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Russian Cyberwarfare Documents Leaked

Schneier on Security

Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the internet. Lots more at the link.

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New Revelations from the Snowden Documents

Schneier on Security

Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago.

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Documents about the NSA’s Banning of Furby Toys in the 1990s

Schneier on Security

Via a FOIA request, we have documents from the NSA about their banning of Furby toys.

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Redacting Documents with a Black Sharpie Doesn’t Work

Schneier on Security

Microsoft hearing , Sony supplied a document from PlayStation chief Jim Ryan that includes redacted details on the margins Sony shares with publishers, its Call of Duty revenues, and even the cost of developing some of its games. We have learned this lesson again : As part of the FTC v.

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AI chatbot provider exposes 346,000 customer files, including ID documents, resumes, and medical records

Malwarebytes

Some of the records that were found included: Identification documents including passports, which contain information like full names, dates of birth, passport numbers, and other information cybercriminals love to get their hands on.

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Roger Grimes on Prioritizing Cybersecurity Advice

Schneier on Security

. […] This specific CISA document has at least 21 main recommendations, many of which lead to two or more other more specific recommendations. Any person following this document is…rightly…going to be expected to evaluate and implement all those recommendations.

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NSO Group Spies on People on Behalf of Governments

Schneier on Security

Legal documents released in ongoing US litigation between NSO Group and WhatsApp have revealed for the first time that the Israeli cyberweapons maker ­ and not its government customers ­ is the party that “installs and extracts” information from mobile phones targeted by the company’s hacking software.