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German authorities raid the offices of the FinFisher surveillance firm

Security Affairs

Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. Pierluigi Paganini.

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

Security Affairs

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

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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T-Mobile detected network intrusion attempts and blocked them

Security Affairs

The Salt Typhoon group targeted surveillance systems used by the US government to investigate crimes and threats to national security, including activities carried out by nation-state actors. “For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S.

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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. This data is combined with other surveillance data the company buys, including health and financial data. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

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Empire of Hackers launched by CIA targets China

CyberSecurity Insiders

The fact that the surveillance being conducted by the CIA through “Empire of Hackers” can be traced back to 2011 raises questions about the ethics of governments spying on their citizens, politicians, and other governments.

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QNAP data storage devices hit by a massive ransomware campaign

CyberSecurity Insiders

Its data storage appliances are used across the globe for virtualization, storage management, and surveillance applications, along with file sharing. The company became a member of Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance in 2011.