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State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 lures, Google warns

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared its latest findings related to state-backed attacks and revealed that it has identified more than a dozen state-sponsored groups using COVID-19 lures. The following image shows location of users targeted by government-backed COVID-19 related attacks. government employees.

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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

The Army told Reuters it removed an app containing Pushwoosh in March, citing “security concerns.” Reuters said the CDC likewise recently removed Pushwoosh code from its app over security concerns, after reporters informed the agency Pushwoosh was not based in the Washington D.C. regulatory filings present it as a U.S.

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Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that remained under the radar for 7 years

Security Affairs

Researchers from Citizen Lab uncovered the operations of a hack-for-hire group tracked as Dark Basin that targeted thousands of journalists, elected and senior government officials, advocacy groups, and hedge funds worldwide over 7 years. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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EUROPE: e-Privacy Regulation – changes regarding electronic communications and digital marketing

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 26 July 2019, at the level of the Council, the Finnish government has issued a revised (Council) proposal for the e-Privacy Regulation with some amendments concerning electronic communication content, data & metadata, and further processing of metadata. b) Cookies and similar files/tags.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. Usually, the default settings are not focused on security. While the cybersecurity industry has presented options for every netizen, the recommendation to use original and complex passwords continues to be disregarded. The Threat is Definitely Real.

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Malware researcher reverse engineered a threat that went undetected for at least 2 years

Security Affairs

The Sample (SHA256: e5c67daef2226a9e042837f6fad5b338d730e7d241ae0786d091895b2a1b8681) presents itself as a JAR file. There is an interesting difference although, this stage builds up a new in-memory stage (let’s call Stage 4) by adding static GZIpped contents at the end of encrypted section (light blue tag on image).

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A Soccer Field on the Data Center, Chickens in the Parking Lot - in Northern Virginia

Interactive Information Management

Does this concentration of sensitive, valuable information pose a physical, critical infrastructure security threat to my community? A participant in local government planning and operations – from energy and land use policy to economic development and homeland security 6. Contribution of marketing and advertising assets (i.e.