten aimed at specific groups of individuals. ” This means that the Domestic Kitten surveillance operation had collateral victims whose details were leaked from contact lists or conversations with the targets.

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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. The mobile version of the surveillance software in the first stage of the infection leverages the exploits to get root access. ” reads the Amnesty’s report.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

A lightweight method for detecting potential iOS malware Over the past few years, our researchers have analyzed Pegasus malware infections on several iOS devices. The common methods for analyzing an iOS mobile infection are either to examine an encrypted full iOS backup or to analyze the network traffic of the affected device.

Banking 81

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 81

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It is too dangerous to mandate encryption backdoors, but targeted hacking of endpoints could ensure investigators access to same or similar necessary data with less risk. These risks are real, but I think they're much less than mandating backdoors for everyone.

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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. When the malware is launched, a function is called to determine the type of Linux distribution the victim is running. If it exists, the SysV route is implied and the malware creates the persistence scripts in “/etc/init.d”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 13, 2022

Especially, the Pegasus software surveillance revelations have left many in the mobile world baffled. It uses a secure encryption node, allowing users to receive and send messages that are digitally signed with the help of a private key. Smart Phones have become a necessity these days, but the security concerns they offer are many.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 22, 2021

It is learnt that the massive file encrypting malware campaign started on April 19th,2021 when victims took help of the technology forums to know more about the ransomware. Qlocker Ransomware is not only accessing files by encrypting them with a password protected 7Zip archives ending with.7z

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Apple has filed suit to ban the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies from using its product and services. federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A joint investigation conducted by Access Now and the Citizen Lab revealed that the journalist, who is at odds with the Russian government, was infected with the surveillance software. However, there is no public evidence that the Russian government is a client of the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group. ” states Access Now.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Google revealed that threat actors recently exploited a zero-day vulnerability in macOS to deliver malware to users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong.

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Malware Media Surveillance Encryption 133

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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Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How effective are attackers with regard to RF in eavesdropping, DoS & DDoS, MitM, spoofing and malware propagation? Malware Propagation: RF signals can carry malware or by OTA upgrade. Criminals may use hijacked drones for illegal surveillance, smuggling, or even as weapons. Are there any interesting case studies?

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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. He declined to comment on the particulars of the extortion incident.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2021

Researchers spotted a sophisticated Android spyware that implements exfiltration capabilities and surveillance features, including recording audio and phone calls. “The “System Update” app was identified by zLabs researchers who noticed an Android application being detected by the z9 malware engine powering zIPS on-device detection.

Spyware 104

Spyware Malware Surveillance Mobile 104

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Related: How ransomware became a scourge Specialists get assigned to poke around, locate key servers and find stealthy paths to send in more malware. 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.”

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Encryption Malware Ransomware Cyber Attacks 147

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. The cyber espionage group leverage both readily available tools and custom malware in their operations, many tools are available for years, but in recent attacks, their code was updated.

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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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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030. Tested, tried.

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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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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

These include scanning of Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD), Microsoft 365 and AWS environments for signs of attack, surveillance of network infrastructure both in the cloud and on-premises and supporting the retention of historical metadata to aid incident response investigations based on indicators of compromise for specific attack variants.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. It is designed to load malicious DLLs and encrypt payloads.” The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

Like other ransomware gangs, Lorenz operators also implement double-extortion model by stealing data before encrypting it and threatening them if the victim doesn’t pay the ransom. Hensoldt AG focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the defence, security and aerospace sectors.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware Surveillance Mobile Encryption 118

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2021

US Navy ship Facebook page hijacked to stream video games GnuPG fixes a problem with Let’s Encrypt certificate chain validation Discord scammers lure victims with promise of free Nitro subscriptions Making better cybersecurity training : Q&A with Malwarebytes expert Kelsey Prichard At long last, Microsoft is disabling Excel 4.0

Surveillance 66

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2019

Threat actors are using a piece of malware detected as GolfSpy, that implements multiple features and can hijack the victim’s device. Attackers distributed the malware in tainted legitimate applications that are hosted on websites advertised on social media. ” reads the blog post published by Trend Micro.

Mobile 79

Mobile Malware Advertising Encryption 79

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Many governments worldwide persecute their internal oppositions charging them with criminal activities and use strict online surveillance to track them. The surveillance software developed by NSO Group was used by government organizations worldwide to spy on human rights groups , activists, journalists, lawyers, and dissidents.

Cybercrime 61

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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. The malware attempts to exploit the fact that many security tools are automatically disabled when Windows machines run in Safe Mode. reads the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2022

.” Since January, DeadBolt ransomware operators are targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide , its operators claim the availability of a zero-day exploit that allows them to encrypt the content of the infected systems. Once encrypted the content of the device, the ransomware appends.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

Last year, the group published a detailed analysis on how the Chinese government has improved its surveillance system to detect and block the popular circumvention tools Shadowsocks and its variants. Shadowsocks is a free and open-source encryption protocol project, widely used in China to circumvent Internet censorship.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

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VPN 79

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Sonicwall warns of a spike in the number of attacks involving encrypted malware and IoT malware. Malware researchers analyzed an intriguing Java ATM Malware. million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov. SystemBC, a new proxy malware is being distributed via Fallout and RIG EK.

Data breaches 61

Data breaches eCommerce Hacking Malware 61

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 piece of malware under analysis were downloaded from “bullettruth[.com/out[.exe”, Figure 3: Malware Signature by SLON LTD. Figure 4: Malware suspicious entropy level.

Banking 71

Banking Malware Surveillance Retail 71

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Experts warn of Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet malware campaign. Ryuk Ransomware evolution avoid encrypting Linux folders. Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

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