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Over 500K Zoom accounts being sold on dark web, researchers find
//More than 500,000 accounts of the popular video conferencing app are being sold on the dark web and hacker forums...
These accounts are being sold “for less than a penny each, and in some cases, given away for free,” the report said.
//In this case, cybercriminals are employing “credential stuffing” where they try to log in to Zoom using account data such as usernames and passwords, leaked in older data breaches. If the login is successful, it is added to a list that is sold to other hackers.
//brokers are offering so-called “zero-day exploits” that hack into Zoom video sessions. A zero-day exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability in a software program that is not made public before the day it becomes active, meaning that there are, in effect, zero days to fix the problem.
//The vulnerabilities would allow hackers to break into Zoom video sessions and potentially spy on calls, according to Motherboard.
//“Zoom takes user security extremely seriously. Since learning of these rumors, we have been working around the clock with a reputable, industry-leading security firm to investigate them. To date, we have not found any evidence substantiating these claims,” a Zoom spokesperson told Fox News.
Full Article: Fox News, (16-Apr)
#Zoom #DarkWeb #Hackers #Security
Over 500K Zoom accounts being sold on dark web, researchers find
//More than 500,000 accounts of the popular video conferencing app are being sold on the dark web and hacker forums...
These accounts are being sold “for less than a penny each, and in some cases, given away for free,” the report said.
//In this case, cybercriminals are employing “credential stuffing” where they try to log in to Zoom using account data such as usernames and passwords, leaked in older data breaches. If the login is successful, it is added to a list that is sold to other hackers.
//brokers are offering so-called “zero-day exploits” that hack into Zoom video sessions. A zero-day exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability in a software program that is not made public before the day it becomes active, meaning that there are, in effect, zero days to fix the problem.
//The vulnerabilities would allow hackers to break into Zoom video sessions and potentially spy on calls, according to Motherboard.
//“Zoom takes user security extremely seriously. Since learning of these rumors, we have been working around the clock with a reputable, industry-leading security firm to investigate them. To date, we have not found any evidence substantiating these claims,” a Zoom spokesperson told Fox News.
Full Article: Fox News, (16-Apr)
#Zoom #DarkWeb #Hackers #Security
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Worldwide massive surveillance from
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668