Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

What’s remarkable about these record-breaking attacks is they were carried out via small, innocuous Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices like home routers, air-quality monitors, and personal surveillance cameras. his blog suffered 269 DDOS attacks between July 2012 and September 2016.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While the newer actors are filling the skills gap quickly, the most advanced parties are scaling to obtain global surveillance capabilities through technological supremacy. On June 27, 2017, a Ukrainian tax accounting package used by most companies in the country (MeDoc) downloaded a malicious update that contained ransomware.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s amazing that one person could have had so much access with so little accountability, and could sneak all of this data out without raising any alarms. And Edward Snowden?

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent news articles have all been talking about the massive Russian cyberattack against the United States, but that’s wrong on two accounts. In the interests of surveillance, the NSA has pushed for an insecure cell phone encryption standard and a backdoor in random number generators (important for secure encryption).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi , a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012. One of many self portraits published on the Instagram account of Enzo Zelocchi. “ JoshTheGod ,” referred to in the Iza complaint as “M.I.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I discovered a handful of security vulnerabilities that allowed an attacker with physical access to the iOS device to gain unauthorized access to a victim’s account even if they had logged out of LastPass. I was a delegate to Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, the church's international leadership body, in 2012.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This strategic shift signals its intent to intensify its surveillance capabilities and expand its range of targets. The stolen cookies can be used later to remotely access victims’ email accounts. StrongyPity (aka PROMETHIUM) is a Turkish-speaking threat actor known to have been active since at least 2012.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2023

. “Regulations for other industries went through a similar transformation, and we saw a positive result — there’s now an expectation of appropriate due care, and accountability for those who fail to comply. ” Many of the U.S.

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