Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

Malicious Chrome browser extensions were employed in a surveillance campaign on a large scale, millions of users potentially impacted. According to Awake Security, the extensions were downloaded 33 million times and they were part of a massive surveillance campaign that was aided by the internet domain registrar CommuniGal Communication Ltd.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

This too appeared to be for a good cause – it was part of creating a Google healthcare app, called Streams , designed to assist persons recovering from acute kidney injuries. Kumar wonders if a contact tracing app that incorporates the oversight of healthcare professionals might not make a lot more sense. “It

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023. Royal was then able to traverse the internal City infrastructure during the surveillance period using legitimate 3rd party remote management tools.”

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Big themes from the year included rising attacks against healthcare providers and incidents reflecting geopolitical tensions. Februarys Change Healthcare ransomware attack led to 100 million data breach notices being sent. The subsequent recovery costs exceeded $26 million.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

We’ve embedded helpful IoT devices in household appliances, environmental controls, health trackers, media and gaming devices, surveillance cams, building access systems, medical devices, even connected cars. This is a sign of IoT attacks to come. Clearly motivated hackers are going to continue plundering these fresh attack vectors.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

April 14 – Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware. Syrian-linked APT group SEA recently used COVID-19-themed lures as part of a long-running surveillance campaign, security researchers warn. Below a list of attacks detected this week.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Healthcare is in Need of a Check-Up. The effects mentioned above in the manufacturing and energy industries are quite similar to those involving healthcare organizations.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They want to wrestle the attention of regulators and advocates back toward present-day harms that are exacerbated by AI misinformation, surveillance, and inequity. Another version is a Cold War narrative of the United States losing an AI arms race with China and its surveillance-rich society.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Companies like Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies were targeted in this attack, allowing unauthorized access to critical systems used for court-authorized wiretapping — a tool vital for law enforcement surveillance. law enforcement for surveillance purposes. The hackers, identified by U.S. authorities to mitigate the fallout.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2021

Highly placed sources say that Ragnarok that also involved in double extortion tactics shut its doors because of the constant surveillance of the law enforcement agencies of west. In a month or so, a special task force linked to UK’s NCSC was about to track down the criminals to their headquarters.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2021

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. It is also a metaphor used to illustrate surveillance technology. If you are a Verkada customer, no action is required on your part.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2021

A group of US hackers recently claimed to have gained access to footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, healthcare clinics, and prominent organizations.

Identity Theft 107

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Shoshana Zuboff came out with a brilliant work called Surveillance Capitalism a while back, which I reviewed here. I want to convince you of this in two ways: Showing you that human desire and progress ultimately lead to Surveillance Capitalism, and…. I highly recommend it. My first point is that evolution drives us to win.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds BeyondTrust PRA and RS and Qlik Sense flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Inexperienced actors developed the FunkSec ransomware using AI tools Credit Card Skimmer campaign targets WordPress via database injection Microsoft took legal action against crooks who developed a tool to abuse its AI-based services Pro-Russia hackers (..)

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In effect, the section 889 ban prohibits federal agencies from doing business with any entity that provides telecommunications and video surveillance services, or equipment that is manufactured or provided by certain companies or any subsidiaries or affiliates with known connections to China. government and industry. . borders, and?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

North Korea-linked APT Diamond Sleet supply chain attack relies on CyberLink software New InfectedSlurs Mirai-based botnet exploits two zero-days SiegedSec hacktivist group hacked Idaho National Laboratory (INL) CISA adds Looney Tunables Linux bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Enterprise software provider TmaxSoft leaks 2TB of data (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

CHSF Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes is the healthcare service provider in discussion whose servers storing imaging and patient data were locked up by encryption. GIGN, an elite cyber force set up by French National Gendarmerie, has lowered the ransom demanded by hackers to free up data on the database of a Paris Hospital.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 3, 2025

A mid-sized healthcare provider had identified serious vulnerabilities in their patient data systems. A healthcare CISO I mentored was frustrated by apparent lack of support for a medical device security program. We're not proposing surveillance; we're implementing guardrails that protect everyone while maintaining privacy."

