Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The scripts developed by the cyber criminal were used to parse log data collected from botnet and searched for personally identifiable information (PII) and account credentials. Brovko was involved in the illegal practice between 2007 and 2019. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Aleksandr Brovko). Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 121

Accountability Banking Advertising Data collection 121

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zebrocy). The malware connects to the C2 through HTTP POST requests. .

Malware 122

Malware Phishing Government Data collection 122

Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2019

Turla (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ), has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. Experts at Symantec observed in the last eighteen months at least three distinct campaigns, each using a different set of hacking tools. Pierluigi Paganini.

Government 107

Government Advertising Hacking Data collection 107

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Data provided in the reports are disconcerting, British telecommunications firms supported GCHQ in collecting a large volume of internet data from undersea cables, the overall amount of information from 2007 to 2012 registered a 7,000-fold increase, meanwhile, the spying system monitored nearly 46 billion private communications “events” every day.

Wireless 145

Wireless Surveillance Telecommunications Advertising 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

Data collected by the expert showed that 16 percent of those devices with UPnP enabled utilize the MiniUPnPd library, and only 0.39% is running the latest release 2.1. SecurityAffairs – UPnP-enabled devices, hacking). Windows XP comes with UPnP functionality that is enabled automatically out of the box. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks 107

Cyber Attacks Advertising Firmware Data collection 107

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The Go variant of Zebrocy initially starts collecting info on the compromised system, then sends it to the command and control server. The malware connects to the C2 through HTTP POST requests.

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Malware Advertising Data collection Phishing 111