Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Two, that the confusion will increase with artificial intelligence. And four, that it is the role of government to create trust in society. We are both under constant surveillance and are competing for star rankings. With governments. Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. With organizations.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 21, 2022

When we think of encryption, we should realize that, today, the following is all true: It is so important to do, And so easy to do, But so many people still do not do it, And now governments want to outlaw it. Here Is Why It Should Not. ” View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Joseph Steinberg (@josephsteinberg).

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, tech’s darling is artificial intelligence. 2: Surveillance Social media’s reliance on advertising as the primary way to monetize websites led to personalization, which led to ever-increasing surveillance. And the government has applied virtually no regulation toward those ends.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligence will bring about an era of mass spying. Surveillance-based manipulation is the business model [of the internet] and anything that gives a company an advantage, they’re going to do.”

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 14, 2023

Artificial intelligence will bring great benefits to all of humanity. Governments can do it, too. The United States needs a government-funded-and-directed AI program to develop widely reusable models in the public interest, guided by technical expertise housed in federal agencies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2021

Note 1- The World Economic Forum that has been an epicenter for the 4th Industrial Revolution has been offering guidelines to governments that are intending to adopt AI technology for ethical and efficient government procurement of Artificial Intelligence Technology to be implemented across Latin America, Europe and Middle East.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2022

For years, the Citizen Lab, a specialized research group based at the University of Toronto where Scott-Railton works as a senior researcher, has been investigating Pegasus and its misuse by governments—usually authoritarian ones—who bought the spyware from NSO. A UK official confirmed the network had been compromised.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There is no shortage of researchers and industry titans willing to warn us about the potential destructive power of artificial intelligence. They want to wrestle the attention of regulators and advocates back toward present-day harms that are exacerbated by AI misinformation, surveillance, and inequity.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Additionally, keep in mind that while Lockdown Mode may make it more difficult for attackers to exploit social engineering in order to compromise devices, until Apple more strictly controls what apps it allows in its app store , potential government spying remains a major problem.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

China is once again in the news for misusing the technology of Artificial Intelligence. Privacy advocates across the world say that such mass surveillance programs do more bad than good as they make the populace get a feeling that their government never trusts them.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The bizarre promotional video promises “Face analysis based on best of breed Artificial Intelligence algorithms for Business Intelligence and Digital Signage applications.” Bosch, known more for its line of refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers, also develops and sells an entire suite of surveillance cameras.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2022

Britain’s government received a red alert last week to the Chinese government monitoring the country’s populace through its AI Satellites and thousands of CCTV Cameras. Mr. Samson is extremely concerned about the dominance of two companies Dahua and Hikvision that have grabbed about 60% of the market share in Britain’s CCTV Market.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. I wouldn't want to formulate public policy about artificial intelligence and robotics without a security technologist involved. So does society's underlying security needs.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

This is surveillance capitalism , and AI is shaping up to be part of it. For example, researchers uncovered the secret rules that govern the Microsoft Bing chatbot’s behavior. And, as with the rest of the internet, that somehow is likely to include surveillance and manipulation. Phone apps collect and sell your data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds BeyondTrust PRA and RS and Qlik Sense flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Inexperienced actors developed the FunkSec ransomware using AI tools Credit Card Skimmer campaign targets WordPress via database injection Microsoft took legal action against crooks who developed a tool to abuse its AI-based services Pro-Russia hackers (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 19, 2021

Britain is all set to launch a new law where the common public will be subjected to AI driven CCTV surveillance that will help nab criminals. Soon those living in & around Britain might face a dystopian future as the government is planning to turn public spaces into open air prisons.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

A screenshot from a music video of hte Evan Greer song, “Surveillance Capitalism,” which tackles the dangers of commercial surveillance technology. Sometimes fighting the excesses of the creeping surveillance economy is done through position papers, coalition building and lawsuits. Our concern is not ‘Hey patch this up.’

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

CISA adds Apple, Oracle Agile PLM bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog More than 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls hacked exploiting recently patched zero-days Ransomhub ransomware gang claims the hack of Mexican government Legal Affairs Office US DoJ charges five alleged members of the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang Threat actor (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

The digital revolution has enabled organizations to operate seamlessly across national boundaries, relying on cross-border data transfers to support e-commerce, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and financial transactions.

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 21, 2022

Artificial intelligence use is booming, but it's not the secret weapon you might imagine.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2025

David Jemmett, CEO & Founder of CISO Global Unlike Western AI systems governed by privacy laws and ethical considerations, DeepSeek operates under a regime notorious for state-sponsored hacking, surveillance, and cyber espionage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2023

According to British Medical Journal Global Health, medical experts are urging the government and the tech heads of companies that are developing AI products to halt their experiments until a route map is created to stop disinformation and surveillance spread from the chatbots. So, a tough call ahead!

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

accused China of targeting its government organizations with cyberattacks. These allegations, which were made via China's official WeChat account , claim that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit of the NSA conducted cyberattacks in 2009 and maintained continuous surveillance on Huawei's servers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

Just where is the Global Cyber-defense Market going, and why is it failing so spectacularly to protect the data assets of the largest and most heavily protected government institutions and corporate companies in the world. 17 th December 2020 – Vietnamese Government Security Authority.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It also warns that AI-enhanced national security apparatus like autonomous weapons and surveillance systems will raise ethical questions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And if governments such as the one prevailing in China under the leadership of Xi Jinping take such technologies seriously, they can implement the tech to read the minds of their populace and in parallel to mass surveillance- all under the name of national security. .

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2022

Privacy advocates argue it brings the EU closer to the surveillance state that many see in other countries and that is a frightful image. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence will undoubtedly be put to use. It is also a step back when it comes to cybersecurity. It’s building a database of objectionable content.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

ZestAI’s Quest to make Artificial Intelligence Explainable Episode 155: Disinformation is a Cyber Weapon and APTs warm to Mobile Malware From China with Love: New York Firm sold millions in PRC Surveillance Gear to US Government, Military. . » Related Stories Episode 166: But Why, AI?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Facial recognition software (FRS) is a biometric tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to scan human facial features to produce a code. Amazon Rekognition has been well regarded by government agencies and other secure users. Best Facial Recognition Software for 2022. Amazon Rekognition.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 4, 2019

The types of activities for which the most complaints have been made so far are telemarketing, promotional e-mails and vdeo surveillance/CCTV. From artificial intelligence, development of 5G networks to integrity of our elections, strong data protection rules help to develop our policies and technologies based on people’s trust.”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

MIAMI–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Shareholders entrusted Cloudastructure with $30 million via a RegA+ to expand their cloud-based video surveillance platform empowered with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning analytics.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 2019, the City of San Francisco banned the use of facial recognition technology at a community scale; in other words, deployed in a way that people on public streets and sidewalks could be surveilled and whose identity could be discovered simply by examining the unique features of their face. That is a trend that is already apparent.

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Responsible Cyber

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What started off as a relatively small gathering has evolved into an absolutely unmissable three-day event bringing together academics, governments officials, international institutions and key industry leaders. Topics in this Stream include global surveillance, digital governance, and decoupling in the digital supply chain.

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