Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Tens of Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones. Researchers from Citizen Lab reported that at least 36 Al Jazeera employees were targeted in a cyber espionage campaign leveraging a zero-click iOS zero-day vulnerability to hack their iPhones.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) would ban U.S. firms from selling hacking tools to authoritarian regimes. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) would introduce a new export control rule aimed at banning the export or resale of hacking tools to authoritarian regimes.

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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. ”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The latest report published by Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), titled “ Buying Spying, an in-depth report with our insights into Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSVs )”, warns of the rise of commercial spyware vendors and the risks to free speech, the free press, and the open internet. ” concludes Google. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I transcribed a recent interview, here some questions and answers about nation-state hacking, spyware, and cyber warfare. Enjoy” How has spyware changed the rules of cyber security in recent years? What will cyber security look like now that those tools are all over the internet? SecurityAffairs – hacking, spyware).

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

Last week, the Somerville City Council expressed a unanimous vote (11-0) to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology. The technology represents a serious threat to citizens’ privacy. In May, San Francisco was the first city in the US to ban facial recognition technology. ” reported the AP press agency.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Unlike other zero-day brokers, such as Zerodium , Exodus Intelligence , and Incredity Technologies, Operation Zero focuses on the Russian market. In April 2023, Operation Zero announced its expansion into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seeking to attract new customers in the Middle East, where the surveillance market has exploded.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. All too often, this gives them a false sense of security: when in fact, threat actors can not only access and watch your camera feed but exploit the unsecured device to hack into your network. SecurityAffairs – hacking, IP cameras).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

Ukraine’s defense ministry began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology to uncover Russian assailants, combat misinformation and identify the dead. Ukraine’s defense ministry announced it will use the AI’s facial recognition technology offered by Clearview. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Clearview).

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. Officially, Variston claims to provide custom security solutions and custom patches for embedded system. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Variston). ” TAG concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus.

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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. Then the Meduza ’s Chief Technology Officer contacted Access Now to investigate the alleged infection of the device. ” states Access Now.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

The owners of these doorbell cameras facing threats from stalkers or estranged abusive partners and may be subjected to surveillance through their phones, online platforms, and interconnected smartphones. There is more they could be doing to vet sellers and respond to complaints.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

The iPhones of nine activists, including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights , Waad , Al Wefaq , were infected with Pegasus spyware as part of a surveillance operation likely orchestrated by a threat actor tracked as LULU and attributed with high confidence to the government of Bahrain. ” concludes the report.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. I started doubting my own security procedures. Reading about the NSA’s hacking abilities will do that to you. I am less trusting of communications technology. Probably not.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

His talk was nostalgic, reflecting on the 40+ years of computer hacking. Moss also said that all hacking is not infosec and that all infosec is not hacking. “Hacking can provide a lot of joy and absolutely no income. But hacking, not so much. Where with infosec the goal is to produce income. It’s a job.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Last week the Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies has acquired the industry’s leading virtual private networks ExpressVPN, as part of a $936 million deal. The surveillance it represents is completely antithetical to our mission.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Snowden). appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

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. Royal was then able to traverse the internal City infrastructure during the surveillance period using legitimate 3rd party remote management tools.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The scary part of the story is that a private surveillance firm was aware of the zero-day flaw since at least two years and is actively exploiting the SimJacker vulnerability to spy on mobile users in several countries. SecurityAffairs – SimJacker, hacking). ” states the post. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, the researchers observed 36 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild targeting enterprise-specific technologies, while 61 vulnerabilities affected end-user platforms and products such as mobile devices, operating systems, browsers, and other applications.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 19, 2021

In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field. Read the whole entry. »

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 19, 2021

In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero experts focus on attacks carried out by nation-state actors or surveillance firms, this means that one of these threat actors may be behind the exploitation of the Qualcomm flaws. The details of the remaining CVEs will be shared in our December 2023 public bulletin.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hensoldt AG focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the defence, security and aerospace sectors. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hensoldt). The post Lorenz ransomware gang stolen files from defense contractor Hensoldt appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Proton Technologies announced this week that it has made available the source code of its popular ProtonMail iOS App. The Proton Technologies firm continues to propose initiatives aimed at ensuring the transparency of its ProtonMail applications, this week it announced the availability of the source code of its popular ProtonMail iOS App.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The experts pointed out that also users that leave the country are exposed to surveillance, through the pre-installed software. This malicious software puts users’ privacy at risk, it could be used to spy on users and unmasking of their identities. EU) Android OS distributions from the same OS developers. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

The attackers leverage spoofing technology to anonymize their own phone numbers and make the emergency call as coming from the victim’s phone number. According to the alert issued by the FBI, the swatters have been hijacking smart devices such as video and audio capable home surveillance devices. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Swatting).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt PREDATOR IN THE WIRES OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes Cybersecurity Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community in multiple areas: Command, control, communications, and combat systems; Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting; Weapons and missile development; Vehicle and aircraft design; and Software development, data analytics, computers, and logistics. ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 286 appeared first on Security Affairs. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2022

The diplomats were targeted with the popular surveillance software as part of a cyber-espionage campaign. “Finnish diplomats have been targets of cyber espionage by means of the Pegasus spyware, developed by NSO Group Technologies, which has received wide publicity. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pegasus spyware).

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Surf over to YouTube, or log into Twitter, Instagram, or hop on Discord or Twitch and you’ll find members of the info sec community ready to share information. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Surf over to YouTube, or log into Twitter, Instagram, or hop on Discord or Twitch and you’ll find members of the info sec community ready to share information. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living.

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Media Hacking InfoSec Marketing 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

The malware would provide Kriuchkov and co-conspirators, the malicious code was specifically designed to steal information from Tesla. The employee had more meetings with Kriuchkov that were surveilled by the FBI. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. The IT giant will pay $9.5

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2019

Perceptics, a maker of vehicle license plate scanning solutions used in the US, has been hacked, attackers stole data and offered for free on the dark web. The company was hacked and attackers stole data and offered business plans, financial documents, and personal information for free on the dark web.

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