CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 22, 2021

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. Now, to those uninitiated, Israel-based NSO Group developed Pegasus surveillance software that was meant for government organizations to spy on criminal suspects.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 13, 2025

In this article, we'll explore how AI enhances cybersecurity, its key benefits, and why businesses are increasingly relying on AI-driven security solutions. How does AI work in cybersecurity? This speeds up response times and reduces the burden on cybersecurity teams. Here's how.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Alkove Jim Alkove , CEO, Oleria Identity is cybersecurity’s biggest challenge. Sundaresan Bindu Sundaresan , Cybersecurity Director, LevelBlue In 2025, cybercriminals will exploit supply chain vulnerabilities, ransomware, IoT botnets, and AI-driven phishing. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

The US NCSC and the Department of State published joint guidance on defending against attacks using commercial surveillance tools. In the last years, we have reported several cases of companies selling commercial surveillance tools to governments and other entities that have used them for malicious purposes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 21, 2025

Graylark Technologies who makes GeoSpy says its been developed for government and law enforcement. But the investigative journalists from 404 Media report thatthe tool has also been used for months by members of the public, with many making videos marveling at the technology, and some asking for help with stalking specific women.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Cybersecurity governance has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few decades. We have moved beyond traditional compliance-driven security models to risk-based approaches, integrating cybersecurity into enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks. But the question remains: where are we headed?

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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. ” reported the website LeMonde. ” continues Télérama.

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Joseph Steinberg

AUGUST 2, 2022

CyberSecurity Expert, Joseph Steinberg, was recently interviewed by the team at Utopia — a group of networking-technology enthusiasts seeking to provide readers with wise insights on security, privacy, and cryptocurrency — insights gained through interviews of people with considerable related experience.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network, with technical assistance from Amnesty International's Security Lab, has exposed the shocking extent of the global surveillance crisis and the glaring inadequacies of EU regulation in curbing it. Chairman, Cedric Leighton Associates, LLC.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In a joint statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), United States officials have disclosed the details of a broad cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-sponsored actors targeting U.S. broadband providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

There are four key implications of this revolution that policymakers in the national security sector will need to address: The first is that the unprecedented scale and pace of technological change will outstrip our ability to effectively adapt to it. The NSA doesn't opine on broad technological trends and their social implications.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

Specifically, stories and news items where public and/or private organizations have leveraged their capabilities to encroach on user privacy; for example, data brokers using underhanded means to harvest user location data without user knowledge or public organizations using technology without regard for user privacy.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

sanctioned four companies for the development of surveillance malware or the sale of hacking tools used by nation-state actors, including NSO Group. LTD from Singapore, and Positive Technologies from Russia. Positive Technologies and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE. Department of Commerce. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

To begin with, it is important to understand that, like most vendors, Apple has touted its security features in the past , and, yet, at least some of the dangers against which the new features are intended to protect exist precisely because sophisticated attackers have proven capable of defeating Apple’s security technologies.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2019

Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm NSO and fears its staff may be targeted by the company with its Pegasus spyware. The name NSO Group made the headlines last week after the disclosure of the WhatsApp flaw exploited by the company to remotely install its surveillance software.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2024

The change marks a direct call-out of companies like NSO Group that develop sophisticated commercial surveillance tools like Pegasus, which have been abused by authoritarian regimes to pull off "individually targeted attacks of such exceptional cost and complexity." Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Predicting, shaping, and monetizing human behavior through commercial surveillance is extremely profitable.” While their services provide us with the option to connect with the world from the palm of your hand, many of them have been at the forefront of building the infrastructure for mass commercial surveillance.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

Cross-border data transfers enable global business but face challenges from varying cybersecurity laws, increasing risks of cyberattacks and data breaches. However, as data moves across multiple jurisdictions, it becomes subject to varying national cybersecurity policies and data protection laws.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer : The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for the spy agency into their products, according to disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reporting by Reuters and others.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Thomas Drake , former NSA employee and whistleblower, was scheduled to give a talk on the golden age of surveillance, both government and corporate. ACSC used to have its own government cybersecurity conference. I am at this conference, speaking on Wednesday morning (today in Australia, as I write this). I hope it's the last.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

According to a report published by Reuters, an Israeli surveillance software was used to spy on senior officials in the European Commission. ” NSO sent a statement to Reuters to exclude the involvement of its surveillance tools in the attacks reported by the agency. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) authority this week called for a ban on the development and the use of surveillance software like the Pegasus spyware in the EU. The surveillance software allows to completely take over the target device and spy on the victims. ” continues EDPS. .” ” continues EDPS.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

“In the tech-heavy, geek-speak world of cybersecurity, these sorts of infographics and maps are popular because they promise to make complicated and boring subjects accessible and sexy,” I wrote in a January 2016 story about Norse’s implosion. An ad for RedTorch’s “Cheetah” counter-surveillance tech.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The technology behind this new mode of communication decoding is called Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) that conceptualizes arbitrary stimuli that a person’s brain is grasping or analyzing as a natural language in real-time. NOTE- Such technologies, when fall into wrong hands, can be misused by notorious minds.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

I recently had the chance to discuss this with John Loucaides, vice-president of engineering at Eclypsium, a Beaverton, OR-based security startup that is introducing technology to scan for firmware vulnerabilities. It’s encouraging to see robust technologies and best practices emerging to help companies mitigating these risks.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

You and your cybersecurity team do everything correctly to safeguard your infrastructure, yet the frightening alert still arrives that you’ve suffered a data breach. The same technologies that make supply chains faster and more effective also threaten their cybersecurity,” writes David Lukic , a privacy, security, and compliance consultant.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2025

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple products and Microsoft Windows NTLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple products and Microsoft Windows NTLM vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 31, 2024

Dahua Technology, a leading provider of video surveillance solutions, has released a security advisory addressing multiple vulnerabilities in their network video recorders (NVRs) and IP cameras. These vulnerabilities, with CVSS scores ranging from 4.9... These vulnerabilities, with CVSS scores ranging from 4.9...

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

SyncUP uses a combination of GPS technology, Wi-Fi, and T-Mobile’s LTE nationwide network to locate registered devices and comes in the form of a small tag, a car tracker or a kids watch. Repeated problems can erode the trust in the underlying GPS tracking technology. Did T-Mobile fail to comply, even if only for a short time?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If your company is going to be processing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and already meets the NIST 800-171 control requirements, there is one way for you to get a head start on your CMMC compliance journey - a Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (JSVA). What is a JSVA?”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Bosch, known more for its line of refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers, also develops and sells an entire suite of surveillance cameras. In 2018, the organization Big Brother Watch found that the facial recognition technology rolled out by the UK’s Metropolitan Police at the Notting Hill carnival registered a mismatch 98 percent of the time.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to lightbulbs to major appliances­ -- to the internet at breakneck speeds. The Internet of Things fuses products with communications technology to make daily life more effortless. It's easier to extend the protection to everyone.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Maybe you already have other personal cybersecurity tools for personal user and think you don’t need a VPN. Antivirus augmentation Even if you already have antivirus software, using a VPN enhances your personal cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is only going to get more important as technology—and cyberthreats—advance.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. ”

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