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GOOGLE FIXED THE FIFTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023

Security Affairs

The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne from Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-09-25, a circumstance that suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. _clem1 discovered another ITW 0-day in use by a commercial surveillance vendor: CVE-2023-5217.

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NHS postpones patient data sharing with 3rd parties till September 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

colorado-based company named Palantir- known to supply data sets and analytical software to companies indulging in public surveillance. . Like how the medicine related to the 2000’s SARS is being used in the vaccines produced to counter the spread of COVID 19 in countries like the UK, India, and the US.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 349

Security Affairs

US NCSC and DoS share best practices against surveillance tools Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app Russian submarines threatening undersea cables, UK defence chief warns. Threat actors stole $18.7M

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Case Study: Obsidian Group

SiteLock

During the economic turmoil of the late 2000’s, we enhanced our offers to include consulting in the HR, small business and marketing arenas. Over 100 pages and 200 links are analyzed each day, providing the firm with constant surveillance. With this mindset, Obsidian Group has helped its clients achieve their goals for over 13 years.

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The Belgacom hack was the work of the UK GCHQ intelligence agency

Security Affairs

The attack between 2000 and early 2010, the hackers targeted company admins with spear-phishing attacks aimed at infecting their machines. If confirmed the situation is disconcerting, the UK was spying, along with other members of the FiveEyes, on a telco company belonging to a member of the NATO alliance. ” wrote The Intercept.

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Schrems II – A few Things to Keep in Mind!

McAfee

The Safe Harbor was replaced by the Privacy Shield, which – together with European Standard Clauses (“SCCs”) – were suspected of not being able to sufficiently protect European rights against US massive surveillance. 3] “Maximillian Schrems / Data Protection Commissioner”, decision 2000/520/CE, Case C-362/14. [4] 4] [link]. [5]

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ICO Release Annual Report

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

The Report refers to the Data Protection Act 1998 and the new Data Protection Act 2018 as well as the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The ICO and the Surveillance Camera Commissioner raised concerns and the UK police have agreed to reduce the retention period to one year. The Laws that the ICO Regulates.