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For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records

Krebs on Security

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Ransomware en masse on the wane: top threats inside web-phishing in H1 2020

Security Affairs

Every third email, meanwhile, contained spyware , which is used by threat actors to steal payment data or other sensitive info to then put it on sale in the darknet or blackmail its owner. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Web tracking report: who monitored users’ online activities in 2023–2024 the most

SecureList

This information allows businesses to personalize experiences, improve user engagement, target advertising more efficiently, and measure the performance of their online services. Google Display & Video 360 is a tool for managing advertising campaigns. Over the year, the DNT component was triggered 38,725,551,855 times.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 223 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome. Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing classified data. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Payment data of thousands of customers of UK and US online stores could have been compromised

Security Affairs

The domain name used for the sniffer’s codes storage and as a gate for stolen data collection was registered on May 7, 2018. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – payment data, cybercrime ).

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

Data collected by the Internet Storm Center dug into “Survival Time History”, which is “calculated as the average time between reports for an average target IP address. The pop up blocker in particular was a big help with the proliferation of adware and spyware plugging into advertising networks.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

As a result, the person gets an automated reply from an official address of a legitimate organization, containing unsolicited advertisements or a scam link. For example, spammers actively advertised services of a company transporting people to Russia. Most scam messages offer a compensation or prize to the recipient.

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