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On Surveillance in the Workplace

Schneier on Security

Touted as useful management tools, they can augment biased and discriminatory practices in workplace evaluations and segment workforces into risk categories based on patterns of behavior. However, these practices can create punitive work environments that place pressures on workers to meet demanding and shifting efficiency benchmarks.

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Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Do not use Tails OS until a flaw in the bundled Tor Browser will be fixed

Security Affairs

Tails is a security and privacy-oriented Linux distribution, it is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. .” reads the advisory published by project maintainers. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 370 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). I ask you to vote for me again (even if you have already done it), because this vote is for the final.

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Vice Society ransomware gang adds the Italian City of Palermo to its data leak site

Security Affairs

The attack impacted the municipal police, surveillance cameras and ZTL traffic control systems, the authorities confirmed that the problems can last for days. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Municipal Administration announced that demographic services are guaranteed.

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HID Mercury Access Controller flaws could allow to unlock Doors

Security Affairs

access control, video surveillance and mobile credentialing) owned by HVAC giant Carrier. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”) To nominate, please visit:?

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Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 – iPhone X exploits paid over $100,000

Security Affairs

F-Secure’s MWR Labs ( Georgi Geshev , Fabi Beterke , and Rob Miller ) also failed in hacking the iPhone X in the browser category, they were not able to use their exploit chain within the allotted time. Once these are made public, stay tuned to this blog for more details about some of the best and most interesting bugs we saw this week.”

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