Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 9 FEB 2025 - 15 FEB 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. CVE-2025-21418. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2025

Cyber risk remains top of mind for business leaders A regular January fixture, the World Economic Forums Global Risk Report 2025 features two technology-related threats among the top five risks for the year ahead and beyond. Links we liked Changing cybersecurity roles in 2025? Heres how to ace the job interview.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 9 MAR 2025 - 15 MAR 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes.

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Penetration Testing

JUNE 17, 2025

The flaws, coordinated by CERT@VDE, are tracked as CVE-2025-25264 and CVE-2025-25265, and have been assigned CVSS scores of 8.8 The most severe of the two, CVE-2025-25264, stems from an overly permissive Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy. respectively.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2025

In a statement published on 25 February 2025, Cellebrite announced that it had blocked Serbia from using its solution after reports that police used it to unlock and infect the phones of a journalist and activist. CVE-2024-53104 was patched in Androids February 2025 update, while CVE-2024-53197 and CVE-2024-50302 (CVSS score of 5.5)

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SecureWorld News

JULY 22, 2025

Adding to the urgency is the "convergence of advances in robotics, sensors, materials, artificial intelligence, propulsion and energy systems, and autonomous systems," which has drastically increased the capabilities and reduced the cost of advanced drone technologies for both legitimate and nefarious purposes. Dedicated Vessels: The U.K.,

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SecureWorld News

JULY 2, 2025

Governor Greg Abbott recently signed House Bill 149 , formally titled the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA), on June 22, 2025. Critics may argue this misses major commercial threats from AI used in surveillance, retail profiling, or hiring tools.) Texas is making waves in AI governance.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 9, 2025

A recent update embeds a persistent backdoor, turning what was once a hit-and-run data thief into a long-term intruder capable of remote command execution, system surveillance, and re-infection. Originally known for its data exfiltration from browser extensions and cold wallets, AMOS now goes beyond theft.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2025

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. “The threat actors directed victims who engaged with them to fake Gmail login pages or Google Meet invitations.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2025

Canada ordered Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision to cease all operations in the country, citing national security concerns. following a national security review under the Investment Canada Act: pic.twitter.com/Gvl6aWRxyQ — Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) June 28, 2025 The ban includes its business and technology use.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 23 FEB 2025 - 1 MAR 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office ArsTechnica RTO continues to pick up steam.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Texas is the first state to ban DeepSeek on government devices Law enforcement seized the domains of HeartSender cybercrime marketplaces WhatsApp disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware Ransomware attack hit Indian multinational Tata Technologies International Press Newsletter Cybercrime FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt Manipulaters (..)

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Centraleyes

JUNE 23, 2025

Continuous Monitoring Zero Trust methodology relies on ongoing surveillance of behavior, activity patterns, and access requests. You’ll need the right technology stack—Identity and Access Management, endpoint protection, and continuous monitoring tools. Zero Trust is no different. These tools don’t come free.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Cybersecurity is on the brink of significant transformation as we approach 2025, grappling with escalating complexities driven by advancements in technology, increasing geopolitical tensions, and the rapid adoption of AI and IoT. Ethics The ethical challenges posed by advancing AI technologies will demand urgent attention in 2025.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 28, 2025

Legislation Changes Global Digital Sovereignty as We Know It madhav Thu, 05/29/2025 - 05:02 The United States can now access any and all foreign data entering or residing within their borders without a warrant These recent policy adjustments are contradictory to global data protection regulations like GDPR Organizations outside the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 9, 2025

military fiscal year 2025 dedicates approximately $30 billion to cybersecurity , marking it as a crucial focus in the broader $895.2 Key cybersecurity provisions Securing communications networks Five billion dollars is allocated to help local telecommunications providers replace potentially insecure Chinese technology (e.g.,

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

agricultural exports and expanded its export restrictions on critical technology components and cybersecurity-related industries. Any export controls from China could severely impact the availability of next-gen cybersecurity technology in the U.S. alcohol and other products off their shelves and canceling orders. The new 25% U.S.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 3, 2025

million in total—that will end between July 2025 and April 2026. Cellebrite said in February it would limit the use of some of its technology in Serbia. Read More Staff Writer Topics privacy surveillance security immigration Department of Homeland Security Read More How to Choose the Right TV How many ports do you need?

