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RSAC Fireside Chat: Jscrambler levels-up JavaScript security, slows GenAI-fueled privacy loss

The Last Watchdog

This brought to mind 2010, the year I wrote news stories for USA TODAY about Mark Zuckerberg declaring privacy was “ no longer a social norm ” and Google CEO Eric Schmidt admitting that Google’s privacy policy was to “ get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.” For a full drill down, please give the a listen.

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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

Before the Internet revolution, military-grade electronics were different from consumer-grade. The military responded by creating a category of military hardware called COTS: commercial off-the-shelf technology. They're used by election officials, police at all levels, nuclear power plant operators, CEOs and human rights activists.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

With the recent demise of several popular “proxy” services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping the underbelly of the Internet. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Image: Spur.us.

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. A records search at Domaintools for “Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co” returns 11 domains, including blazefire[.]net, net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO.,

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How to Protect Operational Technology (OT) from Cyber Threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

By Jayakumar (Jay) Kurup, Global Sales Engineering Director at Morphisec Securing operational technology (OT) creates unique challenges. Sometimes this is due to cultural reasons (management’s fear of even the slightest chance of disruption); other times, it is technological.

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On Chinese "Spy Trains"

Schneier on Security

Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance. That's an easier, and more fruitful, attack path.

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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.