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US pharmacy Rite Aid banned from operating facial recognition systems

Malwarebytes

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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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. This was before David Miranda, Greenwald’s partner, was detained at Heathrow airport by the UK authorities; but even without that, I knew there was a risk.

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Malicious app exploiting CVE-2019-2215 zero-day available in Google Play since March

Security Affairs

According to Stone, the CVE-2019-2215 vulnerability was being used or sold by the controversial surveillance firm NSO Group , it was exploited by its surveillance software Pegasus. The examined information included marketing materials for this exploit, and that the exploit was used to install a version of Pegasus.

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CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with James Wright

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered to be the gold standard in information security. Those doors lead to many different types of positions and opportunities, thus making the information security community dynamic and multifaceted.