Schneier on Security

AUGUST 14, 2019

But, in the world of cybersecurity, we do not deal in absolute guarantees but in relative risks. This is exactly the policy debate we should be having -- not the fake one about whether or not we can have both security and surveillance. Barr makes the point that this is about "consumer cybersecurity" and not "nuclear launch codes."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2023

Surveillance is prevailing at its peak in China as it keeps a track of every move made by its populace in its provinces. So, all senior MPs have raised their voice against the surveillance and are urging the public using Chinese products to handle them with care, as they might be capable of gathering a pool of personal data.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The regulator found so many flaws in the retailer’s surveillance program that it concluded Rite Aid had failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores. Notify consumers when their biometric information is used.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

A report published by Sentinel One states that a hacking group named “Modified Elephant” was seen carrying out such criminal activities since 2012 and has started the game of planting criminal evidence on devices of innocent online users.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to Wikileaks, the whistleblower website, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on French President Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-2012, Wikileaks says. These files were said to derive from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of multiple French leaders.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

FBI Understaffed to Ward off Cybersecurity Attacks, Report Says. Department of Justice released a report that revealed some weaknesses in Next Gen Cyber, The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber security program begun in 2012. FDA Warns of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities of Hospira Infusion System. Last week, the U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

No matter where they are, people around the world should be prepared for cybersecurity incidents. From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies.

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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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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

Back in 2017, the Application Security Report published by Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that 111 billion lines of code were to be written in that year. Mayhem for Code came out on top as the first fully autonomous cybersecurity system beating out 6 other top-tier teams from universities and security companies.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2021

Back in 2017, the Application Security Report published by Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that 111 billion lines of code were to be written in that year. Mayhem for Code came out on top as the first fully autonomous cybersecurity system beating out 6 other top-tier teams from universities and security companies.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The ever-increasing role of technology in every aspect of our society has turned cybersecurity into a major sovereignty issue for all states. While the newer actors are filling the skills gap quickly, the most advanced parties are scaling to obtain global surveillance capabilities through technological supremacy.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

He is a cybersecurity technologist with The Walt Disney Company. Why did you first decide to get into cybersecurity? What was life like when you started out in your career in cybersecurity? What was your first cybersecurity job? What first attracted you to consider getting a cybersecurity qualification?

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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. Many have written about how being under constant surveillance changes a person. And I still use those pages today when I teach cybersecurity to policymakers at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The US prioritizes and spends many times more on offense than on defensive cybersecurity. We shouldn’t have to rely on a private cybersecurity company to alert us of a major nation-state attack. In 2012, Iran attacked the Saudi national oil company. ” He may have been too optimistic about our defensive capability.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2023

Adding to the concerns, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance has also issued an alert regarding a stealth surveillance campaign backed by China. It is important to note that while Western nations often attribute such incidents to countries like China and Russia, they remain relatively silent about their own surveillance campaigns.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2021

The NSA and the Danish intelligence signed a secret pact that allowed the cyberspies to eavesdrop on sensitive communications between 2012 and 2014. .” The spying operation, Operation Dunhammer, was uncovered by a joint investigation conducted by some of Europe’s biggest news agencies.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2022

We don’t know what the landscape will look like in this post-Roe world, but as a privacy attorney, I’m deeply concerned about the surveillance tools that law enforcement will use to investigate alleged abortions.”. For Hussain, the lack of clarity is worrying. “We It’s about more than period-tracking apps.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2023

The Biden administration today issued its vision for beefing up the nation’s collective cybersecurity posture, including calls for legislation establishing liability for software products and services that are sold with little regard for security. ” Many of the U.S. When the Bush administration released the first U.S.

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