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. ” reported the AFP agency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

iv] Further, “the practices of government [and other public and private institutions] become formal or official to the extent that they are documented.” [v] This article aims to consider what a documentary focus can offer to the practices and understandings of information governance.

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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

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

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

JUNE 28, 2020

The company reported the incident to law enforcement and government authorities and it is awaiting their guidance. ” The Korean Hackers group recently hacked Indian video on demand giant ZEE5 attackers and threatened to sell the database on the cybercrime underground markets. .” ”” reported BleepingComputer.

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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

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

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. — YouTube (@YouTube) March 15, 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

APRIL 26, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

TikTok is a social media app that allows its users to create and share short form videos. billion installs worldwide, it has come under close scrutiny in the US and other countries for its alleged link with the Government of Beijing. CheckPoint researchers also published a video PoC of the attack: [link]. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

The cost for antivirus accounts is just over $20, while other types of accounts (cable, social media, VPN, streaming, adult, music, file sharing, and video game accounts) typically go for less than $10. 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

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.”

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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.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The Russian Government blocked ProtonMail and ProtonVPN. Google mistakenly shared private videos of some users with others in 2019. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2019

Petrov exploited the flaw to download the details of 235,543 citizens of Stara Zagora, a province in central Bulgaria with over 333,000 inhabitants, he also published a video PoC on Facebook. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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

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 13, 2019

Croatia government agencies targeted with news SilentTrinity malware. Cyberattack shuts down La Porte County government systems. Flaw in Zoom video conferencing software lets sites take over webcam on Mac. UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach. Once again thank you! Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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

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. COUNTRY NEXUS. REPORTED CASES OF INDIVIDUALS TARGETED.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” IoT risk must be taken seriously.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

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 -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Elie

DECEMBER 12, 2019

is a landmark European ruling that governs the delisting of personal information from search results. During the first five years after this ruling came into effect (May 2014 to May 2019) , Google received ~3.2 Removing legal history comprised 21% of all delisting requests (19% target news sites and 2% government-related sites).

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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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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. Erin: What role should governments play in combating cybercrime? Erin: So, let’s get started.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

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. It facilitates government censorship in China through its multi-functional utility app WeChat.” ” reported the website reclaimthenet.org.

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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

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, 2019

In October 2018, FireEye experts discovered a link between the Triton malware, tracked by the company as TEMP.Veles, and the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM), that is a Russian government research institute in Moscow. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

“TAG observed a North Korean government-backed attacker group that previously targeted security researchers posing as recruiters at Samsung and sending fake job opportunities to employees at multiple South Korean information security companies that sell anti-malware solutions.” ” reads the Google Threat Horizons report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Ransomware attack impacted government services in the territory of Nunavut, Canada. Amazons Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers. Two former Twitter employees charged of spying on Users for Saudi Arabian Government. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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