NSO Group spyware found on iPhones of US State Department employees

iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees are said to have been hacked using the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli technology company, NSO Group. Pegasus is a proprietary and sophisticated spyware capable of the remote surveillance of smartphones. The employees targeted by an...

NSA Watchdog Will Review Tucker Carlson Spy Claims

The National Security Agency’s Inspector General Robert Storch has announced a review of whether the agency illegally conducted cyber-espionage and collected the electronic communications of Fox News opinion-show host Tucker Carlson, who has accused the NSA of trying to capture embarrassing...

Bugs in Managed DNS Services Cloud Let Attackers Spy On DNS Traffic

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new class of vulnerabilities impacting major DNS-as-a-Service DNSaaS providers that could allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive information from corporate networks. "We found a simple loophole that allowed us to intercept a portion of worldwide dynamic...

Black Hat 2021: DNS loophole makes nation-state level spying as easy as registering a domain

Wiz CTO Ami Luttwak discusses a new class of vulnerabilities discovered by Wiz Research, which exposed valuable dynamic DNS data from millions of endpoints worldwide...

BIOPASS RAT Uses Live Streaming Steal Victims’ Data

Online gambling companies in China are being targeted by a new remote access trojan RAT which, in addition to its predictable features — like file assessment and exfiltration — takes the novel approach of using live streaming to spy on the screens of its victims. The malware was identified by a...

Mollitiam Industries is the Newest Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

Wired is reporting on a company called Mollitiam Industries: Marketing materials left exposed online by a third-party claim Mollitiams interception products, dubbed "Invisible Man" and "Night Crawler," are capable of remotely accessing a targets files, location, and covertly turning on a devices...

Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks

By Deeba Ahmed Peloton workouts are susceptible to hacking leading to malware and spying, claims McAfee's Advanced Threat Research team. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vulnerability exposed Peloton bike, treadmil to malware attacks...

A week in security (June 14 – June 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How to delete your Instagram account. Working from home? You’re probably being spied on. Another one bites the dust: Avaddon ransomware group shuts down operation. Patch now! Apple fixes in-the-wild iPhone vulnerabilities. Windows 10 to retire in four years or 52...

ThroughTek Flaw Exposed Millions of IoT Cameras to Spying

By Deeba Ahmed According to researchers, the vulnerability affects IoT cameras worldwide and lets attackers hijack video streams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ThroughTek Flaw Exposed Millions of IoT Cameras to Spying...

IKEA Fined $1.2M for Elaborate ‘Spying System’

IKEA’s French subsidiary was just hit with a $1.2 million fine after it was found guilty of a creepy systematic snooping scheme targeting customers, employees and even prospective hires. Prosecutors said in all, the company illegally surveilled about 400 people in total, according to the BBC. IKE...

ToxicEye RAT hits Telegram app to spy, steal user data

By Habiba Rashid ToxicEye is a new remote access Trojan RAT malware targeting Telegram app users - The RAT has been used for more than 130 attacks over the past three months. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ToxicEye RAT hits Telegram app to spy, steal user data...

RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp.

Remember Norse Corp., the company behind the interactive "pew-pew" cyber attack map shown in the image below? Norse imploded rather suddenly in 2016 following a series of managerial missteps and funding debacles. Now, the founders of Norse have launched a new company with a somewhat different...

Trojanized Xcode Project Slips MacOS Malware to Apple Developers

Cybercriminals are targeting Apple developers with a trojanized Xcode project, which once launched installs a backdoor that has spying and data exfiltration capabilities. Xcode is comprised of a suite of free, open software development tools developed by Apple for creating software for macOS, iOS...

‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer

It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well...

China’s and Russia’s Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack

The full extent of the SolarWinds hack and Hafnium’s attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known...

Chinese Hackers Using Firefox Extension to Spy On Tibetan Organizations

Cybersecurity researchers today unwrapped a new campaign aimed at spying on vulnerable Tibetan communities globally by deploying a malicious Firefox extension on target systems. "Threat actors aligned with the Chinese Communist Party's state interests delivered a customized malicious Mozilla...

SDK Bug Lets Attackers Spy on User’s Video Calls Across Dating, Healthcare Apps

Click to Register A vulnerability in an SDK that allows users to make video calls in apps like eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, MeetMe and Skout allows threat actors to spy on private calls without the user knowing. Researchers discovered the flaw, CVE-2020-25605, in a video-calling SDK from a Santa...

Beyond Clubhouse: Vulnerable Agora SDKs Still in Widespread Use | McAfee Blogs

Beyond Clubhouse: Vulnerable Agora SDKs Still in Widespread Use Steve Povolny · FEB 18, 2021 On February 17th, 2021, McAfee disclosed findings based on a 10-month long disclosure process with major video conferencing vendor Agora, Inc. As we disclosed the findings to Agora in April 2020, this...

Researchers Uncover Android Spying Campaign Targeting Pakistan Officials

Two new Android surveillanceware families have been found to target military, nuclear, and election entities in Pakistan and Kashmir as part of a pro-India, state-sponsored hacking campaign. Dubbed Hornbill and Sunbird, the malware impersonates legitimate or seemingly innocuous services to cover...

Researchers Uncover Android Spying Campaign Targeting Pakistan Officials

Two new Android surveillanceware families have been found to target military, nuclear, and election entities in Pakistan and Kashmir as part of a pro-India, state-sponsored hacking campaign. Dubbed Hornbill and Sunbird, the malware impersonates legitimate or seemingly innocuous services to cover...