Facebook Messenger Bug Allows Spying on Android Users

Facebook has patched a significant flaw in the Android version of Facebook Messenger that could have allowed attackers to spy on users and potentially identify their surroundings without them knowing. Natalie Silvanovich, a security researcher at Google Project Zero, discovered the vulnerability,...

Comcast voice remote control could be turned into spying tool

By Sudais Asif The Comcast XR11 voice remote controller was found to be vulnerable and could be turned into a spying tool. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Comcast voice remote control could be turned into spying tool...

On Executive Order 12333

Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: "No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order 12,333": Abstract: Executive Order 12,333 "EO 12333" is a 1980s Executive Order signed by President Ronald Reagan that, among other...

Major Instagram App Bug Could've Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone

Ever wonder how hackers can hack your smartphone remotely? In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by...

TikTok Fixes Flaws That Opened Android App to Compromise

Researchers have disclosed four high-severity flaws in the Android version of TikTok that could have easily been exploited by a seemingly benign third-party Android app. If successful, an attacker could fully compromise the target’s TikTok account. Public disclosure of the vulnerabilities was...

CVE-2020-16205

Using a specially crafted URL command, a remote authenticated user can execute commands as root on the G-Cam and G-Code Firmware Versions 1.12.0.25 and prior as well as the limited Versions 1.12.13.2 and 1.12.14.5. Recent assessments: gwillcox-r7 at November 25, 2020 5:11pm UTC reported: The serv...

Hackers Exploit Autodesk Flaw in Recent Cyberespionage Attack

Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the popular 3D computer graphics Autodesk software in order to launch a recent cyber-espionage attack against an international architectural and video production company. Researchers said that further analysis of the attack points to a sophisticated,...

Transparent Tribe: Evolution analysis, part 2

Background + Key findings Transparent Tribe, also known as PROJECTM or MYTHIC LEOPARD, is a highly prolific group whose activities can be traced as far back as 2013. In the last four years, this APT group has never taken time off. They continue to hit their targets, which typically are Indian...

Malicious SDK found spying & defrauding users through iOS apps

By Deeba Ahmed The malicious SDK is distributed by China-based firm Mintegral. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious SDK found spying & defrauding users through iOS apps...

Popular iOS SDK Accused of Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad Fraud

A popular iOS software development kit SDK used by over 1,200 apps—with a total of more than a billion mobile users—is said to contain malicious code with the goal of perpetrating mobile ad-click fraud and capturing sensitive information. According to a report published by cybersecurity firm Snyk...

FBI and NSA expose Russian State hacking tool for Linux systems

By Sudais Asif Dubbed Drovorub by the agencies; the malware hacking tool is capable of spying on Linux systems. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI and NSA expose Russian State hacking tool for Linux systems...

Samsung Quietly Fixes Critical Galaxy Flaws Allowing Spying, Data Wiping

Researchers have disclosed a slew of critical-severity, patched flaws in flagship Samsung smartphones – including the Galaxy S7, S8 and S9 models. The vulnerabilities specifically stem from Samsung’s “Find My Mobile” service, a feature built into the smartphones allowing users to locate their...

400 chip flaws can turn 3 billion Android phones into perfect spying tool

By Zara Khan These vulnerabilities if exploited can turn a device into a perfect spying tool. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 400 chip flaws can turn 3 billion Android phones into perfect spying tool...

TikTok is being discouraged and the app may be banned

In recent news retail giant Amazon sent a memo to employees telling them to delete the popular social media app TikTok from their phones. In the memo it stated that the app would pose a security risk without going into details. Later the memo was withdrawn without an explanation except that it wa...

Facebook's NSO Group Lawsuit Over WhatsApp Spying Set to Proceed

Facebook’s lawsuit against NSO Group over alleged spying on WhatsApp users will be allowed to go forward. WhatsApp-owner Facebook is alleging that NSO Group exploited a vulnerability in WhatsApp to deploy its spyware against human rights activists, journalists and political dissidents. A federal...

Over 100 New Chrome Browser Extensions Caught Spying On Users

Google recently removed 106 more extensions from its Chrome Web Store after they were found illegally collecting sensitive user data as part of a "massive global surveillance campaign" targeting oil and gas, finance, and healthcare sectors. Awake Security, which disclosed the findings late last...

70 malicious Chrome extensions found spying on 32 million+ users

By Sudais Asif A massive campaign has been exposed! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 70 malicious Chrome extensions found spying on 32 million+ users...

Spies Can Listen to Your Conversations by Watching a Light Bulb in the Room

You might not believe it, but it's possible to spy on secret conversations happening in a room from a nearby remote location just by observing a light bulb hanging in there—visible from a window—and measuring the amount of light it emits. A team of cybersecurity researchers has developed and...

Bart Gellman on Snowden

Bart Gellman's long-awaited at least by me book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, will finally be published in a couple of weeks. There is an adapted excerpt in the Atlantic. It's an interesting read, mostly about the government surveillance of hi...

Ex-CIA Accused of Leaking Secret Hacking Tools to WikiLeaks Gets Mistrial

A federal judge in New York on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of a former CIA software engineer who was accused of stealing a massive trove of the agency's classified hacking and tools and leaking it to WikiLeaks whistleblower website. While the jury was unable to reach a verdict on eight...