Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

European Parliament votes to tighten up rules for the sale and export of surveillance and encryption technology. The new rules oblige European companies to apply for government licenses to export surveillance solutions demonstrating that the sale doesn’t pose a risk to human rights.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023. Royal was then able to traverse the internal City infrastructure during the surveillance period using legitimate 3rd party remote management tools.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT. Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. billion in number and generate 79.4 IoT Protection is Key.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

The security risks inherent in Chinese-made 5G networking equipment are easy to understand. Because the companies that make the equipment are subservient to the Chinese government, they could be forced to include backdoors in the hardware or software to give Beijing remote access. But the enhancements aren't enough.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

The origins of this case date back nearly a decade following controversies around US Government surveillance and leaks from the now infamous whistle-blower Edward Snowden. It’s a surveillance programme operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. As a result, data has become a critical asset for companies and governments alike, as well as the primary target for nefarious actors and nation states. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. Privacy Shield was unlawful.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 11, 2024

Cloud frameworks provided by major cloud service providers such as Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure are not mandatory requirements imposed by external governing bodies or regulatory authorities. It encompasses encryption, data integrity, and secure storage practices. Are Cloud Architecture Frameworks Mandated?

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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

This evidence serves multiple purposes, including: Verification of Controls : Auditors rely on evidence to verify the existence and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, from access management to encryption mechanisms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

As stated by the International Association of Privacy Professional ( IAPP ) critical sectors such as financial services are therefore conspicuously excluded, leaving organizations without a clear pathway to data protection compliance and potentially exposing them to significant risks.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Following this, the privacy campaigner Max Schrems complained to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) that Facebook was helping the NSA conduct mass surveillance of EU citizens. surveillance law in Section 702 FISA and EO 12333 , which can give the US authorities access to any transferred data. The DPC rejected his complaint.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to use it to remain private and anonymous — such as bypassing government censorship, finding niche content, participating in forums or chat boards, whistleblowing crimes to journalists, or even contacting the CIA. federal government. government.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

MIAMI–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Shareholders entrusted Cloudastructure with $30 million via a RegA+ to expand their cloud-based video surveillance platform empowered with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning analytics. As a result of that team’s efforts, Cloudastructure’s video surveillance platform now includes: People Detection.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2020

And a recent bill approved by the United States Senate, the USA Freedom Act, might put the privacy of this data at risk—and make it readily available without a warrant. The US Senate voted to renew the USA Freedom Act which authorizes a variety of forms of national surveillance. Your browsing history: what kind of data does it contain?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

CVE-2019-19781 Citrix flaw exposes 80,000 companies at risk. NYT report states that ToTok app is a government spy tool. Ryuk Ransomware evolution avoid encrypting Linux folders. Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast. Op Wocao – China-linked APT20 was able to bypass 2FA.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 28, 2021

The reasoning behind this decision is that the US surveillance law (FISA) does not provide adequate protections or remedies for non-US persons in the EU. Protect sensitive data in motion and wherever it is stored using robust encryption. That way, you own the keys, not the cloud provider and no government can access the data.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Let’s explore each of them in detail: Security Risk Assessment A Security Risk Assessment (SRA) is critical to HIPAA compliance. It involves identifying and assessing potential security risks to protected health information (PHI) and evaluating the effectiveness of security measures. Surveillance systems.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2020

These recommendations try to clarify whether surveillance laws allowing access to personal data by public authorities in a third country can be regarded as a justifiable interference with the level of data protection the EU guarantees in principle. Some countries, by virtue of known surveillance laws, will be deemed non-compliant.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Access encrypted chats from third-party apps. Pegasus is the creation of the NSO Group , an Israeli firm that licenses it to governments to perform surveillance. The spyware allows governments to crack citizen’s mobile devices, track them, and observe their communications. Access emails. Record phone calls.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2022

Both bills have provisions that could be used to break end-to-end encryption. 3(c)(7)(A)(iii) would allow a company to deny access to apps installed by users, where those app makers “have been identified [by the Federal Government] as national security, intelligence, or law enforcement risks.” ” Sec.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They are words that could strike fear into the heart of a CISO, Chief Risk Officer, or corporate counsel. Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs. He is a government employee working as a Nuclear Engineer in the United States Navy. Government.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

