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Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Schneier on Security

And if you read his 3,000-word post carefully, Zuckerberg says nothing about changing Facebook's surveillance capitalism business model. When violations are exposed by the media, as they regularly are, we are all surprised at the different ways Facebook violates user privacy. Better data security so Facebook sees less.

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How to Use a VPN: Complete User Guide

eSecurity Planet

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) routes your internet traffic through an encrypted tunnel, shielding your data from hackers and ensuring your online activities remain private and secure. Improved Security on Public Wi-Fi Public Wi-Fi networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks, making it easy for hackers to intercept your data.

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Quad9 to move offices to Switzerland, invites other privacy-focused firms to follow

SC Magazine

It offers additional privacy and security features, including screening for malicious domains and encryption. The company received a finding of law from the Swiss government that it will not be treated as a telecommunications provider, exempting it from laws that would mandate data collection. and Google Public DNS.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

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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Tor Project responded to claims that law enforcement can de-anonymize Tor users

Security Affairs

According to German media, law enforcement has infiltrated the anonymizing network and in at least one case they unmasked a criminal. German law enforcement agencies have been surveilling Tor network by operating their own servers for months. an administrator of the platform.

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FinSpy: unseen findings

SecureList

FinSpy, also known as FinFisher or Wingbird , is an infamous surveillance toolset. Both of them are encrypted with RC4. TeamViewer, VLC Media Player, WinRAR) as well as portable applications. All communications between the server are encrypted with RC4. Kaspersky has been tracking deployments of this spyware since 2011.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2024

SecureList

The rise of destructive attacks In December of last year, shortly after we released our predictions for 2023, Russian government agencies were reported to have been targeted by a data wiper called CryWiper. The malware posed as ransomware, demanding money from the victims for “decrypting” their data.

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