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.

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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. Alex Holden is founder and chief technology officer of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based security consultancy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Assembly would set up a committee of international experts in 2020 that will be tasked with elaborating “a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.”

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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.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In total, 53,870 of our mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. Technology has enabled people to connect more than ever before. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The issue is that the technology also opens a door for some serious issues. There are other concerns too, that this one-size-fits-all technology could put some vulnerable users in danger. This is not always the case,” writes Thomas Reed, Malwarebytes’ Director of Mac & Mobile, in a thoughtful blog post on the matter.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As technology has adapted and grown over the years, so has fraudulent ways of gathering people’s information. Little to no surveillance over each point-of-sale device at the pump can allow thieves to set these devices up in plain sight. Another alternative can be to use your mobile wallet. IdentityIQ.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. ” reads the lawsuit.

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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. “DNS Security Extensions”), which is a technology designed to defeat the very type of attack that the DNSpionage hackers were able to execute. Image: APNIC.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Once a niche technology, drones are about to explode in terms of market growth and enterprise adoption. Naturally, threat actors follow the trend and exploit the technology for surveillance, payload delivery, kinetic operations, and even diversion. Original post at [link]. Market overview. Danger Drone platform.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Mobile statistics. We have seen targeted attacks exploiting the vulnerability to target companies in research and development, the energy sector and other major industries, banking, the medical technology sector, as well as telecoms and IT. IT threat evolution Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. PC statistics. Targeted attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. The core idea is pretty simple,” says Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix , a supplier of advanced encryption systems.

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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. So using existing technology makes sense. That's both good and bad.

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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. So using existing technology makes sense. That's both good and bad.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 9, 2021

In a major move, Apple is introducing new technology that aims to help protect children from predators and limit the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), naming it Expanded Protections for Children. Open letter against new Apple technology. But what about the data and privacy of criminals who target children? That's iPhone."

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

FinSpy, also known as FinFisher or Wingbird , is an infamous surveillance toolset. We were unable to cluster those packages until the middle of 2019 when we found a host that served these installers among FinSpy Mobile implants for Android. Both of them are encrypted with RC4. The encrypted VFS file. The Initial Loader.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2022

Unless security best practices are followed, snoopers can gain access from outside, and hackers can install rogue APIs (application programming interfaces) or crack security encryption with the help of sophisticated hardware sniffers. That degree of simplicity can open the door to security issues. RF Explorer.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

Domestic Kitten is a threat group mainly known for its mobile backdoors. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. Other interesting discoveries.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This isn’t quite the same as a legitimate piece of software, such as a mobile game from a reputable developer, coming packed with online ads. Once a system is infected, ransomware attacks usually come in 3 stages: Surveillance: The hackers scan their target for more information on the system they are attacking. Ransomware.

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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. Level of intrusiveness.

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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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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Bessemer Venture Partners. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Evolution Equity Partners.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. APT targeting turns toward satellite technologies, producers and operators The only known case of an attack utilizing satellite technologies that happened in recent years was the KA-SAT network hack of 2022.

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