The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters. Muthukrishnan Access control, surveillance , and testing are the three major components that comprise the physical security of a system.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Either way, a singular piece of technology – artificial intelligence (AI) — is destined to profoundly influence which way we go from here. Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society has launched a project to catalog all of the AI ethics declarations made by public and commercial organizations. Only time will tell.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Javvad Malik

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When we talk about privacy and surveillance, discussions usually involve talk of Governments keep the population under manners. Amazon has found itself in the spotlight this past week with Vice publishing an article entitled, Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups. Surveillance 365.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

Our shared vision, coupled with ZainTECH's extensive reach and HYAS's cutting-edge technology, positions us as leaders in the fight against cyber threats across the Middle East. That has always been the goal of HYAS, and we’re now better equipped to deliver upon that goal throughout the Gulf region with our partnership with ZainTECH.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. The document requested the Internet address history of Discord accounts tied to a specific phone number used by the target.

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The Security Ledger

JANUARY 8, 2019

» Related Stories Spotlight: as Attacks Mount, how to secure the Industrial Internet Die Hard is a Movie About Building Automation Insecurity. We sit down with IoT luminary and influencer Stacey Higginbotham of the Internet of Things podcast and the StaceyonIoT blog to find out. We sit down with IoT luminary and.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. Internet balkanization will lead to more diverse (and localized) behavior tracking market and checks on cross-border data transfer.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Cloud technology use is growing , but are organisations’ taking precautions to secure these services? It also found instances where virtual machines are exposed to the internet. Sounds like excessive surveillance? Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

» Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Taking a Risk-Based Approach to Election Security How NIST Is Securing The Quantum Era Episode 188: Crowdsourcing Surveillance with Flock Safety. Zulfikar Ramzan is the Chief Technology Officer at RSA Security. Read the whole entry. » What does independence looks like?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

» Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Taking a Risk-Based Approach to Election Security How NIST Is Securing The Quantum Era Episode 188: Crowdsourcing Surveillance with Flock Safety. That perseverance will serve as an inspiration to RSA as it looks to re-establish its leadership in vastly altered technology and security landscape.

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Identity IQ

MAY 22, 2023

This blog explores the ins and outs of dark web monitoring, including what it is, how it works, and whether it’s worth investing in for your protection. It scans the hidden parts of the internet to detect signs of your personal information being sold or exposed on the dark web. What is Dark Web Monitoring?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

Today’s innovations and technologies provide tremendous opportunities for enterprises. Along with innovation and technology proliferation, new challenges that will shape business during 2020. In addition, malicious actors can and will adopt technologies such as AI and machine learning faster than security leaders can.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. In line with our predictions, we released two blog posts in 2022 introducing sophisticated low-level bootkits.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Invest in the right technology. In a previous blog , we discovered that less than half of companies (48%) could detect if any of their IoT devices have been breached.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. This column originally appeared on Avast Blog.).

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 18, 2019

In a blog post, cryptographer Matthew Green summarized the technical problems with this GCHQ proposal. Computers, especially internet-connected computers, are inherently hackable, limiting the effectiveness of any procedures. Surrounding that vulnerability is a procedural system that tries to limit access to that capability.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2022

This blog is here to guide you through topical trends to note as we enter GDPR’s fifth year. Emerging technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) offer benefits in many areas today for us all. This provides for a risk-based approach in assessing AI systems and technologies. Artificial Intelligence Act (expected 2024).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

government surveillance posed a threat to privacy and there was no sufficient redress in the American legal system for Europeans. Then evaluate and deploy practical and highly scalable quantum-safe technologies that are available today. Things get even more complicated with the July 2020 ruling from the EU’s top court that the EU-U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Technologically speaking, we are where we are because a handful of tech giants figured out how to collect, store and monetize user data in a singular fashion. On the technology front, blockchain systems signal the type of shifts that need to fully unfold. Here’s what he had to say: LW: How did the idea for Wildland come about?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is very crowded. billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. 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.

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DoublePulsar

APRIL 20, 2023

Here’s a writeup from Kroll on a typical Black Basta incident: Qakbot has been around for many years, and is under heavy surveillance by both commercial CTI providers and independent security researchers.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In November and December 2020, two public blog posts were published about this campaign. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. Domestic Kitten is a threat group mainly known for its mobile backdoors.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 11, 2024

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the NIST Cybersecurity Framework forms constellations of cybersecurity resilience. CIS Controls The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls is a beacon for safeguarding the cyber constellation.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Air Force veteran and graduate of the University of Denver holding a Master of Science degree in Information Systems Security and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information Technology. Securing the technology and creation platforms at our company is rewarding. Information assurance is vital in today's technological world.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

That, of course, was not all, but it is an example of how someone -- anyone on the internet -- can take a photo or blog post or Yelp review from social media, or some other seemingly random open source item and tie it back to a crime. Which then I could configure to get on the internet, you know.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. We share blog posts, we share our code, you can look at code on GitHub. Vamosi: And often when creating a blog or any content for that matter, it takes a certain number of tries before it begins to feel natural.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. We share blog posts, we share our code, you can look at code on GitHub. Vamosi: And often when creating a blog or any content for that matter, it takes a certain number of tries before it begins to feel natural.

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