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Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. Cisco finally addressed the flaws in 2013 and stopped selling Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) in 2014. Cisco is going to pay $8.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Unknown FinSpy Mac and Linux versions found in Egypt

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Experts from Amnesty International uncovered a surveillance campaign that targeted Egyptian civil society organizations with a new version of FinSpy spyware. Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. .”

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Cisco to pay $8.6 million fine for selling flawed surveillance technology to the US Gov

Unknown FinSpy Mac and Linux versions found in Egypt

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