Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2020

Security experts from CheckPoint have discovered a critical vulnerability in the popular TikTok app that could be exploited by a remote attacker to hijack any user account just by knowing the mobile number of the victim. TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create and share short form videos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

According to a report published by the New York Times, the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. The report said US intelligence officials and a security researcher determined the app was being used by the UAE government for detailed surveillance. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The Japanese government ordered Facebook to improve the protection of users’ personal information following the recent data breaches that exposed data from millions of people. According to the company, the vulnerability is the result of the chaining of three flaws affecting the “View As” feature and Facebook’s video uploader.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2024

Image Mozilla Monitor Plus video on Youtube. states exempt so-called “public” or “government” records from consumer privacy laws. government. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced Onerep’s CEO to admit that he has founded dozens of people-search networks over the years.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. NYT report states that ToTok app is a government spy tool. Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived!

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2020

Iran-linked APT35 group accidentally exposed one of its servers, leaving online roughly 40 GB of videos and other files associated with its operations. The experts found several files on the server, roughly five hours of training videos recorded by the APT group. Some of the videos were showing how to exfiltrate data (i.e.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware. Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems. UK ICO fines British Airways £183 Million under GDPR over 2018 security breach. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2019.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Fusion centers were established to allow government entities to share intelligence. The BlueLeaks dump includes over millions of files including images, documents, video and audio files, text files, emails, and more. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” states Brian Krebs. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

Asian media firm E27 suffered a security breach and hackers asked for a “donation” to provide information on the flaws they exploited in the attack. The company sent a security breach notification via email to its users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. The regulation around IoT security was this year’s signal that the answer is, fortunately, no. Insights from VDOO’s leadership. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

According to NetBlock, the connectivity issue was observed after the Iranian Government has deployed the “ Digital Fortress ” (also known as D DEZHFA/D ejfa ) which is the national cyber shield. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads a post published by NetBlocks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Ransomware attack impacted government services in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. Amazons Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers. Specially Crafted ZIP archives allow bypassing secure email gateways. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The access was first blocked via national provider Turk Telecom (AS9121), but later other service providers applied the government restrictions. In December 2016 , the Turkish blocked social media in the country to prevent the sharing of a video of the executions of Turkish soldiers by the IS group. local time (8:30 p.m.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The list of targets includes software and video game companies, computer hardware makers, telecom providers, and social media organizations, but also governments, non-profit entities, universities , and think tanks, not to mention pro-democracy politicians and activists in Hong Kong. 35, and Tan Dailin (???), 35, Qian Chuan (??),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2019

Despite social media companies immediately removed the content from their platforms it is still possible to find multiple copies of the shooting videos online. YouTube issued a statement condemning the snuff videos, confirming that it is removing them from its platform. ” reads the security advisory published by the US-CERT.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Agent Tesla , first discovered in late 2014, is an extremely popular “malware-as-a-service” Remote Access Trojan (RAT) tool used by threat actors to steal information such as credentials, keystrokes, clipboard data and other information from its operators’ targets. In some cases, we saw obvious patterns of cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

A report published by security firm Digital Shadows r evealed the availability of more than 15 billion credentials shared on cybercrime marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing services, and code sharing websites. The price depends on the targeted industry, with the local government and financial sectors are the most requested ones.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

Zoom has over 74,000 customers and 13 million monthly active users, its popularity exploded with the COVID19 outbreak because the platform is used by millions of students, government and private employees. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security. His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good. What drew you to this field?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2020

. “In a petition filed in federal court late Monday, probation officials say Keys violated the conditions of his supervised release from prison by hacking into Comstock’s magazine web accounts and deleting the Sacramento magazine’s YouTube videos and account.” Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Matthew Keys, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

Attackers attempt to take advantage of the interest on the contact tracing app Immuni that was chosen by the Italian government to trace the evolution of the pandemic in the country. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2019

Bulgarian police arrested the IT expert Petko Petrov after he publicly demonstrated a security vulnerability in the kindergarten software used by local kindergartens. In the above video, the IT specialist launches an attack against the web portal of the local municipality where parents can sign up children for kindergarten. .”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. link] #MSFTatBlackHat — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) August 5, 2019. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

Governments are asking citizens to limit travels, major conferences and events have been postponed or delayed, businesses are promoting smart-working, and in this scenario the communications technologies like WebEx are essential. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported Cisco.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

government. The experts noticed the use of an IP address that was part of the hacking infrastructure used by APT41 between May 2014 and August 2020. Later variants masquerade as adult video content, “Baidu Waimai” food delivery platform, and Adobe Flash. Most recent samples of DraginEgg are dated April 2023.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

However, users in other locations were also affected, as some people in Australia reported problems with loading video content. Many people fear that the government of Beijing would increase influence on Hong Kong. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” states the AFP.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The popular US whistleblower Edward Snowden has reported the abuse of surveillance made by many governments, he blamed the Israeli company NSO Group for developing and selling surveillance software to Saudi Arabia. The Snowden Video Interview was published by almasdarnews.com. Security Affairs – NSO Group, Khashoggi).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2019

Security experts at CyberX who analyzed samples of the malware provided further details on the attack, revealing that Triton was likely developed by Iran and used to target an organization in Saudi Arabia. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

All judgment sessions, virtual and by video conference will be either suspended or canceled until the court network’s security will be restored, likely on November 9. As a result of the attack, the websites of several Brazilian federal government agencies are also currently offline. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Apple has integrated the “Tencent Safe Browsing” to improve security of its users and protect them from fraudulent websites. Experts fear that Tencent could have access to the same data sent to Google and intelligence experts believe that it could share the same information with the Chinese government. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Many governments worldwide persecute their internal oppositions charging them with criminal activities and use strict online surveillance to track them. The surveillance software developed by NSO Group was used by government organizations worldwide to spy on human rights groups , activists, journalists, lawyers, and dissidents.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

“We will not sell facial-recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this technology,” said Microsoft President Brad Smith. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

Our new research recently discovered a security issue with Santander , the 5th largest bank in Europe and the 16th largest in the world. Our security team has already fixed the issue to ensure the blog is secure.”. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. has been compromised.

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Interactive Information Management

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The most challenging theme we see is the gap between the SEO skills a small business understands or can afford to hire, and the SEO skills truly relevant and necessary in the evolving 2014 DC SEO and online marketing environment.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

A video on the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily’s website showed a police officer explaining people waiting in line that the cable car would not reopen “for technical reasons.”. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2019

But this new directorate seems to signal a pivot towards a more public approach to security than the Agency has taken in the past. The directorate also reflects a change in the importance of national cybersecurity and provides a hint as to how government agencies are rethinking how cybersecurity divisions should be organized.

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