Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

And new mechanisms, from ChatGPT plugins to LangChain , will enable composition of AI with thousands of API-based cloud services and open source tools, allowing LLMs to interact with the internet as humans do. Combine the digital dossiers that data brokers have on all of us with LLMs, and you have a tool tailor-made for personalized scams.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

Since the internet, especially the "internet of things," is expected to rely heavily on 5G infrastructure, potential Chinese infiltration is a serious national security threat. The technology will quickly become critical national infrastructure, and security problems will become life-threatening. What's more, U.S.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

JusTalk, a popular mobile video calling and messaging app with 20 million global users, exposed a massive database of supposedly private messages to the public Internet for months. The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors.

Internet 97

Internet Internet Data collection Mobile 97

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Other domains and Internet addresses included in those screenshots pointed to Miracle Systems LLC , an Arlington, Va.

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Cybercrime Government Data collection Internet 271

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. This isn’t helped by the fact that AI technology means the scope of what’s possible is changing at a rate that’s hard to appreciate even if you’re deeply aware of the space. Here’s CNBC. Here’s Boing Boing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

With many of these transformations, it is not just the premise of keeping up that drives the huge levels of investment we see organisations making – but also the promise of what’s possible, if the right technologies and approaches can be harnessed to disrupt or differentiate in the face of fierce competition. Containers.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. — had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology sold to a number of American companies. . Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Worried about this lack of transparency, users and privacy watchdogs put pressure on technology companies. Certain tech giants recently started adding tools to their ecosystems that are meant to improve the data collection transparency. Iran also has local tracking services that internet users there encounter fairly often.

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Internet Internet Advertising Marketing 99

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As digital technologies become more immersive and tightly integrated with our daily lives, so too do the corresponding intrusive attacks on user privacy. To test the true extent of data collection in VR, we designed a simple 30-person user study called MetaData. Related: The case for regulating facial recognition.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day. Since 2004, there's been an annual event designed to "Promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world." The Windows Firewall enabled by default, and the Internet Explorer popup blocker.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How residential proxies using real IPs from diverse locations enable businesses to gather comprehensive and accurate data from the web Since the adoption of the first digital tools and connection to the internet, the competitive business environment has revolutionized and transformed the ways modern companies conduct business operations.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Advances in technology have dramatically influenced our online experiences throughout the digital age. We live in a data-centric society where user information is a profitable commodity, collected by any means possible. It’s not just the big tech giants who gather user data. Maintaining privacy online is far from easy.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

JusTalk, a popular mobile video calling and messaging app with 20 million global users, exposed a massive database of supposedly private messages to the public Internet for months. The open database is a logging database the company, Ningbo Jus Internet Technology , uses to keep track of app bugs and errors.

Internet 73

Internet Internet Data collection Mobile 73

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The investigation into the intrusion revealed the involvement of 13 internet addresses including one traced to the Kimsuky APt group. On December 2020, KISA (Korean Internet & Security Agency) provided a detailed analysis about the phishing infrastructure and TTPs used by Kimsuky to target South Korea.

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Hacking VPN Internet Internet 144

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google announced Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit user data sharing and prevent the use of cross-app identifiers. The company states that the Privacy Sandbox technologies are still in development. Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection. ” reads the announcement. .”

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Advertising Data collection Mobile Technology 110

Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Hackers could trigger ‘fake earthquakes,’ affecting emergency and economic responses to a seismic event, and generate mistrust in seismic technology among the population, the researchers say.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In the digital transformation era, companies across all sectors are using next-generation technologies to streamline their operations, deliver value to customers, and gain a competitive edge. Invariably, Internet of Things (IoT) strategies form the backbone of those efforts.

Internet 66

Internet Internet IoT Manufacturing 66

SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2024

Specifically, the settlement required that Tilting Point Media pay $500,000 in civil penalties, along with an expansive list of injunctive relief requiring the app developer to take affirmative steps to ensure it properly discloses its data collection, and, more importantly, obtains proper consent—including parental consent when required.

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Data collection Computers and Electronics Internet Internet 108

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). “Note (!) .’ “Note (!) ” reads the advisory.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, get up, check the internet, go to work (by bus, by car, by bike, walking), have a meal out. Usually I threat model specific systems or technologies where the answers are more crisp. I think that we can address the first by building a model of a day, and driving into specifics in each area.

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Data collection Internet Internet Government 130

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

SASE data shows promise. While the study was produced by Cisco, the data collection and analysis were conducted by third parties to ensure objectivity.) Our initial Security Outcomes Study uncovered that proactively refreshing technology contributes to a strong cybersecurity program more than any other factor.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. People and regulators will demand more algorithmic transparency.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Types of web tracking Web tracking can be classified into several categories based on the methods and technologies employed: Cookies Cookies are small text files that websites place on a user’s device to store information about their visits, such as login credentials, preferences, and tracking identifiers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan.

Advertising 111

Advertising Mobile Malware Data collection 111

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 108

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 108

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

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Spyware Mobile Advertising Software 229

Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 124

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 124

NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

But with names like CAASM, EASM, and DRPS, plus their overlapping or complementary capabilities, it can be a lot of work to understand how they differ, and which technologies are right for you. This technology maximizes asset visibility while giving greater context into the connection between assets and potential exposures they may have.

Risk 52

Risk Technology Penetration Testing Cyber threats 52

Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 107

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Data collection 107

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I’ve decided it might be time to consider a letting the Internet of Things (IoT) into my home. It seems like every month there’s some new cutting-edge technology that out-modes a device you’ve recently purchased. Does it work without internet? What kind of data is collected?

Internet 52

Internet Internet IoT Computers and Electronics 52

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

On Monday, the computing giant unveiled a new line of PCs that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to promise faster speeds, enhanced productivity, and a powerful data collection and search tool that screenshots a device’s activity—including password entry—every few seconds.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

We have reached the point where highly connected cyber-physical systems are the norm, and the lines between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are blurred. 66% of these vulnerabilities affect the OT domain, while the rest 34% affect IoT, IT and IoMT (Internet of Medical Things). Tue, 05/24/2022 - 06:11.

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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. The largest players in the tech industry need to demonstrate that they can self-regulate, or else lawmakers will take over a core asset of their business – consumer data – as demonstrated by California’s consumer privacy act.

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SecureList

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a sophisticated cyberespionage tool used for stealth monitoring, data collection, and exfiltration via Microsoft Graph, Yandex Cloud, and Dropbox cloud infrastructure. Setting up internet connection The malware then connects to the initial C2 server, which is a GitHub page located at [link].

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