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One of the most powerful, infamous, and advanced piece of government-grade commercial surveillance spyware dubbed FinSpy—also known as FinFisher—has been discovered in the wild targeting users in Myanmar. Created by German company Gamma International, FinSpy is spying software that can target various mobile platforms including iOS and Android, we well as desktop operating systems. Gamma […]
There are two types of APT (Advanced Persistent Threats), the first one is self-funded by the cybercriminal organizations themselves, the other one being funded by state-actors. State-actors are representatives of nation-states, with the goals aligned with the states they are associated with. The publicly accessible Internet is not only the source of news, entertainment, communication […]
Cybersecurity researchers yesterday unveiled the existence of a highly sophisticated spyware framework that has been in operation for at least last 5 years—but remained undetected until recently. Dubbed TajMahal by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the APT framework is a high-tech modular-based malware toolkit that not only supports a vast number of malicious plugins for distinct […]
The Dec 2016 cyber extortion and espionage against MongoDB installation is still happening today in early 2019. Cyber espionage and extortion are lucrative businesses for cybercriminals. Extortion is a very profitable undertaking even before the Internet became a thing, and with the digitalization of data, means the ‘trust’ of customers are stored in a storage […]
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing about U.S. cyber threats and risks last January 29 where intelligence agencies provided information about the evolving targets of cyber attacks, more particularly from Russia and China. This so-called cyber warfare is not new, but rather a continuing cyber attack between countries, espionage groups and companies worldwide, […]
The US National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has accused Iran, China and Russia as the top three spying nations that steal trade secrets, engage with state/corporate espionage and cyber attacks. The NCSC has produced a 20-page report that suggests that the three countries are conducting various cyber attacks and spying activities against utility companies, […]
Germany, in the person of its Interior Minister, has broken its silence when it comes to being a victim of foreign cyber attacks. German Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, has released intelligence reports suggesting Iran is to blame for recent cyberattacks against his nation, allegedly beginning back in 2014. Before this accusation, China had been […]
From geopolitics to cyber defense and security, that is how the founders of Toka Cyber Labs transformed themselves to meet a new goal. Headed by the former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak and retired Brig. Gen Yaron Rosen of Israeli Cyber Defense Force, Toka is a new anti-cyber threat company focused on transforming the […]
The researchers at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered a malware, dubbed Slingshot, that has been able to hide for around six years. While the exact number is not known, the malware has infected around 100 users in different countries located in Africa and the Middle East. Slingshot is believed to be active since 2012 through February […]
Another day, another malware – This time, it is CrossRAT malware targeting Linux, macOS and Windows devices without being detected by anti-virus software. Almost a week ago, the IT security researchers at OutLook along with the civil rights group, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) exposed a highly sophisticated cyber espionage campaign operated by Dark Caracal hackers from Lebanon in which the […]
This has become the era where the internet is widely used for the purpose of cyber reconnaissance/espionage/corruption by political parties. To put in layman’s terms, the political leg pulling, posturing and deviance via cyber leaks have become quite common today. Be it WikiLeaks, Yahoo hacks at the time of US National election or any cyber […]
Two London-based hackers namely 45-year old Giulio Occhionero and 48-year old Francesca Maria Occhionero have been arrested by Italian police for attempting to hack the communications of Italian elite including former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and economist Mario Monti. The hackers, who happen to be siblings, not only tried to hack communications of Italian PM […]
Short Bytes: The security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have detected two versions of a malware similar to Shamoon which attacked 35,000 Saudi Aramco machines in 2011. The latest version, known as Second Shamoon 2, was spotted in November 2016. It is known to cause cyber espionage and damage virtual machines working on the target […]
Short Bytes: Unit 8200, a part of the Israeli Intelligence Corps, is known to produce founders of some of the popular cyber security companies in the world. Young people who join the Unit are exposed to real life missions of computer hacking and cyber espionage. Israel, the country having some of the world’s most advanced […]