Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Canada banned the Chinese messaging app WeChat and Kaspersky antivirus on government mobile devices due to privacy and security risks. The Government of Canada announced a ban on the use of the WeChat and Kaspersky applications on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to analyze our purchase histories in order to better target their marketing efforts, many people may not realize that even some well-known retailers also use data provided by people whose purchases the retailer itself cancelled.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The boundaries between research and grey data are blurring, making it more difficult to assess the risks and responsibilities associated with any data collection. Many sets of data, both research and grey, fall outside privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, and PII.

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SecureList

JULY 8, 2024

In May 2024, we discovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) targeting Russian government entities that we dubbed CloudSorcerer. It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox cloud infrastructure.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

The app also includes a censorship keyword list, which, while presently inactive, targets a variety of political topics including domestic issues such as Xinjiang and Tibet as well as references to Chinese government agencies. The US government has already advised athletes to leave their personal phones and laptops home and bring burners.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.]. It represents a wide range of either found in the home, enterprise or government deployments. They look at the actual firmware.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected vehicle data industry that seeks to monetize such data in an environment with few regulations governing its sale or use.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

Because the companies that make the equipment are subservient to the Chinese government, they could be forced to include backdoors in the hardware or software to give Beijing remote access. Both criminal attacks and government cyber-operations will become more common and more damaging. What's more, U.S.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We have lots of instances where the government buys data that it cannot legally collect itself.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

All data collected via scanning will be stored for future analysis to get an overview of the vulnerabilities hitting the functioning devices in the UK- part of the British Governments Cyber Security Strategy. Connected devices list includes routers, modems, gateways, hotspots, ethernet hubs, repeaters, bridges, and switch. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2022

The increase in malicious activity detected by Quad9 is the latest chapter in an ongoing series of cyberattacks against Ukrainian government and civilian systems since the outset of the war in the last week of February. But the data collected by Quad9 suggest that a great deal of low-level cyberattacks targeting Ukrainians remain ongoing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2023

The Canadian government announced it will ban the video app TikTok from all government-issued devices over security concerns. The app will be removed from government devices this week. “While the risks of using this application are clear, we have no evidence at this point that government information has been compromised.”

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It's also why the United States has blocked the cybersecurity company Kaspersky from selling its Russian-made antivirus products to US government agencies. Last year, Le Monde reported that the Chinese government bugged the computer network of the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2025

In January, Italys Data Protection Authority Garante asked the AI firm DeepSeek to clarify its data collection, sources, purposes, legal basis, and storage, citing potential risks to user data. Texas and other states banned TikTok on government devices. ” concludes the alert.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

Doctors Clinical Lab, the lab Center for COVID Control uses to process tests, makes money by billing patients’ insurance companies or seeking reimbursement from the federal government for testing.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The network of data brokers that political campaigns rely on to target voters with ads is enormous, as one Washington Post reporter found in 2020, with “3,000 data points on every voter.” Escaping this data collection regime has proven difficult for most people.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Home Office Contractor's Data Collection Sparks Privacy Concerns The Home Office faces scrutiny after revelations that its contractor, Equifax, collected data on British citizens while conducting financial checks on migrants applying for fee waivers.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

One of the important pieces of information that has come out of the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan is that some of the equipment left behind was used for a biometric data collection program. The post Government Use Of Biometric Data | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. The access was first blocked via national provider Turk Telecom (AS9121), but later other service providers applied the government restrictions. local time (8:30 p.m.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2020

“Looking at the data collected, the pattern of visits are highest on Monday and Friday, and the lowest visit count is on the weekend. Our data shows that there were virtually no customer hits on COVID-related domains prior to February 23.” “It’s either that or the government gets involved.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

On Friday, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet) issued a warning that it would stop the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from handling data collected via Smittestopp contact tracing app. “The pandemic is not over,” she said.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In our public reports, we provide overview of threats for different industries and regions based on the anonymized data collected by Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence. Last time, we shared insights on the external attack surface for businesses and government organizations in the Middle East. Main findings.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

have questioned its data collection practices and potential ties to the Chinese state. The concerns have deepened after Buzzfeed published a report saying that data of some American users had been repeatedly accessed from China. Both lawmakers and citizens in the U.S. user traffic to servers operated by Oracle.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible dedicated to providing current facts and figures about America’s people, places, and economy. Data collected by the agency is used by the federal government to allocate over $675 billion in federal funds to tribal, local, and state governments every year.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks hit indiscriminately across business categories, from private corporations to government agencies, including schools and universities, hospitals and healthcare providers, financial institutions, and everything in between.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Here’s what everyone should know about what’s at stake when it comes to infusing some level of ethics into AI. ‘Ethical AI’ Companies and big government agencies know ethical use of AI is important. At the moment, there’s little to constrain corporations or government agencies from using AI however they want.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

All the data collected by Europol regarding citizens linked to no criminal activity will from now on be deleted after a retention period of just 6 months. In general, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation maintains enormous data sets containing information of individuals as per the governing body policing.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A digital twin is a virtual duplicate of a physical entity or a process — created by extrapolating data collected from live settings. As data collection and computer modeling have advanced apace, so have the use-cases for digital twin technology.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Canadian government ordered ByteDance to wind up TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. However, the government pointed out that Canadians can still access and use TikTok by choice, the use of a social media platform is a personal choice. ” reads the statement published by Canadian Government.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Bipartisan Effort Seeks to Protect National Security Amid Concerns Over Chinese Data Collection WASHINGTONA new bill set to be introduced Thursday was initiated based on an analysis by Ivan Tsarynny , CEO of Feroot Security, which uncovered serious security risks posed by the DeepSeek chatbot application.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

On Friday, November 18, 2022, the Indian government proposed a new online data protection regulation version. The proposal […].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2022

Among them: an expanding digital footprint, growing attack surfaces, and increasing government regulation. Still, given the impact data science has had on other areas of software development, it seems likely that in the coming years one or more of these proposed solutions will yield a significant improvement in identity management systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

.” reads the data breach notification email sent to the impacted customers. “Mint’s data collection policy is one of the most important ways in which we ensure the privacy and security of our subscribers.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Australia: Incidental COVID-19 App Data Collection The Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security conducted a study. They would be right. The post Law Enforcement Eyeing Contact Tracing Apps appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

ANALYSIS Data brokers like National Public Data typically get their information by scouring federal, state and local government records. Americans currently have very few rights to opt out of the personal and financial surveillance, data collection and sale that is pervasive in today’s tech-based economy.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare. Data collected by the researchers are very interesting and very useful for future research projects on the security of the critical infrastructure.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While it may be easy to discount the data collection requests of an air fryer app , it is getting harder to buy any type of product today that doesn’t connect to the internet, request your data, or share that data with unknown companies and contractors across the world.

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