The Security Ledger

AUGUST 21, 2020

In this episode of the Security Ledger Podcast (#188), sponsored* by LastPass, we take a look at the fast-expanding world of crowdsourced surveillance by doing a deep dive on Flock Safety, a start up that sells inexpensive license plate scanners to homeowners and police departments. Flying in Surveillance’s Gray Zone.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

What To Know About Privacy Data. The internet makes our lives more convenient but also brings about new threats that we need to be on the lookout for. Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A VPN service might tell you that online privacy means obscuring your IP address and hiding your Internet activity from your Internet Service Provider. A privacy-forward web browser, like Mozilla, or Brave, might tell you that online privacy means being protected from third-party tracking and surreptitious data collection.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 21, 2020

In this episode of the Security Ledger Podcast (#188), sponsored* by LastPass, we take a look at the fast-expanding world of crowdsourced surveillance by doing a deep dive on Flock Safety, a start up that sells inexpensive license plate scanners to homeowners and police departments. Flying in Surveillance’s Gray Zone.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

Shoshana Zuboff lays out how and why control of online privacy has become a linchpin to the current state of wealth distribution in her 2019 New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power. LW: What are the drivers behind this trend?

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In fact, he spoke at this year’s DEF CON conference in August about his work on Vacuum Robot Security and Privacy – and how to prevent your robot from sucking your personal data away. Meet the IoZ: our Internet of Zombie things Dennis Giese is a Ph.D Forget the IoT. student at Northeastern University in Boston.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Users of Wyze’s home security cameras over the past several days have reported glitches with the internet-connected devices, from losing camera coverage for hours to being able to see images and video from other people’s cameras. It turns out the problem originated from cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), a Wyze partner, which took down.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With all the gathered data on facial recognition technology, it indeed offers significant potential for the security aspects of enterprises. It focuses on emotion, behavior, age, voice, and gender recognition to provide surveillance and security solutions. However, there are a few noteworthy concerns.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In one case, ExtraHop tracked a made-in-China surveillance cam sending UDP traffic logs , every 30 minutes, to a known malicious IP address with ties to China. In another case, a device management tool was deployed in a hospital and used the WiFi network to insure data privacy, as it provisioned connected devices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

The network will as well serve as the basis for advanced services such as complex remote operations like delivery and surveillance drones, remote unmanned vehicles, and surgical robots. However, with internet connectivity come the cyber risks with bad actors looking to create unknown havoc. Building a Safer Smart City. He is a geek.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

And do security and privacy have a seat at the table at the world's largest electronics event? » Related Stories Spotlight: as Attacks Mount, how to secure the Industrial Internet Die Hard is a Movie About Building Automation Insecurity. We sit down with IoT luminary and. Read the whole entry. »

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

But such a move can be far more difficult to accomplish today, especially when you’re trying to sever your relationship with an Internet conglomerate. Instead, he wanted to start supporting other companies that will respect him and his data privacy. Tired of Facebook ? Over Amazon? Bigger shifts with Gmail and GCal.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. 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.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2024

EKEN IoT FAIL: Amazon, Sears and Shein still sell security swerving stuff. The post Cheap Video Doorbell Cams: Tools of Stalkers and Thieves appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, digital trust involves several interconnected elements, including: • Security of Systems and Data • Privacy of Data • Transparency of Operation • Accountability when things go wrong • Reliability But why is digital trust suddenly important? What are the origins of the need for a trust framework?

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The Security Ledger

JUNE 10, 2020

Consider mass digital surveillance of the kinds used in repressive countries like China and Russia. One solution to the problems posed by COVID, Sabin says, is greater use of public key infrastructure (PKI) the same technology that uniquely identifies web sites, applications and billions of devices on the Internet of things.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2018

When Marc Zuckerberg testified before both the House and the Senate last month, it became immediately obvious that few US lawmakers had any appetite to regulate the pervasive surveillance taking place on the internet. Right now, the only way we can force these companies to take our privacy more seriously is through the market.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

Data masking and obfuscation: Data privacy officers and information technology security specialists use strategies to conceal sensitive data pieces by substituting identifiable information with pseudonyms or proxy characters. Perform regular scans and assessments of your cloud infrastructure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

They continuously send and receive data via the internet and can be the easiest way for a hacker to access your home network. In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As privacy advocates (including Malwarebytes) continue to fight for expanded digital rights amongst all users, it is paramount that we understand how to appeal to a younger generation of future recruits. For Generation Z, that data privacy fight is unlikely to deal with data brokers, Bluetooth trackers, or privacy-invasive web browsers.

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Responsible Cyber

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This year’s CYBERSEC leitmotif – “Together Against Adversarial Internet” and the mission of the forum will enhance cooperation of like-minded countries to secure digital transformation. Topics in this Stream include global surveillance, digital governance, and decoupling in the digital supply chain.

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McAfee

MAY 20, 2021

They are effectively three degrees of a single concept: how data privacy impacts cross-border data flows. Data residency refers to the country where an organisation specifies that its data is stored, usually for regulatory or policy reasons. 8] Let’s take for instance the use of a VPN to protect privacy.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

The origins of this case date back nearly a decade following controversies around US Government surveillance and leaks from the now infamous whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Over the years, we saw two cross-border data sharing agreements invalidated. Meta wasn’t using these measures and instead was sending data in the clear.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In this episode, we discuss the significant data breach at the Internet Archive, affecting 33 million users. We also examine the introduction of an AI-integrated toilet camera by Throne, designed for health monitoring by analyzing bodily waste, and the ensuing privacy concerns.

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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. This year’s version weaves together some strings of other data privacy laws in the US. Republican Gov.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds Microsoft SharePoint flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Crooks are targeting Docker API servers to deploy SRBMiner Why DSPM is Essential for Achieving Data Privacy in 2024 SEC fined 4 companies for misleading disclosures about the impact of the SolarWinds attack Samsung zero-day flaw actively exploited in the wild Experts (..)

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2022

Carr mentioned in his letter to Apple and Google that ByteDance “is beholden to the Communist Party of China and required by Chinese law to comply with the PRC ‘s surveillance demands.” ” The Senate and House committee members, cybersecurity researchers, privacy, and civil rights groups have flagged this as a concern.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

These principles focus on things that matter to Internet users: Protection from risky systems, protection from discrimination, data privacy, notice and explanation of AI use, and the option to opt out.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier. We kind of know what mass surveillance, mass spying looks like. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation. And that already sounds awful.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the end, all the effective ones would destroy the free Internet as we know it. This would be an enormous change in how the Internet works in the United States. Unlike authoritarian states such as China, the US has a free, uncensored Internet. Today, data surveillance is the business model of the Internet.

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