SecureWorld News

JULY 11, 2022

The United States government has attributed the hack to a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) known as the Lazarus Group. The offer was emailed as a PDF document, and once it was downloaded, spyware infected the company's systems. So, what exactly happened with Axie Infinity?

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Network World

APRIL 12, 2017

A previously unknown Microsoft Office vulnerability was recently used to deliver spyware to Russian-speaking targets, in a possible case of cyberespionage. Once opened, the malicious document will deliver FinSpy, a surveillance software that’s been marketed to governments.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Threat actors tend to abuse legitimate advertising networks or websites to disseminate their malicious content that may appear as banners, pop-ups, or embedded scripts on trusted web pages. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Affecting a mobile phone, a computer, a laptop, or a network server, malware interrupts computing operations, hijacks networks, or access systems. The modern and common types of malware, such as the viruses, worms, spyware, adware, Trojans, and Zombies, primarily target confidential personal, business, or financial information.

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Network World

JUNE 19, 2017

The latest example comes from Mexico, showing how powerful spyware was used to target journalists investigating high-level official corruption and human rights defenders investigating government-sponsored human rights abuses. Why target a kid? To spy on his mother.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

from the government. By leveraging social media, face-to-face contact, telecommunications and other communication mechanisms, attackers are able to obtain information and access, either piecemeal or holistically, that permits their access to data, networks and other infrastructure. A diverse set of industries is targeted.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. Wait, who made this list?

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

ExtraHop's Reveal(x) provides network detection and response for the hybrid enterprise. Learn more about how ExtraHop Reveal(x) enables network threat detection and response at extrahop.com. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Government agencies are also targeted.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

ExtraHop's Reveal(x) provides network detection and response for the hybrid enterprise. Learn more about how ExtraHop Reveal(x) enables network threat detection and response at extrahop.com. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Government agencies are also targeted.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

ExtraHop's Reveal(x) provides network detection and response for the hybrid enterprise. Learn more about how ExtraHop Reveal(x) enables network threat detection and response at extrahop.com. Reports suggest that smishing is one possible attack vector for the spyware. Government agencies are also targeted.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. I am a coordinator, the Coalition Against Spyware. Just like uninstalling the spyware app can escalate abuse. And in that situation.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Adult links cloaked as government sites In a campaign that hit the headlines in January 2023, threat actors capitalized on a web application security flaw called Open Redirect to drive traffic to X-rated resources. Government Environment Agency but actually led to NSFW materials, including OnlyFans replicas. relatedlink.html?

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Vox

DECEMBER 4, 2021

A hack targeting US officials is just the latest problem for NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware. The aim, according to the Wall Street Journal , is to create a framework around the export and licensing controls of such technology, as well as create an information-sharing network to detect and report on its misuse.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Scammers would also amplify the fake tweet via bot networks , for the same purpose. Governing. ? That people with a lot of power, that people in government positions, get a different kind of voice, a different thing that they can say. The spyware was made by Israel’s NSO Group. The events of 2018 showed us three things.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

One explanation is that the federal government has chosen to focus instead on Google for the moment. Finally, if you break us up, a giant technology company from China will likely emerge as the world’s dominant social network, creating a beachhead for the expansion of Chinese soft power — and, along with it, censorship and authoritarianism.

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