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Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows "time theft"

Malwarebytes

The case of Karlee Besse, an accountant in British Colombia, was recently dismissed by the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) in Canada, with a judge ordering her to pay back her former employer, Reach CPA, for "engaging in time theft"—a revelation that wouldn't have been possible if not for software Reach installed on her computer.

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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. I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem.

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Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft

Security Affairs

Hackers also posted images captured from the hacked surveillance video on Twitter with an #OperationPanopticon hashtag, published images show that they have gained root shell access to the surveillance cameras used by Telsa and Cloudflare. Last Friday, Swiss authorities raided Kottmann’s home and seized electronic devices.

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150,000 Verkada security cameras hacked—to make a point

Malwarebytes

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. It is also a metaphor used to illustrate surveillance technology. "The purpose was to be able to debug issues.

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Aussie Parliament Just Leveled Up Police Hacking Powers

SecureWorld News

Australian Parliament passed the controversial Surveillance Legislation Amendment Bill 2020, also known as the Identify and Disrupt Bill and to a few the “hacking” bill, on August 25. This includes being able to access computer networks covertly to search for criminal evidence. At the same time the Apple privacy debates are ongoing.

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Florida Man Arrested in SIM Swap Conspiracy

Krebs on Security

Investigators allege Handschumacher was part of a group of at least nine individuals scattered across multiple states who for the past two years have drained bank accounts via an increasingly common scheme involving mobile phone “SIM swaps.”

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Google Play sign-ins can be abused to track another person’s movements

Malwarebytes

I installed an app on my wife’s Android phone and to do so, I needed to log into my Google account because I paid for the app. The only thing that might have alerted my wife to this unintentional surveillance—but never did—was my initial in a small circle at the top right corner of her phone, when she used the Google Play app.