Tag: spy
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Cybersecurity firm buying hacker forum accounts to spy on cybercriminals
Swiss cybersecurity firm Prodaft has launched a new initiative called ‘Sell your Source’ where the company purchases verified and aged accounts on hacking forums to to spy on cybercriminals. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybersecurity-firm-buying-hacker-forum-accounts-to-spy-on-cybercriminals/
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Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on women in intimate moments at work, home
Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/pharmacist_accused_of_cyber_voyeurism/
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Lawsuit: Hospital Pharmacist Spied on Coworkers for a Decade
University of Maryland Medical Center Said FBI Is Also Investigating Case. An academic medical center is facing a class action lawsuit alleging one of its pharmacists installed keylogging software on 400 computers over a decade to spy on the personal lives and intimate moments of coworkers. The pharmacist is also facing a criminal investigation, the…
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Pharmacist accused of compromising computers to spy on colleagues
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/pharmacist-accused-of-compromising-computers-to-spy-on-colleagues
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Hackers are pretending to be drone companies and state agencies to spy on Ukrainian victims
The hackers have targeted Ukraine’s armed forces, law enforcement agencies and local government bodies, especially those near the country’s eastern border, which is close to Russia. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-impersonate-drone-companies-state-agencies-spy-ukraine
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Maryland pharmacist used keyloggers to spy on coworkers for a decade, victim alleges
A Maryland pharmacist installed spyware on hundreds of computers at a major teaching hospital and recorded videos of staff over the course of a decade, a class-action lawsuit alleges. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/maryland-pharmacist-keylogger-spying-lawsuit
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Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling
Double-oh-sh… First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/deel_rippling_espionage/
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GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
Not exactly Snowden levels of skill First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/student_gchq_theft/
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Chinese Spy Group FamousSparrow Back with a Vengeance, Targets US
Once considered inactive, the Chinese cyber espionage group FamousSparrow has reemerged, targeting organizations across the US, Mexico and Honduras First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chin-famoussparrow-targets-us/
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Chinese Group Spreads Android Spyware via Trojan Signal, Telegram Apps
Thousands of devices have become infected with BadBazaar, malware previously used to spy on Uyghur and Turkic ethnic minorities in China. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-group-spreads-android-spyware-via-trojan-signal-telegram-apps
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US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public
U.S. bipartisan lawmakers say the U.K. order gagging Apple from disclosing the demand is unconstitutional. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/us-lawmakers-urge-uk-spy-court-to-hold-apple-backdoor-secret-hearing-in-public/
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Car Exploit Allows You to Spy on Drivers in Real Time
Just like with any regular computer, researchers figured out how to crack into, force restart, and upload malware to an aftermarket in-vehicle infotainment system. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/car-exploit-spy-drivers-real-time
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Apple patches zero-day bugs used in targeted iPhone attacks
Three zero-days within months: This marks Apple’s third zero-day fix since the start of the year, following patches for CVE-2025-24085 in January and CVE-2025-24200 in February.Apple’s leading market share attracts frequent adversarial interest, making a development or configurational mishap extremely punishing. The company suffered a total of twenty bugs in 2023, including the RCE bugs,…
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Expired Juniper routers find new life as Chinese spy hubs
Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/china_spy_juniper_routers/
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Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/tulsi-gabbard-declassify-details-of-secret-surveillance-program/
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Finland releases Russian ‘spy’ ship but continues to detain three crew members as suspects
Finnish authorities have released the oil tanker Eagle S but are detaining three crew members as the investigation continues into the undersea infrastructure damage caused by the vessel. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/finland-eagle-s-tanker-released-3-crew-still-detained
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Amnesty Reveals Cellebrite Zero-Day Android Exploit on Serbian Student Activist
Amnesty International on Friday released technical details on zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Cellebrite’s mobile forensic tools to spy on a Serbian student activist. The investigation, which builds on a December 2024 report, found evidence that authorities in Serbia used the Cellebrite UFED system to bypass the lock screen on an Android device. The privacy rights…
