Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2020

Because this is such sensitive information, in Mozilla's products we try to minimize how much of it is collected with features such as encrypted sync or enhanced tracking protection. Telecommunications metadata 2. The US Senate voted to renew the USA Freedom Act which authorizes a variety of forms of national surveillance.

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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. mail.cyta.com.cy: Cyta telecommunications and Internet provider, Cyprus. owa.gov.cy: Microsoft Outlook Web Access for Government of Cyprus. Let’s take a closer look at one example.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It offers additional privacy and security features, including screening for malicious domains and encryption. The company received a finding of law from the Swiss government that it will not be treated as a telecommunications provider, exempting it from laws that would mandate data collection. and Google Public DNS. are wary of U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. It determined that the injection point was situated within the connection between two Egyptian telecommunication providers. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The victims we observed were all high-profile Tunisian organizations, such as telecommunications or aviation companies. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. Domestic Kitten is a threat group mainly known for its mobile backdoors.

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Pen Test Partners

MAY 26, 2025

The Steele Dossier During our forensic investigation for Orbis Business Intelligence, we analysed a set of encrypted laptops linked to the Steele Dossier. Among the deleted partitions, we recovered fragments of draft intelligence memos and encrypted comms between multiple intermediaries. It wasn’t malware it was surveillance.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, US govt warns. President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon has breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries. reads the joint advisory.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 31, 2025

Bush’s administration, the NSA conducted warrantless taps into domestic communications as well—surveillance that several district courts ruled to be illegal before those decisions were later overturned by appeals courts. Smaller governments that can’t afford their own military-grade encryption use it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Roundcube mail server attacks exploit CVE-2024-37383 vulnerability “Hey ESET, Wait for the Leak”: Dissecting the “OctoberSeventh” Wiper targeting ESET customers in Israel Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Storage in the Wild A Broken Ecosystem CVE-2024-44068: Samsung m2m1shot_scaler0 device driver (..)

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