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German authorities raid the offices of the FinFisher surveillance firm

Security Affairs

Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. The company denied accusations and sued the German blog and requested the removal of the article on the case. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Apple dismisses lawsuit against surveillance firm NSO Group due to risk of threat intelligence exposure

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The IT giant fears that the disclosures of its threat intelligence related to commercial spyware operations could aid NSO and other surveillance firms. “Apple’s teams work tirelessly to protect the critical threat-intelligence information that Apple uses to protect its users worldwide. ” reads the court filing.

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EU privacy non-profit group filed complaints against TikTok, SHEIN, AliExpress, and other Chinese companies

Security Affairs

Given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, it is crystal clear that China doesnt offer the same level of data protection as the EU. ” reads the announcement published by noyb. .” ” reads the announcement published by noyb. said Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer atnoyb.

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France’s government is giving the police more surveillance power

Security Affairs

The Assemblée Nationale has approved the measure, which forms one of the articles encompassing multiple provisions. ”” reads the article published by Le Monde. ”” reads the article published by Le Monde. “People’s lives will be saved” by the law, he added.”

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Anomaly Six, a US surveillance firm that tracks roughly 3 billion devices in real-time

Security Affairs

An interesting article published by The Intercept reveals the secretive business of a US surveillance firm named Anomaly Six. While Russia was invading Ukraine in February, two unknown surveillance startups, Anomaly Six and Zignal Labs joined forces to provide powerful surveillance services.

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Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream emerges from the dark

Security Affairs

One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream.

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Encryption: One Of The Most Powerful Ways To Keep Data Private – But Governments Want To Outlaw It

Joseph Steinberg

Surveillance Legislation Amendment , to various chatter emerging from Washington, DC, the rights of ordinary citizens to protect their private conversations, pictures, videos, and files is, sadly, under assault even in ostensibly free countries. Here Is Why It Should Not.