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Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

Schneier on Security

It’s useful for cybersecurity forensics, but can also be used for things like tracing VPN activity. Vice has an article about how data brokers sell access to the Internet backbone. This is netflow data. At a high level, netflow data creates a picture of traffic flow and volume across a network.

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NSA Mass Surveillance Program Is Ruled Illegal

Adam Levin

The post NSA Mass Surveillance Program Is Ruled Illegal appeared first on Adam Levin. “I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA’s activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them,” said Snowden. . The ruling from the 9th U.S. Bush and Barack Obama. .

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A New Cybersecurity “Social Contract”

Schneier on Security

He also leaves out the NSA — whose effectiveness rests on all of these global insecurities — and the FBI, whose incessant push for encryption backdoors goes against his vision of increased cybersecurity. Or the surveillance capitalists, for that matter. I’m not sure how he’s going to get them on board.

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Wanted: Cybersecurity Imagery

Schneier on Security

Eli Sugarman of the Hewlettt Foundation laments about the sorry state of cybersecurity imagery: The state of cybersecurity imagery is, in a word, abysmal. You can help: participate in the Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge. I agree that this is a problem. It's not something I noticed until recently. I work in words.

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Air fryers are the latest surveillance threat you didn’t consider

Malwarebytes

We don’t just report on threats—we remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. It’s what they do with the information and how well they are secured against abuse by third parties that we should be concerned with. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Your location or browsing habits could lead to price increases when buying online

Malwarebytes

The name for this method is surveillance pricing, and the FTC has just released initial findings of a report looking into that practice. In July 2024, the FTC requested information from eight companies offering surveillance pricing products and services that incorporate data about consumers characteristics and behavior.

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China officially condemns Pegasus spyware surveillance and accuses US

CyberSecurity Insiders

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. Now, to those uninitiated, Israel-based NSO Group developed Pegasus surveillance software that was meant for government organizations to spy on criminal suspects.