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

APRIL 17, 2023

The Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream is allegedly shutting down its operations after Citizen Lab and Microsoft uncovered their spyware. Last week Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. and 14.4.2,

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Developed by the German company Breaking Security, Remcos is a potent Remote Access Trojan... The post Remcos RAT: Hackers Target Ukrainian Government with Surveillance Tool appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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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. Hackers also posted images captured from the hacked surveillance video on Twitter with an #OperationPanopticon hashtag. SecurityAffairs – hacking, surveillance cameras).

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Threatpost

MARCH 26, 2020

The malware, the work of a new APT called TwoSail Junk, allows deep surveillance and total control over iOS devices.

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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.”

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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

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

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. ” NSO sent a statement to Reuters to exclude the involvement of its surveillance tools in the attacks reported by the agency. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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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

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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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Although electronic surveillance programs authorized by EO 12333 generally target foreign intelligence from foreign targets, its permissive targeting standards allow for the substantial collection of Americans’ communications containing little to no foreign intelligence value.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A new threat actor tracked as TA886 targets organizations in the United States and Germany with new custom malware to perform surveillance and data theft on infected systems. [.]

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The FinFisher surveillance solution was developed by the Gamma Group but it also comes with malware-like capabilities often found in spyware strains. The post Windows Boot Manager Hijacked by FinFisher Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Researchers Investigated […].

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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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Heimadal Security

APRIL 14, 2022

This RAT can be used for a variety of reasons, including surveillance and penetration testing, and has even been employed in hacking campaigns in […]. The post RemcosRAT Malware Is Targeting African Banks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2022

Spanish Government has released a press statement confirming Pegasus malware on the smart phones of Spanish Prime Minister (PM), Pedro Sanchez and the region’s Defense Minister, Margarita Robles. The United States banned NSO Group, that developed Pegasus surveillance software, last year.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A new Android malware strain has been uncovered, part of the Rampant Kitten threat group's widespread surveillance campaign that targets Telegram credentials and more.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

operating in the surveillance-for-hire industry. Their various malware included Meta Platforms said it took a series of steps to curtail malicious activity from eight different firms based in Italy, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) The findings are part of its Adversarial Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

FTC, the Federal Trade Commission, banned Spyfone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business. The post FTC Bans Spyfone From Surveillance Business appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Stalkerware […].

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 6, 2023

An ongoing hacking campaign called 'Hiatus' targets DrayTek Vigor router models 2960 and 3900 to steal data from victims and build a covert proxy network. [.]

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 28, 2022

The anti-malware firm is linking the attackers to a Chinese group of Threat Actors and confirmed that the threat actors have interests in targeting SMBs from Asian countries as often such companies do not have enough resources to tackle such attacks.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As part of the ReversingLabs research team's ongoing surveillance of open source repositories, we have identified aabquerys, a malicious npm package that downloads second and third stage malware payloads to systems that have downloaded and run the npm package.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance vendors to target mobile devices with their commercial spyware: CVE-2021-30900 – Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability.

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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? site (89.223.89[.]47).”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

As the Pegasus malware nuisance is slowly found politically gripping the entire world, companies offering security solutions to mobile users are getting busy in finding out a solution that helps protect against the infection repercussions caused by the Pegasus Malware.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

The malware dropped from the aforementioned document is dubbed ‘MarkiRAT’ and used to record keystrokes, clipboard content, provide file download and upload capabilities as well as the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the victim machine. Background. Analysis of MarkiRAT. hxxp://C2/ech/client.php?u=[computername]_[username]&k=[AV_value].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2021

And information is out that the campaign could have started by a hacking group dubbed Ferocious Kitten that has been active since 2015 and was conducting spying through a highly sophisticated malware named MarkiRAT. . Why the malware spreading hackers are targeting only Persian-speaking people is yet to be revealed to the public.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The author of the remote access trojan (RAT) CodeRAT has leaked the source code of its malware on GitHub. The development team behind the remote access trojan (RAT) CodeRAT has leaked the source code of its malware on GitHub after the. Experts believe that the malware is a surveillance software used by the Iranian government.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

In the last weeks, a new Android surveillance malware dubbed Exodus made the headlines, now expert found the iOS version of the government spyware. Security experts at LookOut have discovered an iOS version of the dreaded surveillance Android app Exodus that was initially found on the official Google Play Store. to eSurv S.R.L.

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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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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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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 18, 2020

The drastic spread of coronavirus across the world has not stopped cybercriminals from exploiting fear to hack into devices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

The malware was tracked as Exodus, after the name of the command and control servers the malicious apps connected to. The malware was undetected for months, and unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that malicious codes are hosted on the Google Play store without being detected. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Researchers reported that the top-of-the-line Android mobile devices sold in China are shipped with malware. The experts pointed out that also users that leave the country are exposed to surveillance, through the pre-installed software. The researchers also compared the preinstalled system apps on the Chinese (CN) and Global (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian government institutions and private companies. Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian entities exclusively. Pierluigi Paganini.

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