Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian spyware vendor RCS Labs was supported by ISPs to spy on users. TAG researchers tracked more than 30 vendors selling exploits or surveillance capabilities to nation-state actors. ” reads the report published by Google. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. . ” states the report published by Microsoft.

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Collibra

JANUARY 23, 2023

Nowadays zero-trust is being recognized as a principle and a best practice that can be applied to broad aspects of security, accelerated by industry’s innovations. Among the five pillars, what is most notable for the Chief Data Officers (CDOs) is Data Categorization as a central theme of the data pillar.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ownCloud and Google Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The fact that the issue was discovered by Google TAG suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

Stolen data include contracts, agreements, passports, bills, and emails. The company Encevo, which owns the majority of Creos, published a security advisory to announce that the gas pipeline form has suffered a cyber attack that took place between July 22 and 23. appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team reported that the China-linked APT41 group used the open-source red teaming tool Google Command and Control ( GC2 ) in an attack against an unnamed Taiwanese media organization. The final payload was the Go-written GC2 tool that gets commands from Google Sheets and exfiltrates data to Google Drive.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2022

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russia invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. March 15 – CaddyWiper, a new data wiper hits Ukraine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Security experts from Sucuri analyzing a software skimmer that is abusing its brand name in order to evade detection. Upon execution, the code gathers any data from form fields, such as credit card and billing details, and exfiltrates it to a remote gateway using a GET request with plaintext parameters. veeblehosting[.]com/~sucurrin/i/gate.php

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ChiefTech

AUGUST 25, 2008

My article in the current edition of IDM magazine used examples of traditional information security failures to provide some balance against concerns about Web 2.0 is more secure but that we need to look at the information security risks of both existing technologies and the new social media tools.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Google announced to have taken down the infrastructure operated by the Glupteba , it also sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet. TAG also partnered with CloudFlare and others take down servers. users were warned via Safe Browsing. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Security researchers at Cisco Talos and the Citizen Lab have shared technical details about a commercial Android spyware named Predator that is sold by the surveillance firm Intellexa (formerly known as Cytrox). Both components work together to bypass traditional security features on the Android operating system.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 19, 2020

The Regulation requires that Covered Entities establish and maintain a cybersecurity program designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its information systems and its customers’ NPI as defined in 23 NYCRR §§ 500.01(e) e) and 500.01(g), g), respectively. In May 2019, FAST contained over 850 million documents.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

In the past, the group’s activity involved persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. Google TAG researchers warn that COLDRIVER is evolving tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), to improve its detection evasion capabilities. ” reads TAG’s analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Cybersecurity Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy to Promote Accountability for the Misuse of Commercial Spyware Critical Security Issue Affecting TeamCity On-Premises (CVE-2024-23917) – Update to 2023.11.3

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2020

Google shared data on alerts related to state-sponsored attacks, the tech giant revealed that it issued almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware attacks to its users during 2019. ” wrote Toni Gidwani, a Security Engineering Manager with Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The provenance of this data remains unknown. Group-IB has informed proper authorities in South Korea and the US so they could take necessary steps, and continues to work closely with its partners in these countries to mitigate the impact of an incident. However, in this case the source of the stolen data remains unknown.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Smart Meters provide the data to support a cleaner future, showing how much energy is being used and how much this will cost you. Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NDSC) reported that APT29 (aka SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , Midnight Blizzard , and The Dukes ) has been exploiting the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR in recent attacks.

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