SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in Africa and regions of Asia Individual industries In H1 2023, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in engineering and ICS integration (by 2 pp), manufacture (by 1.9 pp) and energy (by 1.5

Spyware 136

Spyware Internet Internet Manufacturing 136

The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Instead of having to trick users one by one, fraudsters only have to deceive the device manufacturer, or some other party involved in the supply chain, and thereby get their malicious code delivered far and wide. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

Mobile 138

Mobile Spyware Banking Manufacturing 138

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users Gizmodo An owner of a data broker business brags and showcases his company's ability to deliver "personalized messaging at scale." Of course, personalized in this context means leveraging extensive amounts of data collected on people.

Surveillance 59

Surveillance Data breaches Spyware Malware 59

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. with no internet. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker. Malicious mobile app. RAM scraper. Ransomware. Backdoors.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Most of the infections were still at financial institutions in Vietnam, with one victim active in the manufacturing industry. Epeius is a commercial spyware tool developed by an Italian company that claims to provide intelligence solutions to law enforcement agencies and governments. In terms of victimology, there was little change.

Malware 116

Malware Government Software Spyware 116

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

Building automation, automotive manufacturing, energy and oil & gas, suffered major increases in the ICS engineering sector. European ICS engineering organizations were mainly targeted by phishing campaigns attempting to deliver spyware and cryptominers. In H2 2020, 39.3% ” continues the report.

Engineering 141

Engineering VPN Accountability Software 141

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For a more recent example, Akron-based Afton Manufacturing implemented RFID sensors in the late 2010s and reported saving a minimum of 300 work hours in the first year, providing the company with $6,000 in increased productivity. and] creates a more competitive environment which may decrease the quality of social relationships.”.

Computers and Electronics 128

Computers and Electronics Surveillance Software Manufacturing 128

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices. Company instructions to keep hands off internal network traffic leads to internet service provider (ISP) suppression of only 1% of the 100,000 monthly outgoing DDoS attacks.

Cybersecurity 123

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 123

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While Google Pixel devices automatically receive monthly security updates, other device manufacturers may take a little longer to deploy updates since they need to test and tailor fixes for certain hardware setups. It was also suggested to use a VPN for Superset instances that are connected to the internet.

VPN 116

VPN Authentication Firmware Phishing 116

SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

The vaccination topic could hardly be ignored by spammers offering services on behalf of Chinese manufacturers. In the Runet (Russian internet), we found an email seemingly from the support department of an analytics portal. In seventh place is the Noon spyware (2.41%), which steals passwords from browsers and reads keystrokes.

Phishing 137

Phishing Banking Accountability Computers and Electronics 137

Google Security

MAY 15, 2024

Google Pixel, Honor, Lenovo, Nothing, OnePlus, Oppo, Sharp, Transsion, and other manufacturers are deploying live threat detection later this year. The detection of suspicious behavior is done on device in a privacy preserving way through Private Compute Core, which allows us to protect users without collecting data.

Scams 76

Scams Threat Detection Social Engineering Surveillance 76

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. Pandemic theme in mobile threats. apk and coviddetect.apk. Statistics.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Google Security

JULY 27, 2023

In 2022, across the Android ecosystem we saw a series of cases where the upstream vendor had released a patch for the issue, but the downstream manufacturer had not taken the patch and released the fix for users to apply. Anyone who visits that site is then exploited and delivered the final payload (usually spyware).

Spyware 94

Spyware Manufacturing Internet Internet 94

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Some applications, cloud infrastructure, networking equipment, or Internet of Things (IoT) devices may require more sophisticated ITAM or additional tools to detect them.

Firewall 111

Firewall Network Security Penetration Testing Encryption 111

Schneier on Security

JULY 19, 2021

Citizen Lab has identified yet another Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world: Candiru. From the report : Summary: Candiru is a secretive Israel-based company that sells spyware exclusively to governments. Reportedly, their spyware can infect and monitor iPhones, Androids, Macs, PCs, and cloud accounts.

Manufacturing 360

Manufacturing Spyware Internet Internet 360

SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. In reality, the scheme worked the way any other internet hoax would: the self-professed altruists went off the radar once they received the deposit.

Phishing 118

Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 118

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2021

Experts said that Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, exploited zero-days to deliver a new Windows spyware. Microsoft and Citizen Lab believe that the secretive Israel-based Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, used Windows zero-day exploits to deliver a new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue.

Spyware 118

Spyware Surveillance Government Manufacturing 118

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware. Vamosi: That's a gray area with the Internet of Things. There are legitimate apps for that.

Technology 52

Technology Software Surveillance Media 52

Troy Hunt

APRIL 15, 2019

I've been involved with a bunch of really poorly implemented "Internet of Things" things in the past that presented serious privacy risks to those who used them. Not to mention the various spyware apps often installed on kids' phones to track them which then subsequently leak their data all over the internet. mSpy leaked data.

Spyware 279

Spyware Passwords Manufacturing Marketing 279

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

During routine monitoring of detections for FinFisher spyware tools, we discovered traces that point to recent FinFly Web deployments. We investigated a long-running espionage campaign, dubbed A41APT, targeting multiple industries, including the Japanese manufacturing industry and its overseas bases, which has been active since March 2019.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in selected industries In the third quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased across most industries, with the exception of the biometrics and manufacturing sectors. pp) and 1.97% (by 0.01 pp), respectively.

Malware 99

Malware Spyware Internet Internet 99

SecureList

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Scam in the Russian segment Last year, the Russian segment of the internet was not spared from mass scam mailings. Since April 2024, we have been recording similar distributions of files with the double extension.PDF.RAR, targeting employees of Russian companies in the government, financial, manufacturing, and energy sectors.

Phishing 81

Phishing Scams Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics 81