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

Companies in the finance, healthcare, and technology industries face increased compliance costs due to the need to establish localized data centers in different jurisdictions. This technique is particularly useful in industries such as finance and healthcare, where regulatory compliance mandates strict data confidentiality.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cybersecurity experts from Palo Alto Networks warn of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign that has already compromised at least nine organizations worldwide from critical sectors, including defense, healthcare, and energy. Subsequently, exploitation attempts began on Sept. 22 and likely continued into early October.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor CoinsPaid blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for theft of $37M worth of cryptocurrency Monitor Insider Threats but Build Trust First Zimbra fixed actively exploited zero-day CVE-2023-38750 in ZCS DepositFiles exposed (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2021

News is out that the data will be shared with a notorious US Software firm named Palantir, whose core business is to supply information to companies that are into the business of big data and offering surveillance tech to firms associated with Military, law enforcement, and border forces. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

to replace Chinese equipment Hackers breached a server of National Games of China days before the event Russian Gamaredon APT is targeting Ukraine since October Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream emerges from the dark Argo CD flaw could allow stealing sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps. US seizes $3.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Researchers at healthcare IoT security firm Cynerio discovered a collection of five vulnerabilities impacting TUG autonomous mobile robots, collectively named JekyllBot:5 , that could be exploited by remote attackers to hack the devices. .”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

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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Webroot

JULY 8, 2021

Were a cybercriminal to compromise a trusted supplier to distribute ransomware, rather than for surveillance as in that attack, the costs could be enormous. Brand and reputational damage. Consider the headlines and airtime generated by ransomware attacks against high-profile targets.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2024

Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the ACLU, warned that the Supreme Court's decision undermines the expertise of federal agencies that are better equipped to handle technical and specialized matters.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Remcos, short for Remote Control and Surveillance, was leveraged by malicious cyber actors conducting mass phishing campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal data and credentials. Qakbot can also be used to form botnets. Remcos Remcos is marketed as a legitimate software tool for remote management and penetration testing.

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Malware Banking Penetration Testing Healthcare 98

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

Government agencies SonicWall urges organizations to fix critical flaws in GMS/Analytics products Citrix fixed a critical flaw in Secure Access Client for Ubuntu Cl0p hacker operating from Russia-Ukraine war front line – exclusive Fortinet fixed a critical flaw in FortiOS and FortiProxy Microsoft mitigated an attack by Chinese threat actor Storm-0558 (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 21, 2022

MIAMI–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Cloudastructure, the award-winning cloud video surveillance provider, has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase rapidly growing IoT cybersecurity company IPG. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. 84% of security professionals believe IoT devices are more vulnerable than computers.

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IoT Surveillance Risk Architecture 52

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

From facial recognition to surveillance cameras to time trackers or just having a couple guys standing over employees’ shoulders, there are a multitude of ways to make sure employees are staying on-task and being productive. Businesses have long wondered if employees are staying focused and doing their jobs.

Computers and Electronics 127

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 28, 2025

For healthcare and financial services, it becomes a question of whether tracking tools are leaking regulated data to third parties. For everyone else, it's a reminder that "common" web tech can become "surveillance" in the eyes of a judge, jury, or regulator. And in some industries, it's about more.

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Financial Services Surveillance Insurance Healthcare 60

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 7, 2024

HIPAA is a US legislation that regulates the use of all protected health information transmitted by healthcare organizations. It also prohibits healthcare organizations from disclosing personal information without the individual’s consent. Covered entities include health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The second, an article published in 2024 by the Google Threat Analysis Group, described the business model of various companies that provide commercial surveillance solutions. The first, published in 2021 by Motherboard and Citizen Lab, shared the first evidence and indicators related to the software.

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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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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Specializing in seed and Series A opportunities, the San Francisco-based firm has an extensive consumer, enterprise, and healthcare investments portfolio. Insight’s portfolio goes beyond cybersecurity, serving IT verticals in data, fintech, healthcare, and logistics. New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Redpoint Ventures.

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