Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. Cisco finally addressed the flaws in 2013 and stopped selling Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) in 2014. Cisco is going to pay $8.6

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Arab Emirates denied reports that the popular mobile app ToTok was used as part of a government massive surveillance program. According to a report recently published by the New York Times , the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillance).

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. And given that the UK police would raid its offices in July 2014, it had legitimate cause to be worried. Many have written about how being under constant surveillance changes a person.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nexa Technologies was indicted for complicity in acts of torture, the French firm is accused of having sold surveillance equipment to the Egypt. Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. The contract was signed in March 2014. ” continues Télérama.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were employed in a surveillance campaign on a large scale, millions of users potentially impacted. ” reads the analysis published by Awake Security. The domains were found hosting several browser-based surveillance tools and malware. “Browsers have replaced Windows, MacOS, etc.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. The mobile version of the surveillance software in the first stage of the infection leverages the exploits to get root access. ” reads the Amnesty’s report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2020

The legal dispute between Facebook and NSO group continues even after the Israeli surveillance firm filed a motion to dismiss the case earlier this month. Now both companies are providing technical details requested by the cyber-security experts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Attacks against undersea cables are not a novelty, in 2014 The Register published information on a secret British spy base located at Seeb on the northern coast of Oman, a strategic position that allows the British Government to tap to various undersea cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian/Arabian Gulf.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. The lawsuit filed by WhatsApp in U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The latest report published by Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), titled “ Buying Spying, an in-depth report with our insights into Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSVs )”, warns of the rise of commercial spyware vendors and the risks to free speech, the free press, and the open internet. ” concludes Google.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Protecting privacy of consumers must be a priority for all of us in today’s increasingly connected worl d” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Android, CVE-2019-2234).

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

The bad news is that experts are aware of attacks exploiting the WhatsApp zero-day to deliver surveillance software. The Financial Times reported that the WhatsApp zero-day has been exploited by threat actors to deliver the spyware developed by surveillance firm NSO Group.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

“Such a tool would likely violate the companies’ ban against using their data for surveillance.” Both Facebook and Twitter did not comment on the report but highlighted that their policies prohibit the use of user data for surveillance purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2020

the Head of the NASES Surveillance Center Ján K., Security Section of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for investment and informatization Jan M. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2015, the hacker who breached the systems of the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team leaked a 400GB package containing hacking tools and exploits codes. “With this in mind, we see that UEFI continues to be a point of interest to APT actors, while at large being overlooked by security vendors.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

According to a report published by the New York Times, the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. The report said US intelligence officials and a security researcher determined the app was being used by the UAE government for detailed surveillance. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillence).

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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. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Researchers at Check Point discovered that Egypt ‘ government has been spying citizens in a sophisticated surveillance program. Researchers at Check Point discovered that the Egyptian government has been spying on activists and opponents as part of a sophisticated surveillance program. SecurityAffairs – Egypt, surveillance).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of basic human rights and freedoms, or any purpose which is not consistent with our values and Principles of Trust and Transparency.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Lookout researchers linked the BoneSpy and PlainGnome Android surveillance families to the Russian APT group Gamaredon (a.k.a. Gamaredon has been launching cyber-espionage campaigns on Ukraine since at least 2014. These findings tie the mobile surveillance families to Gamaredons desktop campaigns.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

In October 2019, security experts at Amnesty International’s Security Lab have uncovered targeted attacks against Moroccan human rights defenders Maati Monjib and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui that employed NSO Group surveillance tools. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

.” Some experts pointed out that while the US intelligence has yet to disclose evidence for the presence of the backdoors in the Chinese equipment, the NSA has deployed surveillance implants in the equipment from several vendors in the past, including Huawei and CISCO. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – backdoor, intelligence).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

CVE-2019-2234 flaws in Android Camera Apps exposed millions of users surveillance. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 241 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2019

The head of London’s Serpentine Galleries resigned on Tuesday following a Guardian report about her links to the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group. Pegasus is a perfect tool for surveillance, it is able to steal any kind of data from smartphones and use them to spy on the surrounding environment through their camera and microphone.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The employee had more meetings with Kriuchkov that were surveilled by the FBI. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The employee decided to warn Tesla and the company reported the attempt to the FBI.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Cisco fixed three high-severity flaws in Webex video conferencing system, Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras and Identity Services Engine. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is a Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service issue in Cisco’s Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras. received a CVSS score of 8.8

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2019

Of course, privacy advocated, and associations for the defense of human rights fear the Government could carry out a massive surveillance campaign. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Is the Belarusian government behind the surveillance Android app banned by Google? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 280 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The incident also affected the surveillance camera network of the company along with the finance department. The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2020

The exposed data poses a serious risk to users in a country like Iran, nation-state actor could use them to target specific individuals that use Telegram (or a fork of the instant messaging app) for surveillance purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Make screen recordings Keylogger and device-fingerprinting Retrieve browsing and call histories Take photos, videos, and screenshots Retrieve emails, SMSes, and Messages Steal contacts and calendar information Make calls and send text messages Execute arbitrary shell commands, as root, if root access is available. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

ISO is responsible for issuing internationally-accepted standards for (seemingly) everything, from a standard for brewing tea (3103:2019) to ski boots (5355:2005) to the two-letter country code that can form a country’s domain address (3166) to standards for information security. What is ISO 27001:2013, 27017:2015 and 27018:2019?

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

These indirect methods are called ‘bridges’ If someone could detect every bridge protocol, then every Tor user could be blocked from accessing the Tor network, or they can be directly surveilled. (If Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

“In Massachusetts, a bill in the State Legislature would put a moratorium on facial recognition and other remote biometric surveillance systems.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

In July, the media reported that Chinese border guards are secretly installing a surveillance app on smartphones of tourists and people crossings in the Xinjiang region who are entering from Kyrgyzstan. “[An Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 286 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The Chafer APT group has distributed data stealer malware since at least mid-2014, it was focused on surveillance operations and the tracking of individuals. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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