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The PCLOB Needs a Director

Schneier on Security

So it can examine the program of TSA watchlists, NSA anti-terrorism surveillance, and FBI counterterrorism activities. The PCLOB was established in 2004 (when it didn't do much), disappeared from 2007-2012, and reconstituted in 2012. It issued a major report on NSA surveillance in 2014.

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Domestic Kitten has been conducting surveillance targeting over 1,000 individuals

Security Affairs

Iran-linked APT group Domestic Kitten, also tracked as APT-C-50, has been conducting widespread surveillance targeting over 1,000 individuals. Both groups have conducted long-running cyber-attacks and intrusive surveillance campaigns, which target both individuals’ mobile devices and personal computers.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal

Schneier on Security

The most public incident dates from 2004 in Greece. I have long maintained that we need to adopt a defense-dominant strategy : We should prioritize our need for security over our need for surveillance. But law enforcement has other forensic techniques to collect surveillance data in our highly networked world.

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Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens

Security Affairs

The certificates are issued in compliance with the Law on Communications 2004 passed in November 2015. SecurityAffairs – Kazakhstan, surveillance). ” states Tele2. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

I first wrote about criminal botnets at USA TODAY in 2004. Over the past couple of years, CyCognito’s botnet has surveilled and fingerprinted some 3.5 Botnets at the time were just emerging; they’ve since become entrenched as the engine that drives all of cybercrime.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private Evervault Developer encryption 2019 Private Verkada Security surveillance 2019 Private Armis IoT network security 2015 Private Sumo Logic Threat intelligence 2014 Nasdaq: SUMO Okta Identity management 2013 Nasdaq: OKTA Barracuda Enterprise security 2006 Private. Redpoint Ventures.