Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2022

Canada’s federal government admitted to surveilling its population’s movements during the COVID-19 lock-down by tracking 33 million phones, the FBI warned that a hacker group has been sending malware-laden USB sticks to companies, and details on a new law in the United States which will install kill switches in new cars. ** Links mentioned on […].

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Surveillance Malware Government Social Engineering 111

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada. A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., When surveillance leads to spying.

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Surveillance IoT Accountability Passwords 129

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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Accountability Mobile Surveillance Information Security 116

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

AUGUST 28, 2022

Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” has been recognized as an exploit for a vulnerability after Microsoft reported it can crash the hard drives of certain old laptop computers, phishing attacks that compromise credentials using brand impersonation are on the rise, and details about a new privacy focused phone carrier that doesn’t track your location or (..)

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Phishing Social Engineering Surveillance Data privacy 52

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The campaigns have been conducted since 2015 and are aimed at conducting information collection and surveillance operations against individuals and organizations of strategic interest to Teheran. ” The surveillance operations conducted by the APT group involved the distribution of Android malware such as VINETHORN and PINEFLOWER.

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Surveillance Social Engineering Phishing Government 98

Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Additionally, keep in mind that while Lockdown Mode may make it more difficult for attackers to exploit social engineering in order to compromise devices, until Apple more strictly controls what apps it allows in its app store , potential government spying remains a major problem.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Treasury issued fresh sanctions against entities linked to the Intellexa Consortium Broadcom fixed Critical VMware vCenter Server flaw CVE-2024-38812 Remote attack on pagers used by Hezbollah caused 9 deaths and thousands of injuries Chinese man charged for spear-phishing against NASA and US Government Data Breach Qilin ransomware attack on Synnovis (..)

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Hacking Antivirus Ransomware Cybercrime 96

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 108

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Traceability back to individual users == surveillance, authoritarian IMHO. Plausible deniability is probably more convenient to those involved, than actual security. There's not necessary malice involved on behalf of the person with "a security pass", but the unnecessary trust placed in them heightens the risk.

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Passwords Accountability Technology InfoSec 203

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812 Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Unknown threat actors exploit Roundcube Webmail flaw (..)

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Data breaches Healthcare Cybercrime Social Engineering 75

Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. APT42 uses social engineering tactics to trick targets into setting up video meetings, which then lead to phishing pages.

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Hacking Phishing Social Engineering Accountability 102