Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

Its spyware is also said to be equipped with a keylogger, which means every keystroke made on an infected device — including passwords, search queries and messages sent via encrypted messaging apps — can be tracked and monitored.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Some of the most popular brands don’t enforce a strong password policy, meaning anyone can peer into their owners’ lives. Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. Original post at [link]. After looking at 28 of the most popular manufacturers, our research team found 3.5

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. The flaws reside in a feature named the “XMEye P2P Cloud” that is enabled by default which is used to connect surveillance devices to the cloud infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Sponsored by: 1Password is a secure password manager and digital wallet that keeps you safe online. (but I did a day and a half later!) After more than 11 years, it was finally time for a new profile photo (I really like this one 😊) You know what's not weird at all?

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

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.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

References Scott Helme is running my Hack Yourself First workshop in Amsterdam on Dec 9 & 10 (he's getting awesome reviews on these too) Apparently, FinecoBank in Italy reckons you should Google your password and not use it if it appears 10 times or more (no, just don't) You'll also need to pay FinecoBank € 0.95

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne from Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-09-25, a circumstance that suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. _clem1 discovered another ITW 0-day in use by a commercial surveillance vendor: CVE-2023-5217.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MAY 30, 2023

Weak Passwords Many people overlook password choices. Recent data breaches have shown that people are highly likely to use the same password across multiple online accounts accounts. While passwords serve as a safeguard to prevent hackers from exploiting our sensitive data, it's important to refrain from using the same password.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

According to the alert issued by the FBI, the swatters have been hijacking smart devices such as video and audio capable home surveillance devices. Threat actors likely take advantage of customers’ bad habit of re-using email passwords for their smart device. Users should update their passwords on a regular basis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

“The stolen information is likely to be exploited for surveillance or intelligence gathering on specific groups and or individuals.” Create and enforce a password policy with adequate complexity requirements for specific accounts. ” reads the report published by Hunt & Hackett.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Citizen Lab says the bug it discovered was being exploited to install spyware made by the Israeli cyber surveillance company NSO Group. “They could also conduct pass-the-hash attacks, where the attacker uses the hashed version of a password to authenticate themselves without needing to decrypt it.” and iPadOS 16.6.1.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 13, 2022

Especially, the Pegasus software surveillance revelations have left many in the mobile world baffled. AppLockGo Application – This app offers a fingerprint, password or PIN lock and helps secure gallery, SMSes, Contacts and social media apps along with the settings app. star rating on an average. star rating on an average.

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Threatpost

JANUARY 15, 2019

Multiple hardcoded passwords allow attackers to create badges to gain building entry, access video surveillance feeds, manipulate databases and more.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 22, 2021

Qlocker Ransomware is not only accessing files by encrypting them with a password protected 7Zip archives ending with.7z The password that is known only to the attacker will be revealed only when the victim pays a ransom in 0.01 7z extension, but is also seen stealing data from the victim devices. BTC for each file.

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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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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

Pretending to be someone else, these hackers manipulate their victims into opening doors to systems or unwittingly sharing passwords or banking details. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage. Today’s cybercriminals are masters at exploiting basic human trust.

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

MAY 30, 2023

Weak Passwords Many people overlook password choices. Recent data breaches have shown that people are highly likely to use the same password across multiple online accounts accounts. While passwords serve as a safeguard to prevent hackers from exploiting our sensitive data, it's important to refrain from using the same password.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The fact that the issue was discovered by Google TAG suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. According to the advisory , in containerized deployments, these environment variables may include sensitive data such as the ownCloud admin password, mail server credentials, and license key. x before 0.2.1

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In 2018, Citizen Lab also identified 45 countries that were potentially relying on Pegasus to conduct surveillance. After learning about the findings from The Pegasus Project, former NSA defense contractor and surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that spyware is not a small problem. ” Pegasus is not new.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

The abuse of social media passwords for malicious purpose is quite common, for this reason, the FBI is searching for contractors to monitor them. “Such a tool would likely violate the companies’ ban against using their data for surveillance.” ” reads the Solicitation Proposal Number DJF194750PR0000369.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

A USPS data leak, Windows passwords go bye-bye, and more security news this week.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Modified Elephant is a hacking group that offers Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to those interested in surveillance crimes. As of now, evidence mentioned in the report clearly points out the fact that the crime is restricted to India, where some activists and lawyers have fallen prey to the cyber fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2023

Data centers have security guards, surveillance cameras, and other measures to prevent unauthorized access. However, it is important for users to also take precautions such as using strong passwords and two-factor authentication to further enhance the security of their data in the cloud.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2018

A vulnerability in the Guardzilla home video surveillance system could be exploited by users to watch Guardzilla footage of other users. The Guardzilla All-In-One Video Security System is an indoor video surveillance solution. “ The bad news is that the vendor hasn’t yet addressed the flaw.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Experts observed multiple botnets exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in DVRs for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN. Botnet operators are exploiting several zero-day vulnerabilities in digital video recorders (DVRs) for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN-.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

Initially, it was available to only governments conducting surveillance on criminals and some suspected nationals. And they are found using it to collect sensitive details such as call records, messages, password collection, location tracking, and data harvest from banking apps installed on the victim device.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 2024

The approved Bitcoin ETFs will be subject to ongoing surveillance and compliance measures to ensure continued investor protection.” With this control they can intercept messages, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and eventually reset passwords of the account the number has control over.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 9, 2022

However, there is a high probability that the current data that has leaked to hackers can lead to incidents such as identity thefts and brute force attacks- for those customers who use their mobile phone numbers as their password.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The company discovered unauthorized access to its servers, the intruders stole personal information of the users, including usernames , hashed passwords, first and last names, gender information, and city of residenc. The compromised data included email addresses, names, usernames , genders, locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

Use a strong, unique password for each login you use. Use a password manager to create and remember passwords if you can. If you aren’t using a password manager, use long passphrases that cannot be found in a dictionary. Backup to an external device and disconnect it when the backup is complete.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2022

May 31) if you use Tor Browser for sensitive information (passwords, private messages, personal information, etc.).” Tails is a security and privacy-oriented Linux distribution, it is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. ” reads the advisory published by project maintainers.

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Naked Security

AUGUST 10, 2023

Latest episode – listen now! Full transcript inside.)

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs. Uber scam lures victims with alert from a real Uber number Teaching cybersecurity skills to special needs children with Alana Robinson: Lock and Code S02E18.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 5, 2021

And the FBI says attacks like these are increasingly linked to stolen usernames and passwords. Perpetrators are increasingly using victims' smart home devices, such as home video cameras and audio surveillance technology. Users should update their passwords on a regular basis. They have all been victims of a swatting attack.

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