Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2024

It reasons that when consumers buy a vehicle, they want a mode of transportation to get them from one point to another, but with GM (and its subsidiary OnStar) they unwittingly opt-in to an all-seeing surveillance system. The driving data collected and sold by GM included trip details like speed, seatbelt status, and driven distance.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

The security risks inherent in Chinese-made 5G networking equipment are easy to understand. Eavesdropping is also a risk, although efforts to listen in would almost certainly be detectable. In a capitalist free market economy, the only solution is to regulate companies, and the United States has not shown any serious appetite for that.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This data can be used to gauge turnover risk, assess the need for new positions, and evaluate employee productivity and workplace engagement. UAM tools also greatly help ensure data security. On the flip side, employees often lack access to the data collected by UAM solutions.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

But while it’s an easy experiment to run, it misses the real risk of large language models (LLMs) writing scam emails. This is due not only to AI advances, but to the business model of the internet—surveillance capitalism—which produces troves of data about all of us, available for purchase from data brokers.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Surveillance and monitoring risks: The integration of AI into everyday computing could lead to increased surveillance capabilities. This constant monitoring can be perceived as intrusive, especially if users are not fully aware or have not consented to such surveillance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities that expose buildings to cyber attacks. Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities in management and access control systems from four major vendors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

Of 1,249 global IT and security professionals recently surveyed by Ponemon Institute, 65% of respondents said their organizations have increased their monitoring of remote workers due to the perceived risk they pose to sensitive data. One potential solution, said Daly, is pseudoanonymizing the data collected from workers’ computers.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

With no hard evidence of abuse, are bans warranted? The real security concerns will likely come after the ban goes into effect, researchers said in our exclusive roundtable.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

As hackers grow more sophisticated, understanding the risks and how to mitigate them is more important than ever. It distributes control functions across multiple controllers, reducing the risk of a single point of failure. These networks enable data exchange between PLCs, RTUs, SCADA systems, and HMIs.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

Risk Management Assessment: Through evidence collection, auditors assess an organization’s risk management processes, ensuring they are proactive, comprehensive, and aligned with its risk appetite.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. This showed how consumer data collection can directly impact the relationships between citizens and governments.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

For example, some countries may use a singular set of data protection regulations, whereas the United States decided to divide the data protection law into multiple categories. Let’s take a closer look at the specific data privacy laws that have been implemented in the U.S.:

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. Protecting the integrity and confidentiality of data collected by all connected devices.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Preventing Unwanted Surveillance Governments and other entities may monitor internet traffic, compromising your privacy. A VPN encrypts your data and masks your IP address, making it much harder for anyone to track your online activities. Ensuring you have a reliable VPN service can help minimize this risk. Are VPNs free?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2022

All it takes is one individual to not be careful with their cybersecurity to put the others at risk. To catch them, administration policies on continuous surveillance and periodic assessments should be in place. Also read: Cybersecurity Risks of 5G – And How to Control Them. Such challenges exist in the office, too.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. BVP Investments.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 26, 2021

Such measures should periodically verify the fairness and accuracy of the results of the algorithmic systems, and check whether the data used is pertinent and adequate in order to achieve the purposes pursued. Furthermore, they should minimize the risk of distorted or discriminatory effects.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 29, 2020

The experience made clear that no smart city can proceed without social license and that there is no social license without addressing privacy risks. Risk #1: Surveillance both from the State and surveillance capitalism. Digital solutions generally create the risk of law enforcement access to the data they collect.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 29, 2020

The experience made clear that no smart city can proceed without social license and that there is no social license without addressing privacy risks. . Risk #1: Surveillance both from the State and surveillance capitalism. Digital solutions generally create the risk of law enforcement access to the data they collect.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

In most countries around the world, use of stalkerware is currently not prohibited, but installing a surveillance application on another person’s smartphone without their consent is illegal and punishable. Nevertheless, iPhone users fearing surveillance should always keep a close eye on their device.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2022

In a letter dated June 24, 2022, Carr told Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai that “TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” Excessive data collection.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

iOS devices may not be the only targets: other devices and operating systems could also face risks. A creative avenue for threat actors is to expand their surveillance efforts to include devices such as smart home cameras, connected car systems and beyond.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 23, 2024

WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE Atlas says the Babel Street trial period allowed its investigator to find information about visitors to high-risk targets such as mosques, synagogues, courtrooms and abortion clinics. Atlas’s complaint says video surveillance from neighboring homes shows the masked individuals circling the Maloney’s home.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The proposal, outlined in a White House fact sheet , focuses on prohibiting the sale or import of connected vehicles that incorporate certain technologies from countries deemed to pose national security risks. If compromised, this data could be used for surveillance or targeted attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. ” But several days after a Jan.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Florida Privacy Act attempts to give consumers the right to opt out of sharing their data for targeted online ads, which are often collected and sold by companies to advertisers. Controllers that sell sensitive personal or biometric data must clearly disclose their activities on their websites, as instructed.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

APRIL 9, 2020

Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Trevor Neiman, Dentons Canada, adapting “Pandemics in a Connected World: Integrating Privacy with Public Health Surveillance,” by Chantal Bernier, Liane Fong and Timothy M. The privacy risks of sharing personal information across borders cannot be overstated.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

APRIL 9, 2020

Chantal Bernier, National Practice Leader, Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Trevor Neiman, Dentons Canada, adapting “Pandemics in a Connected World: Integrating Privacy with Public Health Surveillance,” by Chantal Bernier, Liane Fong and Timothy M. The privacy risks of sharing personal information across borders cannot be overstated.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. DAVID RUIZ : We know that mass surveillance has this “Collect it all” mentality—of the NSA, obviously, but also from companies that gather clicks and shares and locations and app downloads and all of that.

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