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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Episode 185: Attacking COVID, Protecting Privacy

The Security Ledger

Consider mass digital surveillance of the kinds used in repressive countries like China and Russia. Episode 178: Killing Encryption Softly with the EARN IT Act. Also: SMBs Struggle with Identity. Also: securing Digital Identities in the age of the DeepFake. Jason Sabin is the Chief Technology Officer at DigiCert.

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The Challenges Facing the Passwordless Future

eSecurity Planet

A few years ago, a security hacker — Jan Krissler, alias Starbug — demonstrated this vulnerability by utilizing a high-resolution photo of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen’s thumb and “reconstructing it with commercial software to demonstrate the relative simplicity of fingerprint identity theft,” Dhapte said.

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