ByteDance admitted that its employees accessed TikTok data to track journalists to identify the source of leaks to the media. TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed that several employees accessed the TikTok data of two journalists to investigate leaks of company information to the media. According to an email from ByteDance’s general counsel Erich Andersen which […] The post TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists appeared first on Security Affairs.
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- Why Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma?
- Threat actors target the infoSec community with fake PoC exploits
- TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists
- Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of Vault 7 massive leak
- Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm
- China-linked APT Bronze Starlight deploys ransomware as a smokescreen
- Google TAG argues that Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by ISPs to infect mobile users
TikTok parent company ByteDance revealed the use of TikTok data to track journalists
Published: 2022-12-23 22:27:13
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Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of Vault 7 massive leak
Published: 2022-07-14 10:17:48
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Former CIA programmer, Joshua Schulte, was convicted in a US federal court of the 2017 leak of a massive leak to WikiLeaks. The former CIA programmer Joshua Schulte (33) was found guilty in New York federal court of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks in 2017. The huge trove of data, […] The post Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of Vault 7 massive leak appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreChina-linked APT Bronze Starlight deploys ransomware as a smokescreen
Published: 2022-06-26 13:40:00
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China-linked APT Bronze Starlight is deploying post-intrusion ransomware families as a diversionary action to its cyber espionage operations. Researchers from Secureworks reported that a China-linked APT group, tracked as Bronze Starlight (APT10), is deploying post-intrusion ransomware families to cover up the cyber espionage operations. The experts observed an activity cluster involving post-intrusion ransomware such as […] The post China-linked APT Bronze Starlight deploys ransomware as a smokescreen appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreGoogle TAG argues that Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by ISPs to infect mobile users
Published: 2022-06-24 07:14:03
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Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian spyware vendor RCS Labs was supported by ISPs to spy on users. Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by some Internet service providers (ISPs) in Italy and Kazakhstan to infect Android and iOS users with […] The post Google TAG argues that Italian surveillance firm RCS Labs was helped by ISPs to infect mobile users appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreThreat actors target the infoSec community with fake PoC exploits
Published: 2022-05-23 06:56:23
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Researchers uncovered a malware campaign targeting the infoSec community with fake Proof Of Concept to deliver a Cobalt Strike beacon. Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble uncovered a malware campaign targeting the infoSec community. The expert discovered a post where a researcher were sharing a fake Proof of Concept (POC) exploit code for an RPC Runtime Library […] The post Threat actors target the infoSec community with fake PoC exploits appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreThree formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm
Published: 2021-09-15 11:02:17
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Three former NSA employees entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment and requires the payment of a penalty. Three former NSA employees (Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that restricts their future activities and employment. The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire […] The post Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreWhy Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma?
Published: 2020-01-14 16:52:13
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Russia-linked cyber-espionage group hacked the Ukrainian energy company Burisma at the center of the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump. The Russian cyberspies, operating under Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency (aka Fancy Bear) carried out a spear-phishing campaign in November aimed at accessing the email of Burisma Holdings employees. The attack was detailed by […] The post Why Russian APT Fancy Bear hacked the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma? appeared first on Security Affairs.
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