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2025

CISA adds Ivanti EPMM, MDaemon Email Server, Srimax Output Messenger, Zimbra Collaboration, and ZKTeco BioTime flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog A critical flaw in OpenPGP.js

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 3, 2025

Carmakers are embracing physical buttons again Special Edition: You’re not ready for what’s coming next Reece Rogers is WIRED's service writer, focused on explaining crucial topics and helping readers get the most out of their technology. Prior to WIRED, Reece covered streaming at Business Insider. All rights reserved.

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Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

Written by Nina Raemont, Editor, Wearables & Health Tech June 26, 2025 at 10:21 a.m. He added that the wearable health technology is a key pillar to the "Making America Healthy Again" agenda.   What it means for your health, privacy, and wallet HHS secretary RFK Jr. Here's how it could play out. Kennedy Jr.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The proposed CMMC rule cleared review and is expected to be published in early October - meaning third-party assessment requirements for DoD contracts could be in place as early as June 2025. What is a JSVA?”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

billion by 2025. As a result, The majority of businesses (55 percent) are using some sort of a tool to monitor for insider threats; including data leak prevention (DLP) software (54 percent), user behavior analytics (UBA) software (50 percent), and employee monitoring and surveillance (47 percent).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 2 FEB 2025 - 8 FEB 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 27, 2025

This is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 19 JAN 2025 - 25 JAN 2025. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. The post Privacy Roundup: Week 4 of Year 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We expect that emergency services will use their technologies to reliably provide us with services, that they will protect the private information we give them, and that the operators of their systems will act responsibly; but residents were failed in this sense. This leads us to another important question: how do we restore digital trust?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By 2025, this figure is expected to exceed $42 billion. For example, the high-bandwidth two-way communications available over 5G networks provide significant benefits to applications such as inspection, surveying, monitoring and surveillance. According to Drone Industry Insights, the drone market reached a total value of $22.5

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

zettabytes (ZB) of data by 2025. Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Invest in the right technology. billion in number and generate 79.4

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Centraleyes

APRIL 3, 2025

officials about the risks of Chinese-made devices enabling covert surveillance. The issue has now been officially cataloged as a critical vulnerability under CVE-2025-2894. “This isn’t merely a technology flaw it’s an intentional and dangerous breach of our national security,” Moolenaar said.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 15, 2024

External Service Provider: external people, technology, or facilities that an organization uses to provision and manage IT and/or cybersecurity services on behalf of the organization. The final rule clarified many of the points around what, exactly, an ESP is and how to meet CMMC requirements for ESPs. CUI or Security Protection Data (e.g.,

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Responsible Cyber

DECEMBER 4, 2024

State-of-the-art technology in cryptocurrency brings new risks, especially with decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) [2]. Blockchain technology’s decentralized nature makes regulatory oversight complex. Cross-border transactions create unique challenges.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

Gartner anticipates a major shift in IT investment to the public cloud by 2025, up from 41% in 2022, highlighting the scalability and agility of cloud solutions to protect businesses against the rising data loss threats. ” Use automated discovery technologies to examine your whole environment, making sure no data is missed.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2020

Learning about how hackers were able to intercept drone feed video from CIA observation drones during the war in Iraq, for instance, tells us a lot about how tenuous sophisticated surveillance technology really can be, out in the Internet wild. It won’t be final for a few more years, like 2025 probably but it is coming.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 13, 2025

Executive Summary EclecticIQ analysts assess with high confidence that, in April 2025, China-nexus nation-state APTs (advanced persistent threat) launched high-temp exploitation campaigns against critical infrastructure networks by targeting SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. The traffic was directed to IP address 43.247.135[.]53 54.77.139[.]23

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2022

To catch them, administration policies on continuous surveillance and periodic assessments should be in place. While these problems have faded over time, as Wi-Fi prevalence grew dramatically, it has reached the point where most users utilize Wi-Fi networks without having much of a clue about how they work or the underlying technology.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Strategic investments made on behalf of the Chinese government to the technology industry, in the form of annual 7% increases and billion-dollar loans, will move China closer to their goals of technological independence and global influence. To site-step the bidding process, a Chinese bank offered to lend them a $124.7

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 10, 2025

Planes sit on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 02, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. This article was created in partnership with 404 Media , a journalist-owned publication covering how technology impacts humans. The data includes passenger names, their full flight itineraries, and financial details.

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