Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 1, 2024

Your internet browser remembers and reflects what we like, but the question remains - how does the browser store those memories? To simplify what a cookie is in the context of technology, it’s a small text file sent to your internet browser by the website you visit for a better user experience. The answer is through “Cookies”.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. This isn’t helped by the fact that AI technology means the scope of what’s possible is changing at a rate that’s hard to appreciate even if you’re deeply aware of the space. Here’s CNBC. Here’s Boing Boing.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 25, 2021

Advances in technology have dramatically influenced our online experiences throughout the digital age. We live in a data-centric society where user information is a profitable commodity, collected by any means possible. It’s not just the big tech giants who gather user data. Maintaining privacy online is far from easy.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Google announced Privacy Sandbox on Android to limit user data sharing and prevent the use of cross-app identifiers. The company states that the Privacy Sandbox technologies are still in development. Google is also committed tp fighting and reducing covert data collection. ” reads the announcement. .”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In the digital transformation era, companies across all sectors are using next-generation technologies to streamline their operations, deliver value to customers, and gain a competitive edge. Invariably, Internet of Things (IoT) strategies form the backbone of those efforts.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 1, 2024

Your internet browser remembers and reflects what we like, but the question remains - how does the browser store those memories? To simplify what a cookie is in the context of technology, it’s a small text file sent to your internet browser by the website you visit for a better user experience. The answer is through “Cookies”.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). “Note (!) .’ “Note (!) ” reads the advisory.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Without much fanfare, digital twins have established themselves as key cogs of modern technology. Related: Leveraging the full potential of data lakes. A digital twin is a virtual duplicate of a physical entity or a process — created by extrapolating data collected from live settings. This is very exciting stuff.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance. China denied having done so , of course.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

The investigation into the intrusion revealed the involvement of 13 internet addresses including one traced to the Kimsuky APt group. On December 2020, KISA (Korean Internet & Security Agency) provided a detailed analysis about the phishing infrastructure and TTPs used by Kimsuky to target South Korea.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

Since the internet, especially the "internet of things," is expected to rely heavily on 5G infrastructure, potential Chinese infiltration is a serious national security threat. The technology will quickly become critical national infrastructure, and security problems will become life-threatening. What's more, U.S.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Hackers could trigger ‘fake earthquakes,’ affecting emergency and economic responses to a seismic event, and generate mistrust in seismic technology among the population, the researchers say.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Secret Service is investigating a breach at a Virginia-based government technology contractor that saw access to several of its systems put up for sale in the cybercrime underground, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Other domains and Internet addresses included in those screenshots pointed to Miracle Systems LLC , an Arlington, Va.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023.”

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. — had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology sold to a number of American companies. . Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 14, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to update the Privacy Framework to Version 1.1. However, in response to recent developments in information technology, including the release of NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and the initiation of an update to NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to Version 2.0,

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We no longer rely on the Internet just for entertainment or chatting with friends. Governments in many countries push for easier identification of Internet users to fight cybercrime, as well as “traditional” crime coordinated online. People and regulators will demand more algorithmic transparency.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Between social media, mobile apps, internet-connected devices and the rise of artificial intelligence vast amounts of personal data is being gathered constantly, putting individuals’ privacy at risk,” said Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director at NCA.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When faced with technologies that are increasingly critical for navigating modern life, users often lack a real set of alternatives and cannot reasonably forgo using these tools," said Lina M. A person must also believe that companies will give them the freedom to decide whether to give up their data and when, Levine said.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Using web shells, they attacked weak internet servers, specifically a Houston port. Reconnaissance Reconnaissance is the starting point of Volt Typhoon’s cyber campaign, characterized by thorough planning and data collection. government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

We have reached the point where highly connected cyber-physical systems are the norm, and the lines between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are blurred. 66% of these vulnerabilities affect the OT domain, while the rest 34% affect IoT, IT and IoMT (Internet of Medical Things). Tue, 05/24/2022 - 06:11.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As we were collecting and analyzing the relevant telemetry data, we realized the campaign had been launched in mid-August 2022 and targeted over a dozen corporations in Eastern Europe from the oil and gas sector and defense industry. The attackers continued to send malicious documents via email until the end of September 2022.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI compiles the statistics, recently published in its Internet Crime Report 2020 , from complaints filed through www.ic3.gov. This represents a 69% increase from the previous year and a total of U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Worried about this lack of transparency, users and privacy watchdogs put pressure on technology companies. Certain tech giants recently started adding tools to their ecosystems that are meant to improve the data collection transparency. Iran also has local tracking services that internet users there encounter fairly often.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2019

Data collected by the malware include manufacturer and model, OS version, country of residence of the user, the default language of the system, user agent identifier, name of mobile operator, type of internet connection, screen options, time zone, and information about the tainted application containing the Trojan.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This agent gathers data about the user's actions, such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, application usage, and internet activity. Managers can access this data through a console, reviewing reports, live feeds from employee screens, screenshots, video recordings of desktop activity, and intercepted files or messages.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. An IoT device connected to a network is simply a potential bridge between the internet and a malicious entity. Internet Of Things. Data security. Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Encryption.

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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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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. Fast forward to today and our IoT technology.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Nisos provides the people, processes, and technologies necessary to deliver actionable intelligence as a managed service. Their analysts actively remove PII from more than 165 internet databases and sources while documenting any data that cannot be removed for legal and policy reasons. Nisos is The Managed Intelligence Company.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It is a highly demanding activity, which requires time, multidisciplinary skills, efficient technology, innovation and dedication. We have been doing so since 2008, benefiting from Kaspersky’s decades of cyberthreat data management, and unrivaled technologies. But why are we offering cyber threat intelligence at all?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 14, 2021

These digital health technologies can improve access to health services, reduce costs, improve quality of care and enhance the efficiency of health systems. While the concept of telemedicine isn’t exactly new per se , the COVID-19 pandemic has really put the technology front and centre.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2022

That’s an especially important question given the recent emphasis on the technology – including from the White House. Bishop Fox’s report found that Illumio’s zero trust segmentation technology “significantly improves an organization’s ability to detect, contain, and proactively limit the available attack surface.”

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act is considered a Comprehensive privacy legislation. Florida – S 262: Technology Transparency Florida’s S 262 targets using governmental resources in requests to social media platforms. The legislation imposes a civil penalty, emphasizing accountability and responsible data practices.

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