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. .

Surveillance 50

Surveillance Mobile Advertising Spyware 50

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

5G connectivity brings new capabilities such as IoT, virtual reality, gaming, remote surgeries, real time mass-data updates for mobile devices, connected cars, sensors, etc. According to Ericsson’s Mobility Report 2022, mobile consumers devour an estimated 90 exabytes a month, aka 90 billion gigabytes! layer 2, layer 3 or 4).

Encryption 71

Encryption Mobile Architecture IoT 71

SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

These formats suggest that the threat actor is interested in Office documents, encryption keys, password manager files and image files.The upload is performed by using the same POST request as the one used by the ‘uploadsf’ command. argument: path to file to upload. – List files and repositories. com/ddd/classes.dex.

Surveillance 133

Surveillance Malware Password Management Passwords 133

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.

Spyware 95

Spyware Surveillance Media Government 95

Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week a Hensholdt spokesperson confirmed the security breach to BleepingComputer explaining that a small number of mobile devices in its UK subsidiary has been affected. Hensoldt AG focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the defence, security and aerospace sectors.

Ransomware 122

Ransomware Surveillance Mobile Encryption 122

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

Namely, they should implement encryption, key management and identity and access management (IAM) to help preserve the privacy of their stored data. Encryption. An organization’s digital security strategy would not be complete without encryption. Key Management. That’s the purpose of IAM. A Streamlined Data Security Strategy.

Data privacy 150

Data privacy Unstructured Data Encryption Identity Theft 150

Malwarebytes

MARCH 11, 2021

As awareness of corporate surveillance and criminal hacking has grown, so have concerns about personal privacy. I don’t need a mobile VPN. Some people think they don’t need a mobile VPN because their carrier looks after their security, or has a lot to say about privacy. Also, encrypting and decrypting data takes time.

VPN 141

VPN Encryption Mobile Surveillance 141

Pen Test

OCTOBER 12, 2023

About the Author: Larbi OUIYZME Cybersecurity Consultant and Licensed Ham Radio Operator since 1988 with prefix CN8FF, deeply passionate about RF measurement, antennas, satellites, Software-defined radio, Digital Mobile Radio and RF Pentesting. Criminals may use hijacked drones for illegal surveillance, smuggling, or even as weapons.

Encryption 52

Encryption Firmware Surveillance Technology 52

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 (..)

Data breaches 97

Data breaches Malware Mobile Spyware 97

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 malware exfiltrates data from the infected devices in the form of an encrypted ZIP file. ” states the analysis published by Zimperium.

Spyware 106

Spyware Malware Surveillance Mobile 106

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 64

Cybercrime Surveillance Spyware Government 64

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2019

The researchers speculate on a possible connection to Domestic Kitten espionage activities, an extensive surveillance operation conducted by Iranian APT actor aimed at specific groups of individuals since 2016. Once the malware is executed, it generates a unique ID and then collects targeted data and writes it to a file on the mobile device.

Mobile 81

Mobile Malware Advertising Encryption 81

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Recently the cybersecurity firm SEC Consult reviewed the source code of the ProtonMail iOS App and found seven low-risk vulnerabilities in the popular mobile mail client. “During the initial code review, SEC Consult found seven low-risk vulnerabilities in the reviewed source code and the mobile app.”

Technology 49

Technology Mobile Advertising Surveillance 49

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

This story is about how crooks increasingly are abusing third-party financial aggregation services like Mint , Plaid , Yodlee , YNAB and others to surveil and drain consumer accounts online. “The way it works today, you the aggregator or app stores the credentials encrypted and presents them to the bank.

Banking 243

Banking Passwords Risk Password Management 243

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.

Spyware 52

Spyware Surveillance Hacking Media 52

SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In total, 53,870 of our mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” The risks of stalkerware can go beyond the online sphere and enter the physical world.

Mobile 80

Mobile Surveillance Software Passwords 80

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 28, 2021

The reasoning behind this decision is that the US surveillance law (FISA) does not provide adequate protections or remedies for non-US persons in the EU. Protect sensitive data in motion and wherever it is stored using robust encryption. Encryption. Data security. Cloud security. Asaf Lerner | Director of Product Management.

Encryption 77

Encryption Surveillance Data privacy Risk 77

Identity IQ

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Little to no surveillance over each point-of-sale device at the pump can allow thieves to set these devices up in plain sight. It has been shown that skimmers copy the data from the magnetic strip on your credit card, so it is safer to use your chip due to it being more heavily encrypted.

Identity Theft 105

Identity Theft Banking Scams Retail 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

The US NCSC and the Department of State published joint guidance on defending against attacks using commercial surveillance tools. In the last years, we have reported several cases of companies selling commercial surveillance tools to governments and other entities that have used them for malicious purposes. Pierluigi Paganini.

Surveillance 132

Surveillance Mobile Spyware Malware 132

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybercriminals often use malware to gain access to a computer or mobile device to deploy viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, spyware, and rootkits. Remcos, short for Remote Control and Surveillance, was leveraged by malicious cyber actors conducting mass phishing campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal data and credentials.

