Merely days after Microsoft sounded the alarm on an unpatched security vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service, possibly yet another zero-day flaw in the same component has come to light, making it the fourth printer-related flaw to be discovered in recent weeks.“Microsoft Windows allows for non-admin users to be able to install printer drivers…
WASHINGTON: Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday (Jul 18), igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel’s NSO group, was reported on by the Washington Post, the…
Military-grade spyware technology was used to hack the smartphones of journalists, activists, and executives, The Washington Post reported. Some of the affected journalists worked at outlets including CNN and The New York Times. The 37 numbers appeared on a list of 50,000 phone numbers in countries with a history of conducting surveillance on their own…
NEW DELHI: Spyware Pegasus, which is sold by the NSO Group of Israel, may have been used to conduct surveillance on about 300 Indians, including two serving Cabinet ministers at the Centre, three opposition leaders, a Constitutional authority, government officials, scientists and about 40 journalists, according to French media nonprofit, Forbidden Stories, and Amnesty International….
A group of Iranian hackers targeting U.S. military personnel on Facebook, deployed a “well-resourced and persistent operation” to connect with victims on the social media site, and trick them into providing sensitive information as part of a larger online espionage campaign, Facebook said Thursday. The group, known as “Tortoiseshell” in the security industry, targeted nearly…
The United States has blacklisted four Russian IT companies and two other Russian organizations for “aggressive and malicious activities,” including digital espionage. This was reported by the US Department of Commerce. Because it has been blacklisted, which has been in the works for months, US companies cannot sell items or parts to these companies without…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Researchers: Spyware Targets 100 Victims in 10 Countries Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 16, 2021 Illustration: Pixabay Cyberattackers used spyware from the Israeli firm Candiru to target at least 100 human rights defenders, dissidents, journalists and others across 10…
Victor Gevers describes himself and other ethical hackers as a ‘volunteer fire brigade’ for the internet. When a massive cyberattack took out everything from Swedish supermarkets to New Zealand kindergartens this month, a group of Dutch ethical hackers breathed a collective sigh of frustration. They had been so close to stopping it. If the Dutch…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Patch Management Company Also Plans to Upgrade All Page Loads to HTTPS Rashmi Ramesh • July 16, 2021 Google will soon release a security update to address eight vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser, including a high-severity zero-day flaw that’s being exploited in the wild….
Critical Infrastructure Security , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Commerce Department Says Organizations Are Aligned With Russian Intelligence Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • July 17, 2021 U.S. Department of Commerce (Source: Brandon Mowinkel/Unsplash) The Department of Commerce is restricting trade with four Russian information technology and cybersecurity firms, along with…
