Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

And if you read his 3,000-word post carefully, Zuckerberg says nothing about changing Facebook's surveillance capitalism business model. On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. Better data security so Facebook sees less. How Facebook manages for privacy.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to use it to remain private and anonymous — such as bypassing government censorship, finding niche content, participating in forums or chat boards, whistleblowing crimes to journalists, or even contacting the CIA. federal government. government.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Global connectivity underpins the most basic functions of our society, such as logistics, government services and banking. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online.

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Webroot

MARCH 12, 2021

Multiple systems were taken offline following a ransomware attack on the Spanish government labor agency SEPE , which has affected all 700 of their offices across the country. The campaign has followed a pattern of spreading false information and requesting sensitive information for user’s NHS accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. Privacy Shield was unlawful.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Following this, the privacy campaigner Max Schrems complained to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) that Facebook was helping the NSA conduct mass surveillance of EU citizens. surveillance law in Section 702 FISA and EO 12333 , which can give the US authorities access to any transferred data. The DPC rejected his complaint.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

NYT report states that ToTok app is a government spy tool. A flaw in Twitter App for Android could have been exploited to take over the account. Ryuk Ransomware evolution avoid encrypting Linux folders. Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 24, 2022

About half of the company's 500,000 servers run on outdated software that does not support basic security features such as encryption for stored data or regular security updates by vendors. The company has repeatedly said that less than 5% of its mDAUs are fake or spam accounts. Foreign influence.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

billion IoT devices in use as of 2017, half are consumer gadgets, like smart TVs, speakers, watches, baby cams and home thermostats; much of the rest is made up of things like smart electric meters and security cameras in corporate and government use. Industry standards-setting bodies and government regulators recognize what’s at stake.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Related: Why government encryption backdoors should never be normalized. it’s a full package of how to go steal stuff, or lock up computers, or encrypt data and get ransom. Hudson : The Government Accountability Office examined the Equifax breach. and the University of Surrey in the U.K.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Access encrypted chats from third-party apps. Pegasus is the creation of the NSO Group , an Israeli firm that licenses it to governments to perform surveillance. The spyware allows governments to crack citizen’s mobile devices, track them, and observe their communications. Access emails. Record phone calls.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 28, 2021

The reasoning behind this decision is that the US surveillance law (FISA) does not provide adequate protections or remedies for non-US persons in the EU. This decision directly impacts transatlantic digital commerce that accounts for more than half of Europe’s data flows. Encryption. Data security. Cloud security.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs. He is a government employee working as a Nuclear Engineer in the United States Navy. He knew warning signs the government would look for. Using snail mail, he sent an anonymous note and an SD card to a foreign government address.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. Employing asymmetric cryptography, PKIs manage the key pairs used for signing and encrypting data.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Privacy Standards Audit (Not required for Business Associates) This audit focuses on assessing compliance with HIPAA Privacy Standards, which govern the use and disclosure of PHI. Surveillance systems. Its aim is to enhance transparency and accountability following a breach. Emergency response plans. Visitor logs and badges.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I highly recommend reading Zuboff’s New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power as well as viewing Rifkin’s riveting speech, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy. LW: Is this primarily aimed at enterprises, SMBs or individuals?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Targets include high-profile organizations: namely, government entities located both within those countries and abroad. We found multiple archives like this with file names of government entities linked to Myanmar. Most of the early sightings were in Myanmar, but it seems the threat actor is now much more active in the Philippines.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

When weaponized by authoritarian governments, surveillance chills free speech, scares away dissent, and robs an innocent public of a life lived unwatched, for no crime committed other than speaking truth to power, conducting public health research, or simply loving another person.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2021

But generally, popular cloud storage providers like Azure or AWS protect your data using the following practices: Encryption. In case a piece of data gets stolen, it will be impossible to read without an encryption key. To use an app, a user always has to grant access to files and folders on their device or account.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Also, it doesn’t need to be encrypted and sent through a secure Internet connection so the process can go faster. It means that all the infrastructure and data are on the Internet, encrypted, and accessible on demand. If you need to backup more accounts, you can buy new licenses, and they’re in the bag.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In case you want to train your employees, you may need to use a company account to be able to set scheduled lessons for your staff. to $199 for business accounts. There are two types to choose from: an individual account and a company account. But it works only for individual users.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This system enforces security, compliance, and governance policies within our cloud applications. I was obsessed with encryption. I was fascinated by the fact that nothing in the world could reverse an operation of encryption without the needed key to decrypt the item. IT lacks formal licensing by the government.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, accusing it of using a flaw in its messaging service to conduct cyberespionage on journalists and activists. WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. This abuse must be stopped. ” reads the lawsuit.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest? Assess the physical security measures: Evaluate access controls, surveillance systems, and environmental controls.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

ScarCruft is known to target North Korean defectors, journalists who cover North Korea-related news and government organizations related to the Korean Peninsula, between others. After a conversation on social media, the actor sent a spear-phishing email to the potential victim using a stolen email account.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. BlindEagle has targeted both government entities and individuals in South America.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

This resulted in the deployment of a custom backdoor, named Sunburst, on the networks of more than 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including many large corporations and government bodies, in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. The vulnerabilities are being exploited by RansomExx.

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SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

In the last year, there have been several public accounts on the ongoing trend of UEFI threats. It obtains the ScrambleCross shellcode by applying a modified ChaCha20 algorithm on an encrypted blob, which may reside as an additional file on disk or be embedded in the loader itself. bat file and execute it; Run a shell command.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2020

And it uses all of this surveillance data for profit, against your interests. And note that it considers its home pages "marketing websites," which means it's still using third-party trackers and surveillance based advertising. Zoom's encryption is awful. They're also lying about the type of encryption. But it gets worse.

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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. This list includes governments, government contractors, IT companies, thinktanks, and NGOs — and it will certainly grow. But it was massive, and it is dangerous.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, the US government did, saying quote Stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar and whether you take documents data or dollars. And, you know, I had the Twitter account ID set up in 2018. I had tweeted this video, it's pinned on our Twitter account hack, not crime.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The rise of destructive attacks In December of last year, shortly after we released our predictions for 2023, Russian government agencies were reported to have been targeted by a data wiper called CryWiper. However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. Drone hacking!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Beyond Identity Identity management 2020 Private Expel Managed security service 2016 Private Tigera Zero trust for K8s 2016 Private Intrinsic Application security 2016 Acquired: VMware HackerOne Penetration testing 2015 Private Virtru Data encryption 2014 Private Cloudflare Cloud infrastructure 2010 NYSE: NET.

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