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Ferocious Kitten: 6 years of covert surveillance in Iran

SecureList

It is interesting to note that an active Keepass (password manager) process gets killed before starting the keylogger. This is likely intended to force the user to restart the program and enter a master password that is then stolen via the keylogger. argument: path to file to upload. – List files and repositories. com/hr.apk.

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What is Shoulder Surfing?

Identity IQ

The objective of shoulder surfing is to steal sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or personal identification numbers (PINs) that can later be used to access the victim’s accounts. So, you enter your username and password and carry on. Avoid Reusing Passwords. Utilize a Secure Password Manager.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2022

SecureList

When we wrote this prediction, we were mainly thinking about a continuation of all the malicious activities targeting VPN appliances. We nevertheless observed some threat actors, such as APT10, who were exploiting these vulnerabilities to hijack VPN sessions. Mobile devices exposed to wide attacks. More supply chain attacks.

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The Zero Click, Zero Day iMessage Attack Against Journalists

SecureWorld News

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 229 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. A new variant of Trickbot banking Trojan targets Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint users. Expert found Russias SORM surveillance equipment leaking user data. Foxit Software discloses a data breach that exposed user passwords.

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A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking Attacks

Krebs on Security

government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies. ” IMPROVEMENTS.

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ScarCruft surveilling North Korean defectors and human rights activists

SecureList

The victim was infected by PowerShell malware and we discovered evidence that the actor had already stolen data from the victim and had been surveilling this victim for several months. It contains a password-protected RAR archive with the password shown in the email body. The RAR file contains a malicious Word document.