Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Confucius is a pro-India APT group that has been active since 2013, it mainly focused on Pakistani and other South Asian targets. Since 2018, the hackers started targeting mobile users with an Android surveillance malware ChatSpy. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Confucius). ” reads the report published by Lookout.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Belgian newspaper reported that investigators had found proof that the Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency. Back to September 2013, Belgacom (now Proximus), the largest telecommunications company in Belgium and primarily state-owned, announced its IT infrastructure had suffered a malware-based attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The campaigns have been conducted since 2015 and are aimed at conducting information collection and surveillance operations against individuals and organizations of strategic interest to Teheran. ” The surveillance operations conducted by the APT group involved the distribution of Android malware such as VINETHORN and PINEFLOWER.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The campaign has been active since at least 2013, but the Goontact malware samples were first observed by Lookout in November 2018. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Goontact). ” conclude the experts. . ” conclude the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

The Register reports that the secret structures of GCHQ are part of the surveillance programme codenamed “CIRCUIT” and also refers to an Overseas Processing Centre 1 (OPC-1), while another centre, OPC-2, has been planned, according to documents leaked by Snowden. SecurityAffairs – hacking, undersea cables). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2020

The feature that prevent s the execution of JavaScript code on specific sites is essential for the privacy-friendly Tor Browser that uses it to prevent online surveillance. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Tor Browser). Malicious JavaScrip codes could reveal the real IP addresses of Tor users if executed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NopSec

JULY 18, 2013

For the 10:15 AM session, I’d give you two choices: either the “ JAVA EVERY-DAYS “session or Methodologies for hacking embedded security appliances. A choice of “OPTIROP: Hunting for ROP Gadgets in Style” or “Hacking like in the movies: ” Have a great conference and see you around there!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Edward Snowden’s book includes details of the author’s life, including the description of his activity at the US intelligence agencies while they were buiding the Prism surveillance system. SecurityAffairs – Edward Snowden, hacking). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2023

The battle had roots in the past, precisely in 2013 when the privacy activist and NOYB founder, Max Schrems, filed a complaint about Facebook’s handling of his data following the revelations of Edward Snowden about the global surveillance program operated by the US.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. Vamosi: I once lived near a large urban park.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Much like the BBS of yesterday, these social media sites can be used to teach people how to hack. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Or share gaming cheats. Today we have it a bit easier. Massive numbers.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Much like the BBS of yesterday, these social media sites can be used to teach people how to hack. It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. Or share gaming cheats. Today we have it a bit easier. Massive numbers.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2020

Transparent Tribe has been active since at least 2013, it targeted entities across 27 countries, most of them in Afghanistan, Germany, India, Iran and Pakistan. SecurityAffairs – hacking, transparent tribe). These RATs are capable of exfiltrate information, take screenshot, and record webcam streams. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2020

The feature that prevents the execution of JavaScript code on specific sites is essential for the privacy-friendly Tor Browser that uses it to prevent online surveillance. Malicious JavaScrip codes could reveal the real IP addresses of Tor users if executed.

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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. On the other hand, while passkeys may do much to stop email phishing , as biometrics won’t be an easy target, cyber criminals can turn to other malware to remotely hack and unlock a phone.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

According to a court complaint , the stolen data include source codes developed by the NSA to its hacking campaigns against foreign governments. SecurityAffairs – Harold Thomas Martin, hacking). The DoJ’s chief national security prosecutor John Carlin revealed that Martin was employed by Booz Allen Hamilton. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

The claims come in a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles on behalf of Michael Terpin , who co-founded the first angel investor group for bitcoin enthusiasts in 2013. According to Terpin, this was the second time in six months someone had hacked his AT&T number. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2021

The NSA used the surveillance platform XKeyscore , which was described in the documents leaked by the popular whistleblower Snowden, to spy on communications passing through the Sandagergårdan hub in Dragor, near Copenhagen. SecurityAffairs – hacking, NSA). link] — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) May 30, 2021. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

It was first publicly documented in 2014, in the aftermath of the Gamma Group hacking incident. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. This server was disabled a day after our discovery last December.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In 2013, Edward Snowden shed the light on the mass surveillance program operated by the US government to spy on its citizens and allies. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Snowden). The man expressed his desire to return to the United States where he is considered a criminal and a threat to homeland security due to his revelation.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

Google disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group APT42 targeting the US presidential election. Google announced that it disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by Iran-linked group APT42 (Calanque, UNC788 ) that targeted the personal email accounts of individuals associated with the US elections.

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