Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. We need public-interest technologists.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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Daniel Miessler

JUNE 15, 2020

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2020

The legal dispute between Facebook and NSO group continues even after the Israeli surveillance firm filed a motion to dismiss the case earlier this month. The surveillance implant used by the NSO group used an exploit for a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-3568 , in the WhatsApp VoIP feature.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 7, 2019

From government surveillance to domestic abuse, technology is being used in new and disturbing ways that threaten human rights - how can the security industry fight back?

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Bosch, known more for its line of refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers, also develops and sells an entire suite of surveillance cameras. In 2018, the organization Big Brother Watch found that the facial recognition technology rolled out by the UK’s Metropolitan Police at the Notting Hill carnival registered a mismatch 98 percent of the time.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2021

European Commission (EC) is planning to devise a new framework that regularized the usage of AI based Facial Recognition technology that all technology based providers need to comply with.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The attackers used an exploit chain named Kismet that was part of the arsenal of the controversial Pegasus spyware that is sold by the surveillance firm NSO Group. These surgical attacks took place between July and August 2020, but experts speculate the attack are going on since at least October 2019. ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

Facebook has recently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568 , that has been exploited to remotely install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device. The bad news is that experts are aware of attacks exploiting the WhatsApp zero-day to deliver surveillance software.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Last week the Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies has acquired the industry’s leading virtual private networks ExpressVPN, as part of a $936 million deal. The trio has worked as hackers-for-hire for the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter between January 2016 and November 2019. and its ally, the U.A.E.,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

In October 2019, security experts at Amnesty International’s Security Lab have uncovered targeted attacks against Moroccan human rights defenders Maati Monjib and Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui that employed NSO Group surveillance tools. ” reads the report published by Amnesty International.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

As a result, The majority of businesses (55 percent) are using some sort of a tool to monitor for insider threats; including data leak prevention (DLP) software (54 percent), user behavior analytics (UBA) software (50 percent), and employee monitoring and surveillance (47 percent). The technology uses the steganography method.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 7, 2024

Predator can turn infected smartphones into surveillance devices. Nelson said: “Today’s actions represent a tangible step forward in discouraging the misuse of commercial surveillance tools, which increasingly present a security risk to the United States and our citizens.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

The Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed that of the nine zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Chrome, Android, Apple and Microsoft that it reported in 2021, five were in use by a single commercial surveillance company. The consortium of companies includes Nexa Technologies (formerly Amesys), WiSpear/Passitora Ltd.,

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

These insecurities are a result of market forces that prioritize costs over security and of governments, including the United States, that want to preserve the option of surveillance in 5G networks. The technology will quickly become critical national infrastructure, and security problems will become life-threatening.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2021

As per the report on CNN, this public surveillance program will be carried out by Department of Homeland Security and will be done by collaborating with private companies, mainly those belonging to technology sector. Both the stories were later proved to be true, making Snowden and Assange take asylum in Russia till 2019.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Law enforcement and intelligence worldwide are buying technologies that exploit weaknesses in vehicle systems. According to a report published by Forbes, federal law enforcement agencies, with immigration and border cops are using technologies that can exploit similar weaknesses to extract data from 10,000 different car models.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2019

I recently had the chance to discuss this with John Loucaides, vice-president of engineering at Eclypsium, a Beaverton, OR-based security startup that is introducing technology to scan for firmware vulnerabilities. It’s encouraging to see robust technologies and best practices emerging to help companies mitigating these risks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On January 9, 2019, security vendor FireEye released its report , “Global DNS Hijacking Campaign: DNS Record Manipulation at Scale,” which went into far greater technical detail about the “how” of the espionage campaign, but contained few additional details about its victims. That changed on Jan. Contacted on Feb.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It went into effect on 13 th August 2020 and addresses the new prohibition on the use of banned telecommunications equipment and services, while also clarifying the ban from 2019 on buying such equipment. There are five specific companies that fall under the category of ‘Prohibited Technology’. government and industry. . government?

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 8, 2023

What makes this one particularly galling is that the surveillance footage used in this case did not show a pregnant woman. Ars Technica reports that law enforcement used something called DataWorks Plus to match surveillance footage against a criminal mug shot database. How did this all begin?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Assembly would set up a committee of international experts in 2020 that will be tasked with elaborating “a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 27, 2021

Microsoft President Brad Smith has issued a warning against the use of Artificial Intelligence technology and said that if the tech remains uncontrolled, and then it can spell doom on mankind by 2024. . The post Microsoft Chief Brad Smith wants AI to be controlled by 2024 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

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BH Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

State sector surveillance as well as local authorities’ use of CCTV cameras was a key focus for the DPC in 2020 as highlighted in the recently published DPC annual report. In 2020, the DPC ramped up enforcement decisions significantly, with 10 decisions up from one in 2019. What did the DPC audits highlight? Transparency.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Tech consultancy IDC tells us that global spending on security hardware, software and services is on course to top $103 billion in 2019, up 9.4 One security vendor that happens to focus on this activity is Virsec , a San Jose-based supplier of advanced application security and memory protection technologies. percent from 2018.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

Another tech industry consultancy, IDC, forecasts worldwide IoT spending will hit a record $745 billion in 2019 , some 15.4% Mirai and Reaper are examples of a new generation of IoT botnets comprised of millions of infected home routers and surveillance cams. more than the $646 billion spent in 2018. Likewise, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

Over 23 million stolen payment card data traded on the Dark Web in H1 2019. Android devices could be hacked by playing a video due to CVE-2019-2107 flaw. million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov. Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2019 has arrived. Cisco to pay $8.6

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Technology has enabled people to connect more than ever before. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.” In 2019, we created a special alert that notifies users if stalkerware is installed on their phones.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 18, 2022

The controversial Pegasus spyware continues to stay in the news cycle, as a new report from the Citizen Lab details how the technology was used to target pro-democracy activists in Thailand. The current Thai government was not exactly thrilled by this and responded with a wave of arrests and increased surveillance dramatically.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Signal is the app chosen by privacy activists and journalists because of its end-to-end encryption and open-source technology, it comes from Open Whisper Systems and is available for both Androids and iOS devices. 2015: Even if he revealed unlawful government surveillance, put him in jail!

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 11, 2023

If you recall, WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO in 2019 under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for allegedly targeting and installing spyware on roughly 1,400 devices of its global users, including human rights activists, journalists, and government officials. The court didn't explain why it refused to hear the NSO's appeal.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Group-IB, has analyzed key recent changes to the global cyberthreat landscape in the “Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2019/2020” report. According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Data are the most coveted currency of our era, and technology giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon are considered the behemoths of the data gathering industry. And to achieve that goal it needs to gather as much information as possible about us. Maybe not specifically about us as a person, but at least about us as a group.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

This colorful chapter in the history of technology and society isn’t just breezing by unnoticed. McConomy: I think that a lot of people do actually appreciate contextual adverts that deliver meaningful adverts to them around clothing, technology and travel, for instance, but may not realize this until it is restricted.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Roskomnadzor explained that the services were abused by cybercriminals and that Proton Technologies refused to register them with state authorities. Roskomnadzor decided to block the Proton Technologies after the company refused to provide information about the owners of the mailboxes used to send the bombing threats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The scary part of the story is that a private surveillance firm was aware of the zero-day flaw since at least two years and is actively exploiting the SimJacker vulnerability to spy on mobile users in several countries. The researchers plan to disclose technical details of the attack at the VB2019 London conference , in October 2019.

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