Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. ” concludes Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. ” reads the report. £We Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2021

It’s been a busy few weeks for facial recognition technology. The facial recognition tech cool-down of 2021. In the UK, a Watchdog would rather police “ reasonably use ” biometrics and surveillance, as opposed to a complete ban. are digging their heels in against various aspects of facial recognition technology.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed that of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Chrome, Android, Apple and Microsoft that it reported in 2021, five were in use by a single commercial surveillance company. Citizenlab at the University of Toronto published information about Cytrox in December 2021.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2025

However, the limited, targeted nature of these attacks against iOS users suggests that commercial surveillance vendors or a nation-state actor likely exploited the flaws. “Around March 2021, 2025 , a campaign targeted government and private institutions in Poland and Romania. ” Microsoft warns. ” states Check Point.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This technology promises to simplify tasks, boost accuracy and quicken responses. Automation works 24/7, ensuring constant surveillance and quick responses even when humans are off the clock. The synergy between human expertise and RPA technology will be crucial in defending against cyber adversaries. They can happen anytime.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2021

Our sincere thanks to CPDP 2021 - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference for publishing their well-crafted videos on the organization's YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Experts warn of an ongoing hacking campaign that already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors by exploiting CVE-2021-40539. In the middle of September, the FBI, CISA, and the Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) warned that nation-state APT groups were actively exploiting the CVE-2021-40539 flaw.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IT threat evolution Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. While tracking this threat actor in spring 2021, we discovered a newer version. Targeted attacks exploiting CVE-2021-40444. PC statistics. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks. WildPressure targets macOS.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released out-of-band patches for four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server that are being actively exploited in the wild (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858 and CVE-2021-27065). It then downloads and installs the miner. Notwithstanding the relative decline, 53,870 is a big number.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

Two suspicious documents that were uploaded to VirusTotal in July 2020 and March 2021, and which seem to be operated by the same attackers, caught our attention. In this report we aim to provide more details on these findings and our own analysis on the mechanics of the MarkiRAT malware. Background.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2021. In parallel, Volexity also reported the same Exchange zero-days being in use in early 2021. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East.

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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan , the Senators charge that ID.me’s CEO Blake Hall has offered conflicting statements about how his company uses the facial scan data it collects on behalf of the federal government and many states that use the ID proofing technology to screen applicants for unemployment insurance.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. The vulnerabilities in Google, Microsoft and Mozilla exploited by the company were fixed in 2021 and early 2022. ” TAG concludes.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. million IP cameras exposed to the internet, signifying an eightfold increase since April 2021. When you spy on your neighborhood or your cafe customers, do you wonder if someone is watching Big Brother – you, in this case?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 21, 2021

Our sincere thanks to CPDP 2021 - Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference for publishing their well-crafted videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Speakers: Chris Jones, Amba Kak, Alyna Smith, Petra Molnar.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Like something out of Black Mirror, two students have demonstrated a way to use smart glasses and facial recognition technology to immediately reveal people’s names, phone numbers, and addresses. In 2021 we wrote: “For an individual to identify another individual would require access to a large database or an enormous amount of luck.”

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., 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. engages in the development, production, and sale of security products.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2021

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. ” Kottmann was also credited for breaching Intel in August 2020 and Nissan Motors in January 2021. ” The fallout.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Apple has filed suit to ban the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies from using its product and services. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2023

Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken significant action to address the escalating concern surrounding the misuse of surveillance technology by foreign entities. government's growing concern about the role of surveillance technology in enabling campaigns of repression and human rights abuses.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2021

The latest iOS beta suggests that Apple’s next big update will include an iPhone feature that warns users about hidden, physical surveillance of their location. pic.twitter.com/NVJyAZlthw — Benjamin Mayo (@bzamayo) March 4, 2021. In theory, this type of surveillance has been possible for years.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 27, 2022

Security researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne of Google TAG said: "Seven of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities our Threat Analysis Group discovered in 2021 fall into this category: developed by commercial providers and sold to and used by government-backed actors.". RELATED: Spyware Pariah: NSO Group Placed on U.S. Blacklist ].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2021

In 2021, Schrems II – the landmark data privacy verdict issued in July 2020 – continues to prevent businesses from carrying out basic data transfers to non-EU countries. The post What is Schrems II and how does it affect your data protection in 2021? In monetary terms, total spending will rise to a total of $304.9 billion in 2020.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

The iPhones of nine activists, including members of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights , Waad , Al Wefaq , were infected with Pegasus spyware as part of a surveillance operation likely orchestrated by a threat actor tracked as LULU and attributed with high confidence to the government of Bahrain. ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 14, 2023

European Parliament has created a history by adopting the draft that mitigates the risks gener-ated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. As the technologies are evolving, it is also raising the bar of entering the world of terror and extremism, in parallel.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Last week the Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies has acquired the industry’s leading virtual private networks ExpressVPN, as part of a $936 million deal. link] — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 16, 2021. The surveillance it represents is completely antithetical to our mission.”

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 27, 2018

This is borne out by Akamai Technologies’ Summer 2018 Internet Security/Web Attack Report. By Gartner’s estimate there will be about 25 billion IoT devices in service by 2021. Akamai, which optimizes the delivery of content for large enterprises, measured a 16 percent increase in the number of DDoS attacks recorded since last year.

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TrustArc

AUGUST 9, 2021

Below are snapshots of recent global updates courtesy of Nymity Research.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 22, 2021

It is learnt that the massive file encrypting malware campaign started on April 19th,2021 when victims took help of the technology forums to know more about the ransomware. Its data storage appliances are used across the globe for virtualization, storage management, and surveillance applications, along with file sharing.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2023

Robots have been infiltrating business and industry for decades, so it’s not surprising that AI and connected technologies like streaming video are now being enlisted to perform many of the security tasks currently handled by humans. billion in 2021 and is expected to surpass $116.44

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 8, 2023

What makes this one particularly galling is that the surveillance footage used in this case did not show a pregnant woman. Ars Technica reports that law enforcement used something called DataWorks Plus to match surveillance footage against a criminal mug shot database. How did this all begin?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently warned administrators about a vulnerability that would allow threat actors to take control of devices produced by Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned video surveillance company. agencies and organizations using Chinese technology. still using banned Chinese tech.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

MIAMI–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Shareholders entrusted Cloudastructure with $30 million via a RegA+ to expand their cloud-based video surveillance platform empowered with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning analytics. As a result of that team’s efforts, Cloudastructure’s video surveillance platform now includes: People Detection.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, the researchers observed 36 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild targeting enterprise-specific technologies, while 61 vulnerabilities affected end-user platforms and products such as mobile devices, operating systems, browsers, and other applications. ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 18, 2022

The controversial Pegasus spyware continues to stay in the news cycle, as a new report from the Citizen Lab details how the technology was used to target pro-democracy activists in Thailand. The current Thai government was not exactly thrilled by this and responded with a wave of arrests and increased surveillance dramatically.

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