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Wiretap is the practice of secretly listening to or recording a telephone or internet conversation, often for surveillance purposes. Within the context of information security, wiretapping denotes a malicious activity wherein unauthorized individuals or entities intercept private communications to gather sensitive information.
Wiretapping poses significant risks as it can lead to the exposure of proprietary data, personal information, and trade secrets. In the cybersecurity realm, wiretaps can be conducted through various methods, including the use of software bugs, tapping into physical network lines, or intercepting wireless communications. Understanding and mitigating the threat of wiretaps is crucial for protecting the confidentiality and integrity of information in the digital age.
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PLUS: Europol takes down two crime gangs; LastPass users phished (again); Crooks increase crypto hauls; And more Infosec In Brief The FBI is investigating a breach of its systems which reportedly affected systems related to wiretapping and surveillance.…
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed on Thursday that it's investigating a breach that affected systems used to manage surveillance and wiretap warrants. [...]
In yet another piece of research, academics from Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have demonstrated that the security guarantees offered by Intel's Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) can be bypassed on DDR4 systems to passively decrypt sensitive data
Growing sales of the System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM), a Russian wiretapping platform, in Central Asia and Latin American suggests increasing risks for Western businesses.
Cyber Safety Review Board to Examine Beijing-Linked Telecom BreachesA key federal cybersecurity panel will investigate Chinese-linked hacks into United States telecom networks and wiretapping infrastructure amid growing concerns of vulnerabilities embedded into the nation's communications infrastructure, an official told Information Security Media Group.
Cyberspies abusing a backdoor? Groundbreaking Lawmakers are demanding answers about earlier news reports that China's Salt Typhoon cyberspies breached US telecommunications companies Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, and hacked their wiretapping systems. They also urge federal regulators to hold these companies accountable for their infosec practices - or lack thereof.…
Also: AI Safety Bill Vetoed, Global Ransomware Response Guide Gets Some RevisionsIn the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the implications of the U.S. investigation into Chinese hackers targeting telecom wiretap systems, the catastrophic risks of AI and the recent veto of an AI safety bill in the U.S., and the latest global ransomware response guidance.
The Chinese state-sponsored cyberattack threat managed to infiltrate the "lawful intercept" network connections that police use in criminal investigations.
Salt Typhoon may have accessed court-ordered wiretaps and US internet traffic Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies were among the US broadband providers whose networks were reportedly hacked by Chinese cyberspies, possibly compromising the wiretapping systems used for court-ordered surveillance.…
Multiple U.S. broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, have been breached by a Chinese hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon, the Wall Street Journal reports. [...]
New findings have shed light on what's said to be a lawful attempt to covertly intercept traffic originating from jabber[.]ru (aka xmpp[.]ru), an XMPP-based instant messaging service, via servers hosted on Hetzner and Linode (a subsidiary of Akamai) in Germany