Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

Greek intelligence admitted it had spied on a journalist, while citizens ask the government to reveal the use of surveillance malware. The head of the Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee that they had spied on a journalist with surveillance malware , Reuters reported citing two sources present. ” reported Reuters.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Australia’s Defense Department announced that they will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms linked to the government of Beijing. Australia’s Defense Department is going to replace surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, who are linked to the government of Beijing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2021

A group of hackers claimed to have compromised more than 150,000 surveillance cameras at banks, jails, schools, and prominent companies like Tesla and Equinox. A group of US hackers claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2022

An interesting article published by The Intercept reveals the secretive business of a US surveillance firm named Anomaly Six. While Russia was invading Ukraine in February, two unknown surveillance startups, Anomaly Six and Zignal Labs joined forces to provide powerful surveillance services.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab have discovered a new Android surveillance spyware, dubbed BouldSpy, that was used by the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA). The researchers are tracking the spyware since March 2020, starting in 2023, multiple security experts [ 1 , 2 ] started monitoring its activity. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

According to a report published by Reuters, an Israeli surveillance software was used to spy on senior officials in the European Commission. The report did not attribute the attacks to a specific threat actor or did not reveal what information was obtained following the compromise of the victims’ devices. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. The post German authorities raid the offices of the FinFisher surveillance firm appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Lookout researchers discovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the ethnic minority Uyghurs. Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout uncovered two long-running surveillance campaigns targeting the Uyghurs minority. List of installed packages. Call logs and geocoded location associated with the call. .”

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 4, 2023

We investigate the consequences of referencing non-existent legal cases, the lawyer’s claim of […] The post Netflix Cracks Down on Password Sharing, AI Legal Research Gone Wrong, Fake Identities and Surveillance Firms appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

Google announced that starting from August it will update its policies to reject ads proposed by organizations offering surveillance software. The move aims at fighting the advertising of any form of surveillance. The tech giant announced that the update will be effective starting from August 11, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

Researchers from Nozomi Networks discovered a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-32941 can be exploited by an attacker to hack a video surveillance product made by Annke, a provider of home and business security solutions.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by some Internet service providers (ISPs) in Italy and Kazakhstan to infect Android and iOS users with their spyware. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The post EDRi PrivacyCamp22 – Panel: ‘Surveillance Tech As Misclassification 2.0 ’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Sincere thanks to EDRi (European Digital Rights) for publishing their phenomenal videos from the EDRi PrivacyCamp22 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel. For The Gig Economy?’

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – ‘Sneaky Spy Devices And Defective Detectors: The Ecosystem Of Intimate Partner Surveillance With Covert Devices’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2022

The post EDRi PrivacyCamp22 – Panel: ‘Regulating Surveillance Ads Across The Atlantic’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Sincere thanks to EDRi (European Digital Rights) for publishing their phenomenal videos from the EDRi PrivacyCamp22 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Iran-linked APT group Domestic Kitten, also tracked as APT-C-50, has been conducting widespread surveillance targeting over 1,000 individuals. Both groups have conducted long-running cyber-attacks and intrusive surveillance campaigns, which target both individuals’ mobile devices and personal computers.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

In October 2019, WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. According to the NSO CEO, Facebook was interested in improving surveillance capabilities on iOS devices of the Onavo Protect. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Court ordered surveillance firm NSO Group to hand over the source code for its Pegasus spyware and other products to Meta. Judge ordered the surveillance firm to hand over the source code for its Pegasus spyware and other products to the social network giant. from April 29, 2018, to May 10, 2020).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2024

The surveillance software was also used to spy on U.S. Surveillance software was misused by foreign actors in attacks aimed at dissidents and journalists around the world. Predator spyware is known for its extensive data-stealing and surveillance capabilities. government officials, journalists, and policy experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

The US government is testing high-altitude balloons manufactured by Sierra Nevada to conduct surveillance over American soil. The US government is planning to use high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over Americans. SecurityAffairs – high-altitude balloons, surveillance). ” states The Guardian.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Arab Emirates denied reports that the popular mobile app ToTok was used as part of a government massive surveillance program. According to a report recently published by the New York Times , the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillance).

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2020

.” These searches are legal when conducted for the purpose of foreign surveillance, but the worry about using them domestically is that they are unconstitutionally broad. The very nature of these searches requires mass surveillance. The FBI does not conduct mass surveillance. The FBI does not conduct mass surveillance.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Corynne McSherry’s, India McKinney’s, Daly Barnett’s, Kate Bertash’s ‘Reproductive Justice In The Age of Digital Surveillance’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

According to an anonymous Belarusian security researcher the app was designed for surveillance purposes, it collects info on the device owner and geolocation data, then periodically sends the data back to a remote server. The post Is the Belarusian government behind the surveillance Android app banned by Google?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. Cisco finally addressed the flaws in 2013 and stopped selling Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) in 2014. Cisco is going to pay $8.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 14, 2021

The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Eleni Kosta ‘The Use Of Ai In State Surveillance: Challenges For Privacy’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our sincere thanks to CPDP 2021 - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference for publishing their well-crafted videos on the organization's YouTube channel.

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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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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The regulator found so many flaws in the retailer’s surveillance program that it concluded Rite Aid had failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores. The company also failed to inform consumers that it was using the technology in its stores.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2021

The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: John Davisson ‘Student Privacy At Risk Under Covid-19: Online Test Proctoring Brings AI And Surveillance Into Students’ Homes’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

In early December, Ukraine’s SBU announced they shut down two surveillance cameras that were allegedly hacked by the Russian intelligence services to spy on air defense forces and critical infrastructure in Kyiv. The surveillance cameras were located in residential buildings and were used to monitor the surrounding area and a parking lot.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Security researchers at Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab have shared technical details about a commercial Android spyware named Predator that is sold by the surveillance firm Intellexa (formerly known as Cytrox). The attacks aimed at installing the surveillance spyware Predator, developed by the North Macedonian firm Cytrox.

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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. Those of us in the information security community had long assumed that the NSA was doing things like this. Many have written about how being under constant surveillance changes a person.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 21, 2021

The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Chloé Berthélémy ‘New Police Surveillance Technologies: Combatting The Science Fiction Collectively – A Civil Society Perspective’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nexa Technologies was indicted for complicity in acts of torture, the French firm is accused of having sold surveillance equipment to the Egypt. Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. “In short, Cerebro can suck up any data that is not encrypted.

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