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OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Used by Chinese Group for Spy Tools
OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts used by Chinese threat actors, including ones leveraged for the development of spying tools. The post OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Used by Chinese Group for Spy Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/openai-bans-chatgpt-accounts-used-by-chinese-group-for-spy-tools/
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Cases of China-Backed Spy Groups Using Ransomware Come to Light
Cyberattacks detected by Trend Micro and Orange Cyberdefense find hackers using malware linked to China-backed groups and ransomware, adding more evidence that nation-state cyberespionage groups are also now using ransomware and further blurring the line between the two. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/02/cases-of-china-backed-spy-groups-using-ransomware-come-to-light/
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Salt Typhoon Exploited Cisco Devices With Custom Tool to Spy on US Telcos
Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon used JumbledPath, a custom-built utility, to gain access to a remote Cisco device, said the network provider First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/salt-typhoon-cisco-custom-tool/
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Russian Groups Target Signal Messenger in Spy Campaign
These sorts of attacks reveal growing adversary interest in secure messaging apps used by high-value targets for communication, Google says. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/mobile-security/russian-groups-target-signal-messenger-in-spy-campaign
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Russian state hackers spy on Ukrainian military through Signal app
Russian state-backed hackers are increasingly targeting Signal messenger accounts, including those used by Ukrainian military personnel and government officials, in an effort to access sensitive information that could aid Moscow’s war effort, researchers warn. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russian-state-hackers-spy-on-ukraine-military-signal
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Russian State Hackers Target Signal to Spy on Ukrainians
Google has warned that Russian state-backed hackers are targeting Signal to eavesdrop on persons of interest in Ukraine First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-hackers-signal-spy/
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How Russian Hackers Are Exploiting Signal ‘Linked Devices’ Feature for Real-Time Spying
Mandiant warns that multiple Russian APTs are abusing a nifty Signal Messenger feature to surreptitiously spy on encrypted conversations. The post How Russian Hackers Are Exploiting Signal ‘Linked Devices’ Feature for Real-Time Spying appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/how-russian-hackers-are-exploiting-signals-linked-devices-for-real-time-spying/
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Estonian spy chief: ‘Hybrid schmybrid, what’s happening is attacks’
In a late panel discussion on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, Kaupo Rosin protested the use of the word which has been applied to a range of hostile activities that are deemed to be deniable or below the threshold justifying an armed response. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/estonian-spy-chief-russia-hybrid-attacks-are-real-attacks
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Chinese Cyber-Spies Use Espionage Tools for Ransomware Side Hustle
A Chinese threat actor who targeted an Asian software company used the same toolset for the ransomware attack that was found in multiple cyberespionage incidents, leaving Symantec analysts to believe the hacker was a Chinese spy who used the malicious tools to earn some money on the side. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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Intelligence agencies must explain what they do, says UK’s former cyber spy chief
Speaking at the Munich Cyber Security Conference on Thursday, Sir Jeremy Fleming, who headed the cyber and signals intelligence agency GCHQ from 2017 to 2023, said he felt “really strongly” the agency’s “license to operate” had to be based on public understanding and trust. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/intel-agencies-must-explain-what-they-do-fleming-gchq
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DeepSeek Accused of Over-Collecting Personal Data, Says South Korea’s Spy Agency
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has raised alarms over the Chinese artificial intelligence app, DeepSeek, accusing it of >>excessively
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Privacy Roundup: Week 6 of Year 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, apple, backdoor, breach, browser, cctv, chrome, control, credit-card, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, firmware, framework, germany, government, group, leak, malware, monitoring, phishing, privacy, regulation, risk, router, scam, service, software, spy, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThis is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 2 FEB 2025 – 8 FEB 2025. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. Note: You may see some traditional “security” content mixed-in here due to the close relationship between online privacy and cybersecurity – many things may overlap;…