Malware 79

Malware Banking Penetration Testing Healthcare 79

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2022

Long story short it's an OTR and OpenPGP-based communication protocol that actually has a lot of new improvements in terms of privacy and security including interoperability between multiple IM clients and mobile applications courtesy of different vendors. Protocol Introduction. What exactly is OMEMO? ChatSecure. Conversations.

Encryption 103

Encryption Cybercrime Social Engineering Mobile 103

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Pegasus is an advanced spyware that exploits vulnerable mobile apps to gain a foothold on iPhone and Android devices. Access encrypted chats from third-party apps. Pegasus is the creation of the NSO Group , an Israeli firm that licenses it to governments to perform surveillance. Access text messages. Access photos.

Spyware 52

Spyware Government Surveillance Mobile 52

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 21, 2022

And my mobile phone, I put that in my jacket pocket, wad that up next to my shoes, then I’m clear to go through. 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. Sometimes you can use surveillance tools in your favor.

Computers and Electronics 40

Computers and Electronics Surveillance Big data Social Engineering 40

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Related: Why government encryption backdoors should never be normalized. They will require an exploding number of APIs to connect each microservice, to each software container, to each orchestration tool, on up the software stack, to each new mobile app delivering each of our daily digital experiences.

Marketing 103

Marketing Digital transformation CSO Internet 103

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to Stone, the CVE-2019-2215 vulnerability was being used or sold by the controversial surveillance firm NSO Group , it was exploited by its surveillance software Pegasus. Collected data is encrypted using RSA and AES encryption algorithms, then it is sent to the C&C server.

Surveillance 87

Surveillance Advertising Marketing Encryption 87

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This is not always the case,” writes Thomas Reed, Malwarebytes’ Director of Mac & Mobile, in a thoughtful blog post on the matter. It insists that Apple must “drop its plans to put a backdoor into its encryption entirely.” For the EFF, delaying plans is not good enough though.

Technology 94

Technology Mobile Media Engineering 94

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.

Spyware 123

Spyware Surveillance Mobile Government 123

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Flaws in several self-encrypting SSDs allows attackers to decrypt data they contain. Snowden speaks about the role of surveillance firm NSO Group in Khashoggi murder. High severity XML external entity flaw affects Sauter building automation product. USB drives are primary vector for destructive threats to industrial facilities.

Banking 63

Banking Advertising Surveillance Insurance 63

Google Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Posted by Roger Piqueras Jover, Yomna Nasser, and Sudhi Herle Android is the first mobile operating system to introduce advanced cellular security mitigations for both consumers and enterprises. Android does not rely on link-layer encryption to address this threat model. However, all existing mobile devices still have support for 2G.

Mobile 95

Mobile Risk Wireless Surveillance 95

McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

using inadequately secured private or mobile devices (lack of antivirus software, out-of-date operating system software, no encryption solutions, etc.) using inadequately secured private or mobile devices (lack of antivirus software, out-of-date operating system software, no encryption solutions, etc.)

Antivirus 52

Antivirus VPN Risk Software 52

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. ” reads the lawsuit.

Surveillance 56

Surveillance Technology Spyware Mobile 56

Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

For years, Apple has marketed its iPhone as the more secure, more private option when compared to other smart phones, which do not, by default, include an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, warn users repeatedly about app location requests, or provide a privacy-forward Single Sign-On feature. VPNs encrypt your iPhone’s app traffic.

VPN 108

VPN Mobile Internet Internet 108

Spinone

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Once you’ve connected your Office 365 account, PC or mobile folders to the cloud backup service, it automatically makes copies of your data. Big players in the cloud storage field like Azure (Microsoft), AWS (Amazon), and GCP (Google) have the tightest security and 24/7 surveillance. Encryption. Hardly scalable.

Backups 40

Backups Accountability Encryption Surveillance 40

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Naturally, threat actors follow the trend and exploit the technology for surveillance, payload delivery, kinetic operations, and even diversion. and that Wi-Fi or Radio Frequency (RF) signals used by drone platforms are properly encrypted against eavesdropping or manipulation. free from obstacles, sparsely populated, etc.)

Cybersecurity 134

Cybersecurity Wireless Penetration Testing Computers and Electronics 134

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2023

VPNs allow users to access the internet securely and privately by encrypting their internet traffic and hiding their IP addresses. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a service that allows you to connect to the internet through a secure and encrypted connection. Look for a VPN that uses strong encryption protocols like AES and Blowfish.

VPN 116

VPN Internet Internet Encryption 116

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Talos reported that these DNS hijacks also paved the way for the attackers to obtain SSL encryption certificates for the targeted domains (e.g. webmail.finance.gov.lb), which allowed them to decrypt the intercepted email and VPN credentials and view them in plain text. Let’s take a closer look at one example.

DNS 262

DNS Internet Internet Government 262

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Mobile statistics. At the end of September, at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit , our researchers provided an overview of FinSpy , an infamous surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists. IT threat evolution Q3 2021. PC statistics.

Malware 86

Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 86