Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Human psychology and biases lead to exaggerated fears that politicians/marketers can exploit, resulting in wasteful and theatrical “security theater.” Where possible, favor openness and transparency over aggressive data collection or restrictions which erode civil liberties. Focus only on proportional responses.

Data collection 234

Data collection Risk Surveillance Manufacturing 234

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2022

Many of the startups attempting to tackle this vexing problem are offering the promise of data science and machine learning to automate the process of managing identities, although none of them even have the data collected to prove the accuracy and robustness of their proposed solutions.

Cybersecurity 257

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Software Marketing 257

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.

Technology 91

Technology Digital transformation IoT Big data 91

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Group-IB: The online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has reached $1,5 billion, while the number of phishing attacks has surpassed 1,200 daily. According to Group-IB, the online market for counterfeit goods in Russia has increased by 23% in a year and totaled more than $1.5 billion in 2017, compared to $1.2 billion in 2016.

Marketing 104

Marketing Media Phishing Engineering 104

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

Data collected in the course of the investigation also reveals some fascinating details that may help explain why these pump skimmers are so lucrative and ubiquitous. ” BLACK MARKET VALUE. . ” BLACK MARKET VALUE. student and principal author of the study. student and principal author of the study.

Banking 262

Banking Computers and Electronics Marketing Mobile 262

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

Specifically, stories and news items where public and/or private organizations have leveraged their capabilities to encroach on user privacy; for example, data brokers using underhanded means to harvest user location data without user knowledge or public organizations using technology without regard for user privacy.

Surveillance 97

Surveillance Malware Data breaches Scams 97

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Let’s take a look at how advertising has been used in an Amazon gaming title previously, and see how that could create a frosty reception for any new ad technology. Any way to synergise advertising or marketing across multiple platforms is potentially going to be a big revenue generator. The sliding doors of advertising banners.

Technology 98

Technology Advertising Marketing Retail 98

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

DCAP can be seen as an intelligent security instrument that provides off-the-shelf data protection technologies, implementing a new approach to solving an important and necessary task. DCAP systems are especially effective in preventing violations at the stage of establishing persistence, privilege escalation, and data collection.

Technology 98

Technology Unstructured Data Data breaches Information Security 98

Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

But new research shows the proxy service has a long history of purchasing installations via shady “pay-per-install” affiliate marketing schemes, some of which 911 operated on its own. “Our technology ensures the maximum security from reverse engineering and antivirus detections,” ExEClean promised.

VPN 352

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 352

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.

Data collection 116

Data collection Internet Internet Marketing 116

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2020

Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. I had a fascinating discussion about this with Sri Sundaralingam, vice president of cloud and security solutions at ExtraHop , a Seattle-based supplier of NDR technologies. We spoke at RSA 2020.

Internet 195

Internet Internet IoT Technology 195

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In today’s ultra-competitive MSSP market , business owners are looking for ways to make their offerings more attractive to customers and their SOCs more effective. There is some validity to that strategy; Unfortunately the new technology often fails to deliver their stated benefits leading to higher customer churn.

Data collection 139

Data collection Technology Threat Detection Marketing 139

Anton on Security

JANUARY 20, 2022

One of the most notorious and painful problems that has amazing staying power is of course that of data collection. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. Here are some juicy quotes from SIM / SEM / NSM / ITSM / LEM marketing of that era.

Technology 211

Technology Engineering Data collection Firewall 211

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

— had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology sold to a number of American companies. Sager said he hadn’t heard anything about Supermicro specifically, but we chatted at length about the challenges of policing the technology supply chain. Below are some excerpts from our conversation. TS: Exactly.

Computers and Electronics 232

Computers and Electronics Internet Internet Technology 232

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The conclusions seemed to upset the FTC, but we weren’t even mildly surprised: “The amount of data collected by large tech companies is simply staggering. They track what we do on and off their platforms, often combining their own information with enormous data sets purchased through the largely unregulated consumer data market.”

Surveillance 125

Surveillance Media Data collection Advertising 125

Identity IQ

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Hermann’s deep expertise in identity theft protection, credit and financial education and leveraging data to implement scalable business solutions will immediately benefit Entryway as the organization works to create efficiencies through data collection to serve a greater number of at-risk individuals and families across all of its program markets.

Identity Theft 124

Identity Theft Education Marketing Financial Services 124

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.

Advertising 129

Advertising Technology Marketing Media 129

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams.

Cryptocurrency 291

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 291

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities.

Cybersecurity 128

Cybersecurity Technology Marketing Healthcare 128

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In reality, this level of data collection is not as uncommon as is being suggested. The app collects how much data? If you’re unfamiliar with how this technology typically operates, here’s a brief rundown: You enable Bluetooth on your phone. You may even experience digital billboard Geofence marketing.

