SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

When run, the executables display decoy content to the victims, with some presenting images of protests against the Iranian regime and its institutions, or videos from resistance camps. Decoy image found within one of the malicious executables showing a protest against the central bank of Iran.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the interconnected digital landscape, vast amounts of valuable intelligence can be gleaned from publicly available open sources on the internet. As more personal and organizational data ends up online—whether through social media oversharing, high-profile breaches, or surveillance capitalism—the OSINT surface area continues to grow.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

Last year, the group published a detailed analysis on how the Chinese government has improved its surveillance system to detect and block the popular circumvention tools Shadowsocks and its variants. Shadowsocks is a free and open-source encryption protocol project, widely used in China to circumvent Internet censorship.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2022

If all goes smoothly, surveillance cams, smart doorbells and robot vacuums would soon follow. Nelson: The security challenges present in many smart home devices include device identity, proper authentication (user and device), confidentiality of sensitive data, and integrity of software.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article reviews the advantages of IdentityIQ and presents some alternatives to canceling to help you make an informed decision. Safeguarding your identity is more critical than ever with one in four Americans falling victim to identity theft, according to the AARP. We also guide you through how to cancel IdentityIQ services.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 8, 2019

The Internet of Things ( IoT ) found a still better foothold in consumer households with Amazon’s recent acquisition of eero, a wifi mesh router company. While Internet-enabled devices have become smaller, more powerful and affordable, routers haven’t kept pace. On the face of it, this isn’t the worst news out there.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

From the Tor browser manual : Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows you to improve your privacy and security on the Internet. The last relay in the circuit (the “exit relay”) then sends the traffic out onto the public Internet. That’s not all. The post Twitter makes the leap to Tor appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has launched a project to catalog all of the AI ethics declarations made by public and commercial organizations. However, as the data collected by Internet of Things systems gets deeper and richer , the algorithms running AI should get smarter and more accurate. I’ll keep watch.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 4, 2019

Turns out that some of their seats have built-in cameras : American Airlines spokesperson Ross Feinstein confirmed to BuzzFeed News that cameras are present on some of the airlines' in-flight entertainment systems, but said "they have never been activated, and American is not considering using them." Still, we need better disclosure laws.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2023

Footage from technology used to monitor Amazon delivery drivers is leaking onto the internet. AI-enabled equipment which keeps an eye on the drivers’ speed, location, and other activities is part of the growing trend of workplace surveillance. There are other privacy issues to consider too.

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Technology Surveillance Internet Internet 87

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But the mere presence of closet security testers secretly carrying out pentests on partner and customer internet-facing resources could have serious repercussions on relationships if discovered. Testing entities run the pentests and present the results to service providers and businesses,” said Taylor.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

A common example of this is surveillance. We normalize the use of surveilling and tracking young people through "parentware" or spyware (software which allows someone to see what someone else is doing on their device) and apps which enable the tracking of someone's location. Earlier, I discussed the normalization of surveillance.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

In late December, in a presentation at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3), experts from our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) described the attack chain in detail , including – for the first time – how the attackers exploited the CVE-2023-38606 hardware vulnerability.

Banking 82

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 82

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

We present an example of how PimEyes.com, the most popular search engine for public images and similar to Clearview, a commercial facial recognition database sold to law enforcement and governments, has mistaken a man for Elon Musk in the photo. ATTACK DEMO. It resembles a mask or fake identity for the virtual world we currently live in.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. What will be the consequences of these processes?

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Once hacked vulnerable systems, attackers could steal personal information and conduct a wide range of malicious activities, including lock or unlock doors and gates, control elevator access, trigger alarms, intercept video surveillance streams, and manipulate HVAC systems and lights, disrupt operations.

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The Security Ledger

JUNE 10, 2020

Consider mass digital surveillance of the kinds used in repressive countries like China and Russia. In more freedom-loving countries like the United States, calls for tools to battle COVID have been answered by firms like Google and Apple, which have stepped up to help manage contact tracing and other logistic challenges presented by COVID.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

Surveillance. According to Weber, he only identified a few affected gadgets as being vulnerable across the internet. In theory, the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) limitations can come in handy to facilitate direct attacks from the internet. Attackers can leverage these vulnerabilities to seize control of a device. Automation.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

•A vendor offering to issue certificates from reputable Certificate Authorities (CAs), along with forged company documentation, as part of a package of services enabling an attacker to credibly present themselves as a trusted U.S. company for less than $2,000. LW: What’s the big concern, going forward? LW: What’s Venafi’s solution all about?

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Demchak and Yuval Shavitt revealed that over the past years, China Telecom has been misdirecting Internet traffic through China. China Telecom is currently present in North American networks with 10 points-of-presence (PoPs) (eight in the United States and two in Canada), spanning major exchange points.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” The issue of, and the story behind, stalkerware.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The ubiquity of smart surveillance systems has contributed greatly to public safety. We discussed how ABE is ready to help resolve some rather sticky privacy issues stemming from widespread digital surveillance – and also do much more. Here are my takeaways. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Recently, a group of hackers located the super admin credentials for security camera company Verkada, and gained access to Verkada customers’ surveillance cameras , including Tesla and the Madison County Jail. Existing security technologies are not effective in protecting SaaS applications.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. SORM is a mass surveillance system that allows the Government of Moscow to track online activities of single individuals thanks to the support of the Russian ISPs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

government surveillance posed a threat to privacy and there was no sufficient redress in the American legal system for Europeans. The vast global supply chain and various third-party organizations that a multinational company exchanges data with presents a multitude of technical, legal, risk and compliance challenges.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s spying when governments do it through opaque, mass surveillance regimes, it’s spying when companies do it through shadowy data broker networks that braid together disparate streams of information, and it’s spying when private individuals do it through unseen behavior on personal devices.

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Surveillance Passwords Software Technology 108

McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

The Brave report issued by the Brave Community, a forum where people who care about the internet and their browsing experience come to discuss with each other, typically shows that only five of Europe’s 28 national GDPR enforcers have more than 10 tech specialists. With respect to physically securing data. With respect to the organization.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. These unlicensed services may not have adequate security measures in place, presenting possible vulnerabilities and raising the risk of data disclosure or loss.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Malware that arrives late to the party will search for certain process names, scan ports, and analyze the device memory for malicious patterns to suppress infections already present on the device. Processes associated with competitors will be terminated and files, deleted, as hackers vie for control over the device.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The new “ Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020 ” report describes attacks on various industries and critical infrastructure facilities, as well as campaigns aimed at destabilization of the Internet in certain countries. Internet destabilization at state level. In 2019, cybersecurity became a heavily debated topic in politics.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

AT&T declined to comment on specific claims in the lawsuit, saying only in a statement that, “We dispute these allegations and look forward to presenting our case in court.” A copy of his complaint is here (PDF). ” AN ‘IDENTITY CRISIS’?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The exploits could allow operators to target network-attached storage devices (NAS) , IP cameras, IP phones, network video recorders (NVR), routers and wireless presentation systems. The latest Echobot variant was spotted by security researcher Carlos Brendel Alcañiz, it includes 59 different RCE exploits to propagate.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

” Russia’s Roskomnadzor revealed that the proceedings protocol was signed in the presence of a representative of Twitter, while no Facebook representative was present to sign it. The Russian government asks all Internet service providers and VPN providers operating in the country to provide information about their users. “On

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

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