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In conversation: Bruce Schneier on AI-powered mass spying

Malwarebytes

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. That’s a lot of data that, until now, has been difficult to parse at scale. We kind of know what mass surveillance, mass spying looks like. And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier.

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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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The State of Stalkerware in 2023–2024

SecureList

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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