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. Employing asymmetric cryptography, PKIs manage the key pairs used for signing and encrypting data.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

to believe that European governments have failed to properly equip their national regulators to enforce the GDPR. Additionally, hacker activity has been unprecedented , causing a sudden “mass exodus” home and (personal) data protection risks. the proliferation of other people, Siri and Alexa and other listening/sensing devices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

The US NCSC and the Department of State published joint guidance on defending against attacks using commercial surveillance tools. In the last years, we have reported several cases of companies selling commercial surveillance tools to governments and other entities that have used them for malicious purposes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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McAfee

JANUARY 28, 2021

A couple of days ago, I have been asked whether, notably thanks to the GDPR [1] and the CCPA [2] , we were seeing as professionals, a standardization in negotiations governing privacy terms. Yes- lack of corporate changes may constitute “willful blindness to a course of action” or “reckless conduct by knowing of the risk but doing nothing.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

With tools like Pegasus that can be abused on a global scale, we take on too big a risk. The governments in question either denied using Pegasus at all—like Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister said—or they claimed that any surveillance carried out by their governments was lawful—like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office did.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This system enforces security, compliance, and governance policies within our cloud applications. The mission of the service is to provide our risk management program with a robust dataset for policy-making and incident handling. I was obsessed with encryption. IT lacks formal licensing by the government.

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Google Security

AUGUST 8, 2023

Android does not rely on link-layer encryption to address this threat model. Instead, Android establishes that all network traffic should be end-to-end encrypted (E2EE). Attackers exploit this in a number of ways, ranging from traffic interception and malware sideloading, to sophisticated dragnet surveillance.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

The many issues surrounding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) are ever-present. No Place To Hide , a UK-government backed child safety campaign, launched on Tuesday, aiming to “keep children safe online without compromising user privacy.” Child predators were busy in 2021. ” The upsides and downsides of using E2EE.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2021

But generally, popular cloud storage providers like Azure or AWS protect your data using the following practices: Encryption. In case a piece of data gets stolen, it will be impossible to read without an encryption key. It is a way of encoding information, so only authorized users can read it. Event logging and workload audit.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Targets include high-profile organizations: namely, government entities located both within those countries and abroad. It’s not often we observe a large-scale attack by APT threat actors – they usually avoid such attacks because they are too ‘noisy’ and risk drawing attention to the campaign.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Also, it doesn’t need to be encrypted and sent through a secure Internet connection so the process can go faster. It means that all the infrastructure and data are on the Internet, encrypted, and accessible on demand. It’s up to you how to configure the infrastructure which is most comfortable for your company.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sometime around 1993 or 1994, during the first Crypto Wars, I was part of a group of cryptography experts that went to Washington to advocate for strong encryption. Back then, he and Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy were the most knowledgeable on this issue and our biggest supporters against government backdoors. They still are.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. This step reduces the risks of illegal access, data loss, and regulatory noncompliance, as well as protects the integrity and security of sensitive information within SaaS applications.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Either businesses or individuals, we are all in the same boat when it comes to the risk of data loss. The growing risks leave us with the fact that cybersecurity education is not a matter of choice anymore – it’s a matter of necessity. To pursue a career in the cybersecurity field and find a course to get started.

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McAfee

MAY 20, 2021

This subject has become increasingly important following the Schrems II decision and its requirement that organizations when processing personal data must ensure their privacy is not put at risk and subject to governmental surveillance when shared across borders. While localisation does offer some protections (i.e.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

The core idea is pretty simple,” says Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix , a supplier of advanced encryption systems. Chloé Messdaghi, vice president at Point3 Security , a supplier of workforce training systems, notes that third party developers can include local government agencies, as well as for-profit software developers.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2022

If still used by websites, expired certificates are also a grave security concern as they put both encryption and mutual authentication at risk. Now the Russian government has taken the next step by introducing a Russian-based Certificate Authority for the internet. Russia could also create massive risk for itself.

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