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Unknown FinSpy Mac and Linux versions found in Egypt

Security Affairs

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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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. On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. Better data security so Facebook sees less. How Facebook manages for privacy.

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QNAP data storage devices hit by a massive ransomware campaign

CyberSecurity Insiders

It is learnt that the massive file encrypting malware campaign started on April 19th,2021 when victims took help of the technology forums to know more about the ransomware. Qlocker Ransomware is not only accessing files by encrypting them with a password protected 7Zip archives ending with.7z

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APT trends report Q3 2024

SecureList

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. The access management software facilitates access to the encrypted partition of the drive. There are also some changes to the victimology.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

February 2011: Ross Ulbricht Creates the Silk Road Marketplace “I created Silk Road because I thought the idea for the website itself had value, and that bringing Silk Road into being was the right thing to do. The hidden service gained traction in 2011 and then hit the mainstream when a Gawker article about the site was published.

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Schrems II – A few Things to Keep in Mind!

McAfee

As a privacy law student in 2011 at the Santa Clara University, he met a Facebook representative who explained to the students that Europeans had many privacy rights in the EU but were however not doing much to protect them. Can’t I just use encryption or anonymization as Supplementary Measures enough to protect data? 4] [link]. [5]

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. We have discovered new evidence showing that Domestic Kitten has been using PE executables to target victims using Windows since at least 2013, with some evidence that it goes back to 2011.

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