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. Many have written about how being under constant surveillance changes a person. This was in 2016, when Poitras built a secure room in New York to house the documents. And Edward Snowden?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

In the last weeks, a new Android surveillance malware dubbed Exodus made the headlines, now expert found the iOS version of the government spyware. Security experts at LookOut have discovered an iOS version of the dreaded surveillance Android app Exodus that was initially found on the official Google Play Store. on Feb 28, 2016.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

North Korea-linked threat actor ScarCruft (aka APT37 , Reaper, and Group123) is behind a previously undetected Android surveillance tool namedKoSpythat was used to target Korean and English-speaking users. Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2023

Days after Meta achieved victory after suing the NSO Group for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges, Meta filed a lawsuit against surveillance company Voyager Labs for violations of its Terms and Policies and California law. Scraping is an automated way of collecting data from websites or apps.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A new wave of a mobile surveillance campaign has been observed targeting the Uyghur community as part of a long-standing spyware operation active since at least 2015, cybersecurity researchers disclosed Thursday.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Pretty soon, the police officers in Greece will soon have access to body worn surveillance cameras that will be used for real-time facial recognition and fingerprint scanners. Thus, by doing so, the law enforcement is planning to keep a watch on the citizens when stopped by the police for verification- all as a part of ‘Smart Policing’.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

Here are a few unexpected examples of supposedly anonymous data reversal: •In 2016, the Australian government released what they called the “anonymous” (i. Despite warnings from cybersecurity academics, whistleblowers or former NSA and CIA agents, the general public shows no animosity toward metadata surveillance.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 17, 2020

Central Intelligence Agency produced in the wake of a mammoth data breach in 2016 that led to Wikileaks publishing thousands of classified documents stolen from the agency’s offensive cyber operations division. ” -CIA’s Wikileaks Task Force. So ends a key section of a report the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2018

An employee at Amnesty International has been targeted with Israeli surveillance malware, the news was revealed by the human rights group. Amnesty International revealed that one of its employees was targeted with a surveillance malware developed by an Israeli firm. com , pine-sales[.]com com , and ecommerce-ads[.]org.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

“The Israel Defense Forces asked cybersecurity companies in 2016 to present proposals for creating a system that would monitor social media users’ personal correspondence.” Security Affairs – social media, surveillance). ” states the Haaretz. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Reforming surveillance practices Proposals to restrict Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were left out. While the NDAA emphasizes cybersecurity investment, its omissions highlight ongoing debates about privacy, surveillance, and disinformation. citizens' communications under certain conditions.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. According to Allied Market Research, the facial recognition systems market is in the midst of rising at a compounded annual growth rate of 21% between 2016 to 2022. billion by 2022. Pieces in place.

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Threatpost

JULY 24, 2019

Researchers have linked the surveillance tool to a Russian tech firm that has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 10, 2018

It's based in part on her 2016 Congressional testimony in the Apple/FBI case; it examines how the Digital Revolution has transformed society, and how law enforcement needs to -- and can -- adjust to the new realities. Susan Landau has written a terrific book on cybersecurity threats and why we need strong crypto.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire for the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter between January 2016 and November 2019. Three former NSA employees (Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment. organizations.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Cybersecurity firm states it has already started protecting its government and enterprise customers from the evil intentions of those spreading Pegasus espionage software tool and this has been going on since 2016 or when the said malware was first detected.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2019

According to Motherboard, the Android surveillance malware on the Google Play store that was sold to the Italian government by a company that sells surveillance cameras. This company is not known to produce malware, and if confirmed this is the first surveillance software associated with it.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire for the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter between January 2016 and November 2019. The surveillance it represents is completely antithetical to our mission.” export control, computer fraud and access device fraud laws. ” reads the response. and its ally, the U.A.E.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 11, 2022

NOTE 1- China is already been under the surveillance of its citizens since 2016 and for the past 2 years it is constantly using AI and Facial recognition systems to keep a track of Uighurs and other ethnic minority groups. As a lot of research has to be done, to confirm the events and conclusion.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 26, 2021

Edward Snowden who previously whistle blew on the surveillance program taken up by the US National Security Agency has revealed some startling facts about the Boris Johnson-led government recently.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

The man was arrested by the FBI in October 2016 , the US DoJ charged Harold Thomas Martin with theft of secret documents and highly classified government material. 13, 2016, asked one of the researchers to arrange a conversation with Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky. The case unfolded after someone who U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

STC) has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. Monokle has been used in highly targeted attacks at least since March 2016, it supports a wide range of spying functionalities and implements advanced data exfiltration techniques. SecurityAffairs – spyware, surveillance). ” Special Technology Centre Ltd. (

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Often overlooked, the SIM card —short for Subscriber Identification Module—acts as the nexus between our identity and technology, illuminating the thin line between connection and surveillance. Recent revelations, such as the TechCrunch exposé on “ Spyhide stalkerware ,” unmask the vulnerability of our devices.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , BlueDelta, and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 25, 2023

Hacktivist maia arson crimew told TechCrunch she'd found 60,000 compromised Android devices, dating back to 2016. The data showed that between 2016 and the server takeover, around 60k devices had been compromised. And it's not a small number. If you are thinking about installing such an app, and you are reading this: Don’t!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Its business activities include the provision of services for hard disk recorders, video codes, video servers, surveillance cameras, monitoring of ball machine, road mounts and other products, as well as security services. According to the researcher, the vulnerability has existed at least since 2016. The critical bug has received 9.8

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Back in 2016, the group’s investigations helped spur MacOS updates to fix severe vulnerabilities that could have been exploited by Pegasus. In 2018, Citizen Lab also identified 45 countries that were potentially relying on Pegasus to conduct surveillance. ” Pegasus is not new. It is, he said, everywhere.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

NSO Group ‘s surveillance spyware made the headlines again, this time the malware was used to spy on 2 rights activists in Morocco according Amnesty International. Amnesty International collected evidence of new abuses of the NSO Group ‘s surveillance spyware, this time the malware was used to spy two rights activists in Morocco.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent four years hammering out a framework for arriving at an appropriate level of IoT security, issuing NIST Special Publication 800–160 , in late 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

As first reported in The Guardian , a large data leak unveiled a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers of people that were in the crosshairs of NSO customers dating back to 2016, including more than 180 journalists worldwide. Thousands of iPhones have potentially been compromised. … This is a global concern. Spyware is Evolving.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2023

Therefore, the next time when you see your webcam light blinking and device battery exhausting faster than usual, you must quickly put the device under surveillance. Let us analyze it with an example: In the year 2016, a couple living in a condo in New York received a call. What happens if the webcam is in control of a hacker?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It aims to give the police the opportunity to better execute secret surveillance and for example also access the encrypted communication.” The Minister of the Interior added that the deployment of surveillance spyware will be only applied in case of serious crimes. . SecurityAffairs – surveillance spyware, Sweden).

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

TBK Vision is a video surveillance company that provides network CCTV devices and other related equipment, including DVRs for the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. “Another notable spike to mention is IPS detections related to MVPower CCTV DVR models (CVE-2016-20016) also known as JAWS webserver RCE.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In June 2016, Islam was sentenced to a year in prison for an impressive array of crimes, including stalking people online and posting their personal data on the Internet. ” who said Iza hired him to surveil Zelocchi but ultimately refused to pay him for much of the work.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

The man was arrested by the FBI in August 2016 , the US DoJ charged Harold Thomas Martin with theft of secret documents and highly classified government material. 13, 2016, asked one of the researchers to arrange a conversation with Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky. reported the Politico website. “The A first message sent on Aug.

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