Mobile 122

Mobile Data collection Advertising Marketing 122

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. Sadly, these policies are seldom transparent enough. Global web tracking giants.

Internet 99

Internet Internet Advertising Marketing 99

Centraleyes

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Recent amendments have focused on addressing vulnerabilities linked to digital transformation in aviation, such as the use of cloud technologies and IoT devices. Reputational Damage: Customers may lose trust in an organization that experiences a data breach or system compromise.

Risk 52

Risk Cybersecurity Penetration Testing Digital transformation 52

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.

Data collection 108

Data collection Computers and Electronics Internet Internet 108

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

“Second-party” data is essentially the first-party data of another organization. Marketers frequently purchase or share first-party data from another partner organization. Data collection red flags. All of this leads us to “third-party” data. E-commerce impacted.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Data collection Advertising Consumer Protection 113

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. Living off the land’ LogicHub aims to be at the leading edge of this emerging market. “The LogicHub and other SOAR innovators are pushing the ball forward.

Big data 159

Big data Firewall Digital transformation Software 159

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Rapid7 combines threat intelligence , security research, data collection, and analytics in its comprehensive Insight platform, but how does its detection and response solution – InsightIDR – compare to other cybersecurity solutions? Rapid7’s market capitalization in 2021 is over $6.75

DNS 131

DNS Technology Cybersecurity Data collection 131

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Most of all, privacy-preserving technologies were among the most discussed tech topics, even if opinions on some of the implementations, e.g. NeuralHash or Federated Learning of Cohorts , were mixed. Governments are wary of the growing big tech power and data hoarding, which will lead to conflicts – and compromises.

Government 126

Government Internet Internet Technology 126

Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2019

Organizations will store their petabytes of “internal security telemetry” on Google cloud platform and use Google machine learning and data analytics technologies to analyze it and scan for malicious activities. Companies could use this data to quickly detect malicious activities.

DNS 106

DNS Cyber threats Advertising Data collection 106

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2022

From the trial signup page , you will be asked for your name, company name and email address: Don’t feel like sacrificing your work email address to the marketing gods? Once you are ready to install the collector role, first log into the InsightIDR portal : From the menu on the left side of the screen, click Data Collection.

DNS 109

DNS Data collection Marketing Passwords 109

SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2023

The EU is attempting to provide guardrails on a technology that is still not well understood but does present a lot of concerns from a legal perspective," said Jordan Fischer, cyber attorney and partner at Constangy, who recently moderated a panel discussion on "The Future of Privacy and Cyber: AI, Quantum and Mind Readers" at SecureWorld Chicago.

Artificial Intelligence 98

Artificial Intelligence Technology CISO Government 98

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2022

One of the most notorious and painful problems that has amazing staying power is of course that of data collection. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. Here are some juicy quotes from SIM / SEM / NSM / ITSM / LEM marketing of that era.

Technology 138

Technology Engineering Data collection Firewall 138

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

ZDnet confirmed the authenticity for some of the data available for sale. Experts from threat intelligence firm KELA , speculate the threat actor could have obtained the credentials buying “Azor logs,” which are lots of data stolen from computers infected with the AzorUlt info-stealer trojan. ” reported ZDNet.

Accountability 116

Accountability Cybercrime Hacking Retail 116

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Essentials plan covers monitoring and alerting, but larger companies will appreciate Performance’s additional tools for forensic traffic data, ML-powered application visibility, and network flow analytics. AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS v1.2 AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS v1.2 Auvik Features.

Marketing 120

Marketing DDOS Threat Detection DNS 120

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Most businesses need websites, and websites need to follow Google’s best practices to be found in online searches, terms Google can force because it currently has 92 percent worldwide market share on search. percent of the online advertising market ) and pay to show up in search results. What do I mean by Orwellian?

Advertising 115

Advertising Marketing Data collection Accountability 115

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Conversational AI platforms are designed to facilitate natural interactions between humans and machines using technologies like Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML). Bots can collect valuable data from user interactions, which can be analyzed to gain insights into customer preferences and behaviors.

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Risk Identity Theft Technology 122

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

UEBA has been growing for some time, and a 2022 Market Data Forecast report predicts its global market size to grow from $890.7 UEBA is also increasingly becoming a feature in core cybersecurity products like SIEM and EDR so it’s growing in ways that standalone market figures don’t completely capture.

Advertising 125

Advertising Cybersecurity DDOS Data breaches 125

Approachable Cyber Threats

AUGUST 2, 2021

A hacker or scammer could also use faceprint and voiceprint data in a plethora of ways to impersonate you, and to create very realistic deep fakes or digital personas - combined with the other information obtainable from TikTok and some rudimentary AI, create a not-so-easily discerned, fake digital version of any user.

Data collection 98

Data collection Media Mobile Identity Theft 98