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Paragon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

Schneier on Security

Forbes has the story : Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted instant messaging communications, whether that’s WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook Messenger or Gmail, the industry sources said.

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Mollitiam Industries is the Newest Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer

Schneier on Security

Mollitiam is also currently marketing a tool that it claims enables “mass surveillance of digital profiles and identities” across social media and the dark web.

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Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer FinFisher Shuts Down

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FinFisher has shut down operations. This is the spyware company whose products were used, among other things, to spy on Turkish and Bahraini political opposition.

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Critical Vulnerabilities in GPS Trackers

Schneier on Security

The China-based manufacturer says 1.5 BitSight found the device in use in 169 countries, with customers including governments, militaries, law enforcement agencies, and aerospace, shipping, and manufacturing companies. million of its tracking devices are deployed across 420,000 customers.

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Are the Police using Smart-Home IoT Devices to Spy on People?

Schneier on Security

IoT devices are surveillance devices, and manufacturers generally use them to collect data on their customers. Surveillance is still the business model of the Internet, and this data is used against the customers' interests: either by the device manufacturer or by some third-party the manufacturer sells the data to.

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The Surveillance Invasion: IoT and Smart Devices Stealing Corporate Secrets

Security Boulevard

In an age where manufacturers have decided that just about every device needs to be “smart,” it’s becoming difficult to avoid the data collection and privacy invasion that are often baked into these devices. We have come to […] The post The Surveillance Invasion: IoT and Smart Devices Stealing Corporate Secrets appeared first on CISO Global.

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Swiss rail vehicle manufacturer Stadler hit by a malware-based attack

Security Affairs

Stadler, a Swiss manufacturer of railway rolling stock disclosed a data breach, hackers attempted to blackmail the company. International rail vehicle manufacturer, Stadler , disclosed a security breach that might have also allowed the attackers to steal company data. The scale of this leak has to be further analyzed.