The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 9, 2021

Verkada, a silicon valley based company that offers cloud based security surveillance services was reportedly breached by hackers on Monday this week. And the good news is that the threat actors who indulged in this tactic told news resource Bloomberg that they launched the attack just for fun.

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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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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

In most countries around the world, use of stalkerware is currently not prohibited, but installing a surveillance application on another person’s smartphone without their consent is illegal and punishable. Nevertheless, iPhone users fearing surveillance should always keep a close eye on their device.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The company that sells the parental control spyware app Family Orbit has been hacked, the pictures of hundreds of monitored children were left online only protected by a password. The data was protected by an easy-to-guess password only. ” states Motherboard. He found the key on the cloud servers of the spyware app.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

ForrmBook is capable of key logging and capturing browser or email client passwords, but its developers continue to update the malware to exploit the latest Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVS), such as CVE-2021-40444 Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. AZORult's developers are constantly updating its capabilities.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

. · Do Businesses Know When Theyre Using Unethical Data? · Russian troll factory suspected to be behind the attack against Italian President Mattarella. · Salesforce warns of API error that exposed Marketing data. · Tech Support Scams improved with adoption of Call Optimization Service. · Dept.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In September 2016, the UK law enforcement arrested Colton Grubbs, the man admitted to designing, marketing, and selling LuminosityLink. “Grubbs previously admitted to designing, marketing, and selling a software, called. Grubbs offered for sale the malware for $39.99 ” reads the DoJ’s sentence.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

Passwordless authentication could usher in a world where we no longer rely on passwords, and that could be an enormous, unabashed win for security and peace of mind. Passwords are a great idea in theory that fail horribly in practice. The trouble is, that has been true for a very long time indeed , and it hasn’t happened yet.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. Meanwhile, IoT device makers and IoT service providers remain consumed with being first to market with fresh functionalities. Secure-by-design has not been a priority.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result, nearly all industrial switches in the market today are currently suffering from similar exposures, regardless of your vendor. Surveillance. Industrial switches are made using universal firmware developed by Korenix Technology, a leading provider for industrial networking solutions based in Taiwan. Heavy machinery.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” This is possible if the device either has no pin, pattern, or password to protect it or alternatively, the abuser knows the victim/survivor personally.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Citizens, for their part, are increasingly concerned with surveillance capitalism , a lack of anonymity and dependence on online services. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The dark web created a unique opportunity for digital black markets to thrive, and people began to take advantage. The way he saw it, he was setting up a truly free market that was safe from the grasp of law enforcement. Surveillance and monitoring initiatives that enable authorities to track and identify individuals on the dark web.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 14, 2021

From a technical perspective, spyware—defined as software running on the device that surveils and tracks you—is not much of a thing, because of Apple’s restrictions on what apps can do, plus the fact that you can’t hide an app on iOS. Screenshot of David Tokarev’s blog, disclosing three 0-day vulnerabilities.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This year, the use of surveillance software developed by private vendors has come under the spotlight, as discussed above. In short, our prediction immediately turned out to be true, but it is possible that Silicon Valley is waiting for the results of this first trial before going after other brokers.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Tall Tale #1: PINs Are Just Passwords In Part 1 , we talked about how passwordless authentication is still multi-factor: Possession of a private key, ideally stored on a piece of secure hardware A biometric or PIN the authenticator uses to locally verify the user’s identity Reasoning about a PIN being used as a factor is simpler than a biometric.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2021

Google Chrome is the most widely used web browser on the market by a landslide, so bugs and other vulnerabilities can spell disaster if an attempted hack is successful. Most web browser exploitations involve hackers casting a wide surveillance net and identifying individual users to target for further malicious activity.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Understanding cloud security challenges and knowing the cloud security tools available in the market significantly contribute to enhanced cloud security. Implement strong password policies: Avoid password guessing or brute-force attacks by enforcing complex password criteria such as minimum length and character variety.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

There's just one specific in the law that's not subject to the attorney general's interpretation: Default passwords are not allowed. Automobile manufacturers sell their cars worldwide, but they are customized for local markets. Right now, we have a market failure. his is a good thing; they are a terrible security practice.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Passwords: can’t live with ’em, can’t access vital online services without ’em Passwords were in the news again lately, for all the wrong reasons. LastPass, the password management service, is enforcing a 12-character minimum for master passwords to access its service.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With nothing more than an employee’s face needed to gain access, accounts can be set up and access levels changed relatively easily, without the hassle or insecurity of improperly saved passwords. Still, as the limitations of passwords are well-documented , FRS technology has a number of promising cybersecurity applications.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

AI-Improved Security Many vendors began marketing AI-enhanced products years ago, and experts see continuing development of AI as an advantage for improved cybersecurity. As we reduce the ability of hackers to access our data using weak passwords, the focus on solving the insider problem will become more pronounced.”

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2022

With other vulnerabilities such as sharing devices and Wi-Fi access with family members or lax password hygiene, security becomes a real challenge. To catch them, administration policies on continuous surveillance and periodic assessments should be in place. Vendors are rushing products to market capable of utilizing all this power.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

Now, the founders of Norse have launched a new company with a somewhat different vision: RedTorch , which for the past two years has marketed a mix of services to high end celebrity clients, including spying and anti-spying tools and services. An ad for RedTorch’s “Cheetah” counter-surveillance tech.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. 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.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. 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.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

There’s a strong market in secondhand computing devices. Some of the data could be used directly – for example, contact information, tax documents and medical records (or access to them through saved passwords). You can read our analysis of a new adware program called Convuster here. Secondhand news.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2020

And it uses all of this surveillance data for profit, against your interests. We do not allow marketing companies, or anyone else to access Personal Data in exchange for payment. We do use data we obtain from you when you visit our marketing websites, such as zoom.us Depends what you mean by "sell." and zoom.com.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This strategic shift signals its intent to intensify its surveillance capabilities and expand its range of targets. The new cookie-stealer variant adds support for “Coc coc”, a localized browser built specifically for the Vietnamese market.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. MIRAI was able to infect over 600,000 IoT devices by simply exploiting a set of 64 well-known default IoT login/password combinations.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It was for 1000s of compromised, Internet of Things, enabled devices, such as surveillance cameras, residential gateways, internet connected printers, and even in home baby monitors these devices themselves are often thought of as not having much in the way of resources, and really they don't have many computing resources.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. And then, you know, not pay any fair, fair market prices on any consulting. Hacker was more about the pursuit of knowledge. And that pursuit of knowledge because it was harder to find things that weren't search engines. And so that's kind of my angst against that.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities.

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