Threatpost

JULY 1, 2020

Never-before-seen Android spyware tools have been used in a widespread APT campaign to spy on the Uyghur ethnic minority group - since 2013.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We are proud to announce the Duo has achieved ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015, and 27018:2019 certification! What is ISO 27001:2013, 27017:27017 and 27018:2019? An ISO 27000 series certification is valid for three years and requires an annual surveillance audit to ensure continued compliance for the lifespan of the certification.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Five of the issues added by CISA to its catalog are part of the exploits used by surveillance vendors to target mobile devices with their commercial spyware: CVE-2021-30900 – Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability. The exploits were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The disk image, when unpacked and loaded, is a snapshot of a hard drive dating back to May 2013 from a Linux-based server that forms part of a cloud-based intelligence sharing system, known as Red Disk.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

After Snowden leaked documents from the NSA and left their employment in 2013, he has been living in Moscow and since charged with violating the Espionage Act.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

From 2015 to February 2018, the malware was compiled with Visual Studio 2013 and 2015, whereas in February 2018, the developers moved to Visual Studio 2017 and embedded the malware’s logic within Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) classes.

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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. ” reads the report published by Lookout. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We are proud to announce the Duo has achieved ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015, and 27018:2019 certification! What is ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015 and 27018:2019? An ISO 27000 series certification is valid for three years and requires an annual surveillance audit to ensure continued compliance for the lifespan of the certification.

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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. In the documents, the company is referred to as a “partner” codenamed Gerontic.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 24, 2019

This is exactly the policy debate we should be having­not the fake one about whether or not we can have both security and surveillance. I wrote about all this, and more, in 2013.). But adding that backdoor also decreases our collective security because the bad guys can eavesdrop on everyone.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2021

As per the report on CNN, this public surveillance program will be carried out by Department of Homeland Security and will be done by collaborating with private companies, mainly those belonging to technology sector.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

This is exactly the policy debate we should be having -- not the fake one about whether or not we can have both security and surveillance. I wrote about all this, and more, in 2013.). But adding that backdoor also decreases our collective security because the bad guys can eavesdrop on everyone.

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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. Malicious JavaScrip codes could reveal the real IP addresses of Tor users if executed.

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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. ” conclude the experts.

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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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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

He didn't become a senator until 2013.) My most recent two books, Data and Goliath -- about surveillance -- and Click Here to Kill Everybody -- about IoT security -- are really about the policy implications of technology. Matt Blaze and Ron Rivest were with me; I don't remember who else. They still are.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2023

| [link] Introduction In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked over 200,000 classified National Security Agency documents concerning widespread government surveillance practices. This Article Navigating Rogue Waves; Balancing Privacy and Security was first published on Signpost Six. |

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NopSec

JULY 18, 2013

The post Recommended sessions at Black Hat 2013 Conference appeared first on NopSec. 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. The government of the United States has just announced a lawsuit over my memoir, which was just released today worldwide.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

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. Belgian newspaper reported that investigators had found proof that the Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency.

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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. These RATs are capable of exfiltrate information, take screenshot, and record webcam streams.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 10, 2021

Amazon has a history of winning government contracts, dating back to 2013 when it was awarded a $600 million contract, C2S, providing cloud services to CIA and other agencies. In 2020, Amazon was able to get a portion of the CIA's C2E contract, which is potentially worth up to tens of billions of dollars.

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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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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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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private Evervault Developer encryption 2019 Private Verkada Security surveillance 2019 Private Armis IoT network security 2015 Private Sumo Logic Threat intelligence 2014 Nasdaq: SUMO Okta Identity management 2013 Nasdaq: OKTA Barracuda Enterprise security 2006 Private.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2021

On July 16 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) issued a verdict that ruled that the EU-US Data Protection Shield, on which many companies relied on to transfer their data between the US and the EU, was invalidated due to concerns around surveillance by US state and law enforcement agencies.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2024

There are new relationships in which the rules around privacy and sharing are still being agreed upon, old relationships in which power imbalances are deeply entrenched, and, of course, abusive relationships in which non-consensual tracking and surveillance are used as levers of control. The man murdered his two children.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 2013: The End of the Silk Road Authorities were able to trace the pseudonym back to Ulbricht thanks to the efforts of an IRS investigator who was working with the DEA on the Silk Road case in mid-2013. The FBI shut down the Silk Road in October 2013. billion in value.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

And it might have been prepared for this moment, years ago, as a surveillance tool. It's easy to put surveillance on telecoms if you have a foothold," Kubecka said. In 2013, the Russian security agency, FSB, demanded that I provide them the private data of the Ukrainian users of VK who were protesting against a pro-Russian President.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

It dates back to 2013 when Edward Snowden revealed the PRISM programme (where the US NSA accessed data from big tech e.g. Facebook, Apple, Google, and Microsoft among others). surveillance law in Section 702 FISA and EO 12333 , which can give the US authorities access to any transferred data. The court ruling has not changed that.

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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. Identity, citizenship, and surveillance are all societal concerns. For years the tech industry has promised a shift toward a passwordless future. By 2015, Microsoft joined, and in 2020, Apple followed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

Booz Allen Hamilton is the same defense contractor that employed the notorious Edward Snowden at the time the whistleblower when he disclosed the mass surveillance program conducted by the NSA on a global scale. The DoJ’s chief national security prosecutor John Carlin revealed that Martin was employed by Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Scary Beasts Security

MARCH 21, 2014

Whilst it's true that Flash 0-days have seen a resurgence in Dec 2013 - Feb 2014, this does not invalidate the data that the whitehat community made a difference in 2010 - 2011 onwards. (You should also call Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind and Fermin Serna heroes too.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

In 2013, Edward Snowden’s revelations about pervasive Internet surveillance triggered a huge gobal effort to make encrypted web traffic the norm, rather than the exception. In all likelihood, it will take something quite dramatic to change that, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We know that surveillance has a chilling effect on freedom. People change their behavior when they live their lives under surveillance. This is obviously true for government surveillance, but is true for corporate surveillance as well. If surveillance nips that process in the bud, change never happens.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The last major revision to the standard happened in 2013 and the next update is expected around 2022-2023. There are also six-monthly surveillance audits carried out by the accreditation body to ensure continuous improvement. How does it work? To stay certified, you should carry out internal audits at least once a year.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011.

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