Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Proton Drive and Docs now support collaboration with users without Proton accounts Proton Proton users can now collaborate on documents with anyone -- including those without Proton accounts. of its photos app.

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VPN Surveillance Malware Data breaches 59

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Also of concern is the firmware and ROM found on many components that go into the manufacture of systems, nearly of all which are manufactured today in mainland China. Reforming surveillance practices Proposals to restrict Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) were left out.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The more accounts you have, the bigger your attack surface and potential exposure to data breaches. Tips for finding old accounts. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

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Surveillance Data breaches VPN Malware 52

Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

Hackers also posted images captured from the hacked surveillance video on Twitter with an #OperationPanopticon hashtag, published images show that they have gained root shell access to the surveillance cameras used by Telsa and Cloudflare.

Identity Theft 107

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Surveillance Hacking 107

Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2022

million Twitter accounts available for sale. and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. increased rewards for info on North Korea-linked threat actors to $10 million Threat actors leverages DLL-SideLoading to spread Qakbot malware Zero Day attacks target online stores using PrestaShop? and Blackmatter ransomware U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

Firmware 98

Firmware Malware Surveillance DDOS 98

SecureList

JUNE 20, 2023

The findings of the study reveal a number of serious security issues, including the use of hard-coded credentials, and an insecure firmware update process. We later managed to extract the firmware from the EEPROM for further static reverse engineering. Further hardware analysis of the circuit board helped us identify chips.

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Firmware Passwords Manufacturing Mobile 107

Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

Industrial switches are made using universal firmware developed by Korenix Technology, a leading provider for industrial networking solutions based in Taiwan. Korenix has developed another firmware that the organization incorporates in its JetNet industrial switches. These vulnerabilities include: Backdoor account. Surveillance.

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Firmware Energy and Utilities Cyber Attacks Surveillance 85

Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2018

AVTech is one of the world’s leading CCTV manufacturers, it is the largest public-listed company in the Taiwan surveillance industry. EliteLands is using a 2-years old exploit that could be used to trigger tens of well-known vulnerabilities in the AVTech firmware.

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Firmware Passwords Advertising IoT 69

Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2018

Positive Technologies discovered two flaws affecting Dongguan Diqee 360 smart vacuums that can be used to perform video surveillance. ” The second vulnerability requires physical access to be triggered, it can be exploited by an attacker to load a tainted version of the firmware by inserting a microSD card into the vacuum.

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Firmware Surveillance Technology Authentication 67

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Experts from Twelve Security claimed they found API tokens that would have allowed hackers to access Wyze user accounts from any iOS or Android device. The incident was independently verified by the authors of the blog IPVM that focuses on video surveillance products. on December 26 by a reporter at IPVM.com. ” continues Wyze.

IoT 96

IoT Accountability Advertising Wireless 96

SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The attackers were able to bypass this hardware-based security protection using another hardware feature of Apple-designed SoCs (System on a Chip): they did this by writing the data, destination address and data hash to unknown hardware registers of the chip that are not used by the firmware.

Banking 115

Banking Malware Computers and Electronics Mobile 115

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Data breaches DDOS Ransomware Artificial Intelligence 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 27, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

Surveillance 52

Surveillance Data breaches Malware Backups 52

The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

» Related Stories From China with Love: New York Firm sold millions in PRC Surveillance Gear to US Government, Military Episode 165: Oh, Canada! Terry is a former NSA employee who specializes in firmware security. We're joined by Terry Dunlap the co-founder of ReFirm Labs to talk about why software supply chain risks.

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Risk Surveillance Firmware Technology 40

SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At the end of September, at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit , our researchers provided an overview of FinSpy , an infamous surveillance toolset that several NGOs have repeatedly reported being used against journalists, political dissidents and human rights activists. FinSpy: analysis of current capabilities. cents per record).

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Malware Banking Energy and Utilities Accountability 134

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. orders Apple to let it spy on users encrypted accounts ArsTechnica The UK government issued a secret order demanding Apple implement a backdoor to let it retrieve anything any Apple user has uploaded to the cloud.

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Spyware Surveillance Government Data breaches 52

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The first accounts of its activity date back to March last year, in which archives carrying COVID-related decoy file names that contained a malicious executable were described in a tweet by MalwareHunterTeam. In this quarter we focused on researching and dismantling surveillance frameworks following malicious activities we detected.

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Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 145

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Using a malicious script, the attackers redirected their targets’ incoming email to an email address controlled by the attackers, gathering data from the compromised accounts. Although there was a public report of drones used to hack a Wi-Fi network in 2022, there are no accounts of similar events happening in 2023.

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Hacking Energy and Utilities Media Malware 141

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Once a system is infected, ransomware attacks usually come in 3 stages: Surveillance: The hackers scan their target for more information on the system they are attacking. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”.

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Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 75

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

The fix: To eliminate malware infections, perform a factory reset, upgrade to the latest firmware, change all default usernames and passwords, and adjust firewall rules to block exposure to unwanted remote management services. and a medium (CVSS 4.3) level vulnerability.

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IoT Internet Internet Ransomware 118