Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Cybersecurity researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed a critical vulnerability in SIM cards dubbed SimJacker that could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims just by sending an SMS. “ Simjacker represents a clear danger to the mobile operators and subscribers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

Steve Blair, a CR privacy and security test engineer, and fellow test engineer David Della Rocca, discovered that at least 10 more seemingly identical video doorbells been sold under different brand names, are all controlled through the same mobile app, called Aiwit, which is owned by Eken.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Researchers at Check Point discovered that Egypt ‘ government has been spying citizens in a sophisticated surveillance program. Researchers at Check Point discovered that the Egyptian government has been spying on activists and opponents as part of a sophisticated surveillance program. SecurityAffairs – Egypt, surveillance).

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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

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. as a zero-day.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S.

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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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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

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. 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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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories – a Paris-based nonprofit media group that works with journalists – said earlier this week that users of the Israeli-developed spyware were able to hack into iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 devices, as well as Android devices, of tens of thousands of people – including a number of world leaders.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Technology is increasingly part of our day-to-day life; we use it for communication, work, getting information, and even running our households with smart devices. However, as we spend more and more of our lives online and put our trust in technology, it becomes an increasingly accessible tool for abusers to utilize.

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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

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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SecureWorld News

JULY 8, 2022

Web browsing: Certain complex web technologies, like just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compilation, are disabled unless the user excludes a trusted site from Lockdown Mode. Configuration profiles cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll into mobile device management (MDM), while Lockdown Mode is turned on.

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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. The post Episode 207: Sarah Tatsis of BlackBerry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber.

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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. The post Episode 207: Sara Tatsis of Blackberry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

In October 2019, security experts at Amnesty International’s Security Lab have uncovered targeted attacks against Moroccan human rights defenders Maati Monjib and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui that employed NSO Group surveillance tools. In both Omar and Maati’s attacks all injections happened while using their LTE/4G mobile connection.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Researchers at Lookout discovered a new mobile spyware dubbed Monokle that was developed by a Russian defense contractor. Experts at Lookout discovered a new Android mobile spyware in the wild, dubbed Monokle, that was developed by a Russian defense contractor named Special Technology Centre Ltd. ( Presidential election.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2022

Web browsing: Certain complex web technologies, like just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compilation, are disabled unless the user excludes a trusted site from Lockdown Mode. Configuration profiles cannot be installed, and the device cannot enroll into mobile device management (MDM), while Lockdown Mode is turned on. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. My VPN won’t let me watch Netflix.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Karin Nyman, the in-charge spokesperson of SAS, stated that his company was working on remediating the effects of the digital attack and urged customers to stay away from the mobile app for now. Now the big question- is the technology improving our lives or making it more complicated?

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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. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

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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. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

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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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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Earlier this year, 36 journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera had their personal phones hacked. Their phones were hacked through the use of an exploit chain known as KISMET, an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage. and could hack the Apple iPhone 11.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Pegasus performs zero-click hacks by exploiting security flaws in popular applications installed by default on iOS and Android, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, or iMessage. NSO’s software provides an interface for performing such high-level cyberattacks, something like a business approach to hacking at scale.

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

officials say Huawei Technologies Co. can covertly access mobile-phone networks around the world through “back doors” designed for use by law enforcement, as Washington tries to persuade allies to exclude the Chinese company from their networks.” This week The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. “U.S. officials said. .”

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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. Although not as common, being hacked from using your credit card chip is still a possibility.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

Its clearer than ever that the Internet of Things is getting bigger – and CES is a showcase for new IoT technologies. You might also want to read: Expert says: Hack your Smart Home to Secure It. She’s also a veteran of CES, having been covering technology sector for 18 years.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

IoT-enabled scams and hacks quickly ramped up to a high level – and can be expected to accelerate through 2021 and beyond. The good news is that we already possess the technology, as well as the best practices frameworks, to mitigate fast-rising IoT exposures. In response, threat actors are hustling to take full advantage.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 22, 2021

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. It has also accused United States & NATO for circulating misinformation that the Chinese intelligence was funding hacking groups to launch cyber attacks on the west.

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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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