Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The companies that were ordered to respond own some of the household social media and streaming service names. Some of the specific information that the FTC was looking for included: How social media and video streaming services collect, use, track, estimate, or derive personal and demographic information.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2019

The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to scoop user data by mining from major social media. The Financial Times reported that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group informed its clients that it is able to mine user data from major social media. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 22, 2021

Chine Foreign Ministry has issued a public statement condemning the distribution and usage of Pegasus Spyware surveillance software by various countries. Now, to those uninitiated, Israel-based NSO Group developed Pegasus surveillance software that was meant for government organizations to spy on criminal suspects.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

To evade detection, the malware makes use of the company’s so-called “invisible low stealth technology” and its Android product is advertised as having “low data and battery consumption” to prevent people from suspecting their phone or tablet has been infected.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network, with technical assistance from Amnesty International's Security Lab, has exposed the shocking extent of the global surveillance crisis and the glaring inadequacies of EU regulation in curbing it. More commentary from Col.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

SyncUP uses a combination of GPS technology, Wi-Fi, and T-Mobile’s LTE nationwide network to locate registered devices and comes in the form of a small tag, a car tracker or a kids watch. According to our friends at 404 Media , several users reported receiving information that came from another tracker, not their own.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 19, 2019

But the infrastructure of total surveillance is everywhere the same, and everywhere being deployed at scale. Just like you can't drop out of the oil economy by refusing to drive a car, you can't opt out of the surveillance economy by forswearing technology (and for many people, that choice is not an option).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The Israel Defense Forces has bid to obtain spying systems that will allow monitoring of the private messages of social media users. Monitoring of social media platforms is a crucial activity for intelligence agencies, almost any government is working to gather intelligence for these systems. ” states the Haaretz. .

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In a report titled “ How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era ,” the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) spotlighted a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that ensnares the public through modern television sets. Brands utilize ACR TV for multiple reasons.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. We need public-interest technologists.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

An ad for RedTorch’s “Cheetah” counter-surveillance tech. Known locations results are based on social media profiles and metadata where, for example, there was an image posted that showed GPS location, or the profile mentions locations among its comments. White is RedTorch’s co-founder, “Mr.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2023

At least five members of civil society worldwide have been targeted with spyware and exploits developed by surveillance firm QuaDream. Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. ” concludes Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2025

Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may result in code execution. However, the limited, targeted nature of these attacks against iOS users suggests that commercial surveillance vendors or a nation-state actor likely exploited the flaws. ” Microsoft warns.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2021

It’s been a busy few weeks for facial recognition technology. In the UK, a Watchdog would rather police “ reasonably use ” biometrics and surveillance, as opposed to a complete ban. are digging their heels in against various aspects of facial recognition technology. What form said reasonable use would take, nobody yet knows.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The social media giant broke the news to US Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. It is noted that Twitter’s decision to move away from Mitto AG came after allegations that its co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Ilja Gorelik, sold access to Mitto’s networks to surveillance technology firms.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in AI technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks—and the steps we need to take to mitigate them. The technology historian David C. The reality, unfortunately, is quite different.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

It's an impassioned debate, acrimonious at times, but there are real technologies that can be brought to bear on the problem: key-escrow technologies, code obfuscation technologies, and backdoors with different properties. Public-interest technology isn't new. We need public-interest technologists.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. Along with this comes the rising potential for abuse of the technology.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In Episode 356, Tom and Kevin discuss the increasing role of deepfake technology in bypassing biometric checks, accounting for 24 percent of fraud attempts. The conversation shifts to social media platforms Twitter, Blue […] The post Deepfake Fraud, Data Brokers Tracking Military Personnel appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. Like any technology, facial recognition is a double edged sword.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2021

Interestingly, the United States Postal Services(USPS) department is conducting a surveillance program for the past few weeks with the help of Facial Recognition integrated with Artificial Intelligence. . A statement released by USPS says that it is conducting an Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) by using Clearview AI technology.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A joint investigation conducted by Access Now and the Citizen Lab revealed that the journalist, who is at odds with the Russian government, was infected with the surveillance software. Timchenko is co-founder, CEO, and publisher of Meduza, a Russian independent media outlet exiled in Europe. ” reported Citizen Lab.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

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. And the technology is advancing too fast for anyone to fully understand how they work, even the designers.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 18, 2022

In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan , the Senators charge that ID.me’s CEO Blake Hall has offered conflicting statements about how his company uses the facial scan data it collects on behalf of the federal government and many states that use the ID proofing technology to screen applicants for unemployment insurance.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Public-interest technology isn't one thing; it's many things.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“To clear up some misleading media reports, here is what we’re currently seeing, much of which we believe is different from what is being seen by other providers.” broadband providers , including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I wrote about four systems for enabling trust: our innate morals, concern about our reputations, the laws we live under, and security technologies that constrain our behavior. Laws and security technologies are systems of trust that force us to act trustworthy. They have social media accounts with personalities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. The Salt Typhoon group targeted surveillance systems used by the US government to investigate crimes and threats to national security, including activities carried out by nation-state actors.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

And it might have been prepared for this moment, years ago, as a surveillance tool. It's easy to put surveillance on telecoms if you have a foothold," Kubecka said. WaPost : Depriving rivals of American-made technology also threatens the future global prospects of an industry that has driven U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The attackers used an exploit chain named Kismet that was part of the arsenal of the controversial Pegasus spyware that is sold by the surveillance firm NSO Group. Citizen Lab has already published several reports unmasking operations that involved the use of the NSO’s surveillance software. ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

I talked with Jonathan Sander, Chief Technology Officer with STEALTHbits Technologies , about this at Black Hat USA 2018. While there is nascent technology for analyzing unstructured data, these solutions are still fairly primitive. Editor’s note: LW has provided consulting services to STEALTHbits Technologies.).

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Like something out of Black Mirror, two students have demonstrated a way to use smart glasses and facial recognition technology to immediately reveal people’s names, phone numbers, and addresses. Also in 2022, a company called PimEyes was accused of “ surveillance and stalking on a scale previously unimaginable.”

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. In general, many companies and government agencies do not have great security.

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