Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Sources briefed on the investigation into Penchukov said that in 2010 — at a time when the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was preparing to serve search warrants on Tank and his crew — Tank received a tip that the SBU was coming to raid his home. “The Americans were unhappy, and a little surprised.

Banking 293

Banking Small Business Accountability Cybercrime 293

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The company behind it launched in 2010, and it reportedly gained its first overseas customer just one year later. In 2018, Citizen Lab also identified 45 countries that were potentially relying on Pegasus to conduct surveillance. ” Pegasus is not new. ” Pegasus is not new. It is, he said, everywhere.

Spyware 136

Spyware Surveillance Mobile Software 136

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The APT27 group (aka Emissary Panda , TG-3390 , Bronze Union , and Lucky Mouse ) has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups.

Financial Services 102

Financial Services Surveillance Malware Cyber Attacks 102

Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2024

This is the third known mSpy data breach since the company began in around 2010. Without getting consent from a child, these surveillance capabilities represent serious invasions of privacy.

Data breaches 104

Data breaches Mobile Surveillance Advertising 104

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 8, 2021

colorado-based company named Palantir- known to supply data sets and analytical software to companies indulging in public surveillance. . At the end of May, a popular news resource from New York reported that UK NHS is planning to share its data with a .

Surveillance 113

Surveillance Healthcare Government Cybersecurity 113

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The China-linked APT27 group has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups.

Penetration Testing 145

Penetration Testing Financial Services Surveillance Manufacturing 145

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

The APT group has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. If APT27 focuses on cyberespionage, Winnti is known for its financial motivation.

Ransomware 136

Ransomware Malware Encryption Financial Services 136

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. Others in the security community who have researched this group of actors refer to the group by other names, including KE3CHANG, APT15, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, and Playful Dragon.

Hacking 102

Hacking Malware Surveillance Data collection 102

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The APT group has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. .

Healthcare 122

Healthcare Password Management Financial Services Surveillance 122

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The group’s activities have been traced back to 2010 when it performed a cyberespionage campaign directed at diplomatic organizations and missions in Europe. Others in the security community who have researched this group of actors refer to the group by other names, including KE3CHANG, APT15, Vixen Panda, Royal APT, and Playful Dragon.

Hacking 79

Hacking Malware Surveillance Data collection 79

Google Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Attackers exploit this in a number of ways, ranging from traffic interception and malware sideloading, to sophisticated dragnet surveillance. Moreover, since 2010, security researchers have demonstrated trivial over-the-air interception and decryption of 2G traffic.

Mobile 90

Mobile Risk Wireless Surveillance 90

Scary Beasts Security

MARCH 21, 2014

A couple of weeks back, I released a popular spreadsheet which lists many of the Adobe Flash Player 0-days used to harm people in the wild since 2010. If you look at the data, you'll see 7 memory corruption 0-days in a year, starting mid-2010. I counted 18 and countless kind Twitterers pointed out some I may have missed.

Surveillance 50

Surveillance Software Internet Internet 50

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The attack between 2000 and early 2010, the hackers targeted company admins with spear-phishing attacks aimed at infecting their machines. If confirmed the situation is disconcerting, the UK was spying, along with other members of the FiveEyes, on a telco company belonging to a member of the NATO alliance. ” wrote The Intercept.

Hacking 110

Hacking Spyware Telecommunications Malware 110

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Twitter for its mishandling of users' private information and the issue of too many employees having access to Twitter's central controls.

Advertising 98

Advertising Accountability Engineering Surveillance 98

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

The Emissary Panda APT (aka LuckyMouse , APT27, Threat Group 3390, and Bronze Union) has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups.

Malware 99

Malware Advertising Financial Services Surveillance 99

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

The Emissary Panda APT group has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups.

Government 99

Government Advertising Financial Services Surveillance 99

Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

When weaponized by authoritarian governments, surveillance chills free speech, scares away dissent, and robs an innocent public of a life lived unwatched, for no crime committed other than speaking truth to power, conducting public health research, or simply loving another person. This is surveillance. This is not security work.

Spyware 124

Spyware Surveillance Mobile Government 124

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 128

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

But the type of surveillance we’re talking about today is different. Little Brother isn’t just surveillance. It is increasingly popular, normalized, and accessible surveillance. It isn’t so much “Big Brother”—a concept introduced in the socio-dystopian novel 1984 by author George Orwell.

Surveillance 98

Surveillance Spyware Media Internet 98

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Lajos Kosa, chair of the Parliament’s Defense and Law Enforcement Committee, confirmed that Hungary is one of the clients of the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and that it bought and used the controversial Pegasus spyware. According to Kosa, the use of surveillance software was authorized by a judge or the Minister of Justice.

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Spyware Surveillance Media Government 119

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the interests of surveillance, the NSA has pushed for an insecure cell phone encryption standard and a backdoor in random number generators (important for secure encryption). In 2010, the US and Israel attacked the Iranian nuclear program. If anything, the US’s prioritization of offense over defense makes us less safe.

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Hacking Government Internet Internet 360

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2019

In 2010, China successfully hacked the back-door mechanism Google put in place to meet law-enforcement requests. I have long maintained that we need to adopt a defense-dominant strategy : We should prioritize our need for security over our need for surveillance. Again, this is nothing new.

Encryption 253

Encryption Government Surveillance Hacking 253

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The malicious payload was then used to upload additional malware, usually the Quarian backdoor that has been seen in use by Chinese-speaking actors since around 2010. FinSpy is a notorious surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists.

Malware 144

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 144

Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2019

Last week, media reported that the United States has launched a series of cyber attacks on Iran after the Iranian military has downed an American surveillance drone. surveillance drone, according to people familiar with the matter.” reported The Washington Post.

Surveillance 107

Surveillance Cyber Attacks Telecommunications Media 107

Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

The United States launched a series of cyber attacks on Iran after the Iranian military has downed an American surveillance drone. The military response to Iran, after the Iranian army has downed an American surveillance drone, started from the cyberspace. surveillance drone, according to people familiar with the matter.”

Cyber Attacks 111

Cyber Attacks Surveillance Advertising Hacking 111

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The APT27 cyber espionage group (aka Emissary Panda , TG-3390 , Bronze Union , and Lucky Mouse ) has been active since 2010, it targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S. The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups.

Cyber Attacks 91

Cyber Attacks Telecommunications Government Advertising 91

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. The problem: HikVision’s HikCentral Professional security management system controls related surveillance equipment and contains both a high (CVSS 7.5) and a medium (CVSS 4.3) level vulnerability.

IoT 117

IoT Internet Internet Ransomware 117