Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols used to create personal area networks with small, low-power digital radios, such as for home automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless connection. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 349

SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2020

Generally, these are the massive resources carrying COVID-19 research and data—the kind a country might want if they're in a race to create a coronavirus vaccine. That's why some are theorizing that a recent hack of ARCHER , a U.K.-based research organizations involved in COVID-19 data collection.

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Hacking Cyber threats Data collection Internet 98

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How residential proxies using real IPs from diverse locations enable businesses to gather comprehensive and accurate data from the web Since the adoption of the first digital tools and connection to the internet, the competitive business environment has revolutionized and transformed the ways modern companies conduct business operations.

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Marketing Data collection Internet Internet 126

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues collectively tracked as ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ProxyLogon).

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Data collection Antivirus Internet Internet 131

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Since the beginning of 2018, Group-IB experts detected that cybercriminals were seeking to get access to the user databases of Hong Kong state Internet portals responsible for taxes, trade, procurement, logistics, innovations and hi-tech infrastructure. Espionage as one of the main APT groups’ goals. Attacks on Crypto. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cybercrime Hacking Banking Phishing 108

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has hacked eleven telecommunication service providers in Ukraine between since May 2023. Sandworm were observed targeting open ports and unprotected RDP or SSH interfaces to gain access to the internet-facing systems. ” reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA. “Note (!) .’

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Telecommunications Authentication Data collection Passwords 131

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection. The goals of the Privacy Sandbox are: Build new technology to keep your information private Enable publishers and developers to keep online content free Collaborate with the industry to build new internet privacy standards. .” reads the announcement.

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Advertising Data collection Mobile Technology 109

Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

Consider, for example, a 2013 Massachusetts bill that tried to restrict the commercial use of data collected from K-12 students using services accessed via the internet. Another word for a strategy like this is a “hack.” ” Hacks follow the rules of a system but subvert their intent.

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Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Technology Government 337

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The organization confirmed that it was the victim of the massive hacking campaign targeting Progress MOVEit transfer systems that was conducted by the Clop ransomware group. In June, the Clop ransomware group claimed to have hacked hundreds of companies globally by exploiting MOVEit Transfer vulnerability.

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Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Hacking 128

Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, according to Michael Samios of the National Observatory of Athens and his fellow colleagues who put together a new study published in Seismological Research Letters.

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IoT InfoSec Data collection Encryption 128

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Silent Night is able to grab information from online forms and perform web injections in major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer, monitor keystrokes, take screenshots, harvest cookies and passwords. SecurityAffairs – Silent Night, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 143

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Ireland is a strategic place for intercontinental communications because it represents the place where undersea cables which carry internet traffic connect to Europe. The data collected by the undersea cable would include content from online messages, browsing sessions, VOIP calls, and emails. . Source [link].

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 108

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, we published an article about how photographs of children taken by a stalkerware-type app were found exposed on the internet because of poor cybersecurity practices by the app vendor. The stalkerware-type app involved, TheTruthSpy, has shown once again that the way in which it handles captured data shows no respect to its customers.

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Spyware Malware Data collection Hacking 140

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Attackers can also automate data collection from the device (user’s current physical address, IP address, contents of the clipboard, stored pictures/videos, contact information and more) and send them to the victims to scare them. “To SecurityAffairs – Siri Shortcuts, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 26, 2021

But, unfortunately, we live in a world of constant hacking attempts and security breaches. Password management software takes some of the brunt out of remembering the many different combinations you use around the internet. With so many passwords to keep track of, those familiar “Update Password” prompts tend to get bothersome.

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Passwords Password Management Accountability Authentication 182

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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Threat Reports Phishing Malware Data collection 106

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 229

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 123

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 123

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Research conducted by ARD’s Panorama and STRG_F revealed that data collected during surveillance is processed using statistical methods, effectively breaking Tor’s anonymity. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Tor)

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Surveillance Data collection Media Hacking 140

Krebs on Security

MAY 2, 2023

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. com , postaljobscenter[.]com com and usps-jobs[.]com.

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Marketing Advertising Scams Telecommunications 310

NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Option 2: Open PowerShell and load it directly from the internet. The Results directory houses csv files containing all the computer, share, file, and permission data collected, including things like excessive privileges and stored secret samples. Happy hunting and don’t forget to hack responsibly!

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Passwords Risk Data collection Backups 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan. .

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Advertising Mobile Malware Data collection 111

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 29, 2021

But to all those who are using such devices to keep their homes neat and clean, you better know a fact that such robots when connected to internet can be intercepted by hackers who can then snoop into your homes by hacking the device cameras. But the report doesn’t say to never buy such goods.

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Data privacy Data collection Passwords Manufacturing 85

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

percent of all the data collected, followed by TP-Link that accounted for 9.07%. The Chimay Red hacking tool leverages 2 exploits, the Winbox Any Directory File Read (CVE-2018-14847) and Webfig Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. . Security Affairs – IoT devices, hacking ). Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT 106

IoT Passwords Malware Advertising 106

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats.

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Malware IoT Advertising Data collection 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. SecurityAffairs – hacking, supply chain attack). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Healthcare Identity Theft Digital transformation Data collection 117

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q4 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q4, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 98

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from March to June, Q2, 2022. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 98

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 98

Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2021

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. The data leak of SuperVPN, GeckoVPN, and ChatVPN. link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) February 28, 2021.

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VPN Passwords Internet Internet 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Mirai, Jeep Hack, etc.) There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Encryption.

IoT 96

IoT Manufacturing Energy and Utilities Data collection 96

Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2023

Marketplace and hacking forums offering initial access, enable crooks to speed up their attacks and monetize their cyber operations. The threat actors offered detailed instructions on how to exploit known vulnerabilities in Internet-facing ICS systems.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Cybercrime Data collection Hacking 98

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. Securing your IoT environment. Control user access.

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IoT Encryption Internet Internet 94

Identity IQ

MARCH 2, 2021

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybercrime Data collection 98

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

All it takes is one phished or hacked username and password to get a toehold on AD. Even so, hacking groups continue to manipulate PAM and AD to plunder company networks. The data collection and data analytics know-how to do this are well-understood and readily available. This may be one of those instances.

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