Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

According to the alert issued by the FBI, the swatters have been hijacking smart devices such as video and audio capable home surveillance devices. Threat actors likely take advantage of customers’ bad habit of re-using email passwords for their smart device. Users should update their passwords on a regular basis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

The threat actors gathered personal information on minority groups and potential political dissents. “The stolen information is likely to be exploited for surveillance or intelligence gathering on specific groups and or individuals.” ” reads the report published by Hunt & Hackett.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In 2013, for example, the FIDO Alliance was created to solve the world’s password problem by replacing login technology. Apple has also promised that passwords will be a thing of the past, and passkeys will become available for iOS 16. Dashlane last month integrated passkeys into its cross-platform password manager.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

” Privacy advocates are raising the alarm on surveillance activities operated by law enforcement by collecting data from connected systems in modern cars. “New cars are surveillance on wheels, sending sensitive passenger data to carmakers and police.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The fact that the issue was discovered by Google TAG suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. Google on Wednesday released security updates to address the actively exploited zero-day CVE-2023-6345 in the Chrome browser. Exposed information includes all the environment variables of the webserver.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

The abuse of social media passwords for malicious purpose is quite common, for this reason, the FBI is searching for contractors to monitor them. “Such a tool would likely violate the companies’ ban against using their data for surveillance.” ” reads the Solicitation Proposal Number DJF194750PR0000369.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet supply chain attack relies on CyberLink software New InfectedSlurs Mirai-based botnet exploits two zero-days SiegedSec hacktivist group hacked Idaho National Laboratory (INL) CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Enterprise software provider TmaxSoft leaks 2TB of data (..)

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

When and why companies implement UAM solutions UAM tools are often employed when a company's HR or information security departments identify specific issues that cannot be resolved by other means. For these workers, being monitored by information security tools can feel intrusive and is often viewed negatively.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The company discovered unauthorized access to its servers, the intruders stole personal information of the users, including usernames , hashed passwords, first and last names, gender information, and city of residenc. The data include email addresses, names, usernames , genders, locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages, personal information, etc.).” Tails is a security and privacy-oriented Linux distribution, it is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

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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

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. The inevitable result of collecting so much information is that data breaches are increasing. And here’s another shocking fact.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

“These vulnerabilities could impact access to a vehicle fuel supply, vehicle control, or allow locational surveillance of vehicles in which the device is installed.” CVE-2022-2141 (CVSS score: 9.8) – Improper authentication allows a user to send some SMS commands to the GPS tracker without a password.

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Manufacturing Passwords Mobile Authentication 99

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Scams Insurance 89

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

The list of functionalities implemented by the spyware includes: Track device location Get nearby cell tower info Retrieve accounts and associated passwords. SecurityAffairs – spyware, surveillance). Record audio and calls Suicide functionality and cleanup of staging files. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

US DoJ announced to have shut down the Russian RSOCKS Botnet MaliBot Android Banking Trojan targets Spain and Italy Chinese DriftingCloud APT exploited Sophos Firewall Zero-Day before it was fixed Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company A Microsoft 365 feature can ransom files on SharePoint and OneDriveCould (..)

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Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 68

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 (..)

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Data breaches Malware Mobile Spyware 93

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

ISO 27000 is a standard for information security and SOC is for maintaining consumer data integrity and security across several dimensions. Is your firm in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) to protect cardholder data during transactions?

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Risk Threat Detection Data breaches Encryption 105

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Threat actors exploited a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-40539 , in the Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus software, which is self-service password management and single sign-on solution. KdcSponge allows capturing the domain name, username, and password.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. COMB breach: 3.2B

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. The malicious executable is substantially an email stealer, in fact, the only purpose is to retrieve all the emails and passwords accounts present inside the victim machine.

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Banking Malware Surveillance Retail 70

Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Slack resetting passwords for roughly 1% of its users. The Problem With the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act. Dutch police arrested the author of Dryad and Rubella Macro Builders. Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing classified data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2019

Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm NSO. G Suite users passwords stored in plain-text for more than 14 years. Salesforce faced one of its biggest service disruption of ever. Unpatched Ethereum Clients expose the ecosystem to 51% Attack risk. US Commerce Department delays Huawei ban for 90 Days.

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Advertising Surveillance Ransomware Passwords 55

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Expert found Russias SORM surveillance equipment leaking user data. Foxit Software discloses a data breach that exposed user passwords. Lumber Liquidators hit by malware attack that took down its network. BRATA, the Android RAT that infected only Brazilian users.

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eCommerce Data breaches Malware Advertising 47

SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

As the rules evolved, civil liberties activists and several lawmakers worried that giving law enforcement the pervasive ability to hack unknown systems in bulk would invite potential mass surveillance or even liability. What would happen, several people worried, if an invasive gesture damaged a system? . bricking a server).”. “The

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Government Small Business Surveillance Risk 90

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Leading Android health apps expose users to avoidable threats like surveillance and identity theft, due to their risky permissions. Here are some of the most dangerous Android app permissions: Location Access: This permission allows apps to track the user’s precise location using GPS and network information.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.

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Computers and Electronics Architecture Education Cybersecurity 52

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

This course covers a broad range of security topics, explaining it with a simple language. Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need.

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Social Engineering Accountability Phishing Cybersecurity 40

Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2022

The FBI searched emails, texts and other electronic communications of 3.4 million U.S.

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Surveillance Data privacy Passwords Technology 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. the whole system and some of the FBI in general, you know, like, I think that the way that they treat people just in the information security community is a little I don't know, it's entitled. Hacker was more about the pursuit of knowledge.

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