Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

The hackers managed their intrusion from servers inside the United States, exploiting legal prohibitions on the National Security Agency from engaging in domestic surveillance and eluding cyberdefenses deployed by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

A week after it landed with a curious (and most likely spurious) thud, Zuckerberg’s announcement about a new tack on consumer privacy still has the feel of an unexpected message from some parallel universe where surveillance (commercial and/or spycraft) isn’t the new normal. In short, there is no upside.

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Hacking Data privacy Artificial Intelligence System Administration 100

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cyber-offense ecosystem still appears to be shaken by the sudden demise of NSO Group; at the same time, these activities indicate to us that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to commercial-grade mobile surveillance tooling. We believe that research into mail software vulnerabilities is only getting started.

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