Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. Remcos is a legitimate remote monitoring and surveillance software developed by the company BreakingSecurity. “What we have observed is that the link in the phishing email points to Amazon Web Services click tracking service at awstrack[.]me.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2021

Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian government institutions and private companies. Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian entities exclusively. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 301 appeared first on Security Affairs. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. COMB breach: 3.2B COMB breach: 3.2B COMB breach: 3.2B COMB breach: 3.2B Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 371 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Both Remcos and NanoCore are used for information gathering, data exfiltration, surveillance, and control of the victims’ computers. . The threat actors carried out spear-phishing attacks using spoofed email addresses. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Balikbayan Foxes). ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The PowerShortShell stealer is also used for Telegram surveillance and gathering system information from infected systems. “The adversary might be tied to Iran’s Islamic regime since the Telegram surveillance usage is typical of Iran’s threat actors like Infy, Ferocious Kitten, and Rampant Kitten.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 382 appeared first on Security Affairs. users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Security researchers from Check Point discovered an Android malware, developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten, that is able to bypass 2FA. Rampant Kitten has been active at least since 2014 and was involved in ongoing surveillance operations against Iranian minorities, anti-regime organizations, and resistance movements.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“Amnesty Tech’s Security Lab found technical evidence in phishing emails sent to two prominent Vietnamese human rights defenders, one of whom lives in Germany, and a Vietnamese NGO based in the Philippines, showing that Ocean Lotus is responsible for the attacks between 2018 and November 2020.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

The Chafer APT group has distributed data stealer malware since at least mid-2014, it was focused on surveillance operations and the tracking of individuals. Most of the hacking activity occurs on Friday and Saturday, coinciding with the weekend in the Middle East. SecurityAffairs – Chafer APT, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. April 17 – Gmail blocked 18 Million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures in a week. Below a list of attacks detected this week.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Microsoft president Brad Smith provided further details about the investigation of the SolarWinds supply chain attack, the company’s analysis of the malicious code involved in the hack suggests it was the work of a thousand developers. The hackers left no evidence of how they broke in – no phishing expeditions, no malware.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 416 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada. A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., When surveillance leads to spying. It is deeply invasive for anyone who’s captured on film.”.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

The attack described by Microsoft begun with a phishing message that was opened by an internal employee, the malware infected its systems and made lateral movements infected other systems in the same network. The incident also affected the surveillance camera network of the company along with the finance department.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. Experts uncovered a hacking campaign targeting several WordPress Plugins. Experts uncovered an advanced phishing campaign delivering the Quasar RAT. White hat hacker demonstrated how to hack a million Instagram accounts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. At this time, we have no evidence to hypothesize it could be a victim of previous hacks or not. Introduction. Figure 4: Malware suspicious entropy level. Analysis of Exposed Emails.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Leading Android health apps expose users to avoidable threats like surveillance and identity theft, due to their risky permissions. Here are some of the most dangerous Android app permissions: Location Access: This permission allows apps to track the user’s precise location using GPS and network information.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

Researchers at Insikt Group observed Russian GRU’s unit APT28 targeting networks across Europe with information-stealer Headlace and credential-harvesting web pages. In December 2023, researchers from Proofpoint and IBM detailed a new wave of APT spear-phishing attacks relying on multiple lure content to deliver Headlace malware.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Phishing Simulations from Cyber Aware Phishing simulation is a program designed for business owners and employers to train their staff to identify phishing scams. Given that phishing accounts for 90% of data breaches , this simulation must be a part of every company’s security education.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The four extensions developed by Avast and its subsidiary AVG are: Avast Online Security AVG Online Security Avast SafePrice AVG SafePrice. Both Avast and AVG Online Security extension alert users to phishing, scam, and malicious sites when a user visits malicious sites.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The campaigns have been conducted since 2015 and are aimed at conducting information collection and surveillance operations against individuals and organizations of strategic interest to Teheran. ” The surveillance operations conducted by the APT group involved the distribution of Android malware such as VINETHORN and PINEFLOWER.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

NIST SP 800-82: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines focused on securing ICS environments. ISO/IEC 27001: An international standard on managing information security, including within industrial contexts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 354 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. In this ongoing war, some types of data storage are more prone to hacking because of the need to access, process, and analyze data quickly.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The group’s distinctive features are the high quality of their phishing attacks and the use of legitimate services, which makes it very difficult to detect its malicious activity in companies’ infrastructures. Hacking banks around the world is the prerogative of Russian-speaking hackers: they still make up the majority of attacking groups.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

On the other hand, while passkeys may do much to stop email phishing , as biometrics won’t be an easy target, cyber criminals can turn to other malware to remotely hack and unlock a phone. Biometrics is presented as the solution to this security issue. Identity, citizenship, and surveillance are all societal concerns.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2022

All the attackers have attempted to compromise the email and social-media accounts of the targets with phishing attacks, in some cases posing as journalists. It is important to note that journalists are communicating with external, foreign, and often semi-anonymous parties to gather information. based media organization in early 2022.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

Google disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by the Iran-linked APT group APT42 targeting the US presidential election. Google announced that it disrupted a hacking campaign carried out by Iran-linked group APT42 (Calanque, UNC788 ) that targeted the personal email accounts of individuals associated with the US elections.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K.

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