Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. The flaws reside in a feature named the “XMEye P2P Cloud” that is enabled by default which is used to connect surveillance devices to the cloud infrastructure. Who controls these servers?

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. So does society's underlying security needs.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

These formats suggest that the threat actor is interested in Office documents, encryption keys, password manager files and image files.The upload is performed by using the same POST request as the one used by the ‘uploadsf’ command. argument: path to file to upload. – List files and repositories.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. 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.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

IaaS security refers to the procedures, technologies, and safeguards put in place by IaaS providers to protect their computer infrastructure. IaaS is a cloud computing model that uses the internet to supply virtualized computer resources. Data Encryption IaaS companies often provide encryption for data at rest and in transit.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Tor (The Onion Router) network protects users from tracking, surveillance, and censorship. The Tor network can be used to access the regular Internet, where it hides your IP address from everyone, including the people operating the Tor network itself, or the Dark Web, where everyone’s IP address is hidden from everyone else.

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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. To be sure, there are significant security improvements in 5G over 4G­in encryption, authentication, integrity protection, privacy, and network availability.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Assembly would set up a committee of international experts in 2020 that will be tasked with elaborating “a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 11, 2021

As awareness of corporate surveillance and criminal hacking has grown, so have concerns about personal privacy. VPNs will slow down my internet connection. Also, encrypting and decrypting data takes time. However, there is a benefit to using a next-gen VPN with modern encryption compared to older VPNs.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The ubiquity of smart surveillance systems has contributed greatly to public safety. Enter attribute-based encryption ( ABE ) an advanced type of cryptography that’s now ready for prime time. Attribute-based encryption can be utilized to do a number of things,” Wu noted. Here are my takeaways.

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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. Machine learning is sure great, but we are going to hear more about machine unlearning.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

They’ll take more manual steps to encrypt servers, exfiltrate data – or do both. And then, instead of encrypting one or two or ten machines, they’ll encrypt everything.” Next, they encrypted servers in the most painful way possible, thus motivating companies to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a decryption key.

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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. government surveillance posed a threat to privacy and there was no sufficient redress in the American legal system for Europeans. Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. ” states Proton Technologies.

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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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

From the Tor browser manual : Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows you to improve your privacy and security on the Internet. The last relay in the circuit (the “exit relay”) then sends the traffic out onto the public Internet. That’s not all. That is highly relevant in this instance.

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The Security Ledger

JUNE 10, 2020

In this episode of the podcast (#185), DigiCert Chief Technology Officer Jason Sabin joins us to talk about how the COVID epidemic is shining a spotlight on the need for strong digital identities - for everything from virus contact tracing to remote work. Jason Sabin is the Chief Technology Officer at DigiCert. Read the whole entry. »

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pegasus spyware is a phone surveillance solution that enables customers to remotely exploit and monitor devices. The company sells its surveillance technology to governments around the world. And watchdog groups say its products are often found to be used in surveillance abuses.

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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. Markey was against forcing encrypted phone providers to implement the NSA's Clipper Chip in their devices, but wanted us to reach a compromise with the FBI regardless.

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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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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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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. Organizations can accomplish this task by using a sophisticated security platform to encrypt data handled by IoT devices.

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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. Integration with a customer's existing infrastructure, including other security tools and various cloud technologies , is also crucial. The information is sent to a server for analysis.

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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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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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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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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

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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Centraleyes

MARCH 11, 2024

It encompasses encryption, data integrity, and secure storage practices. These controls include measures for encryption, access control, and continuous monitoring to maintain a secure environment. It sets the stage for robust security practices, encompassing risk management, access controls, and encryption.

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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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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Technology has enabled people to connect more than ever before. The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. The Coalition Against Stalkerware warns that stalkerware “may facilitate intimate partner surveillance, harassment, abuse, stalking, and/or violence.”

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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. Roskomnadzor explained that the services were abused by cybercriminals and that Proton Technologies refused to register them with state authorities.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. So we settled upon the Internet of Things, or simply IoT.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In this episode of The Hacker Mind , Beau Woods and Paulino Calderon discuss their book, Practical IoT Hacking, and talk about IoT threat models, the technologies being used today, and what tools and knowledge you need to get started successfully hacking IoT devices. So we settled upon the Internet of Things, or simply IoT.

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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. I was obsessed with encryption. What job do you do today?

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

The many issues surrounding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) are ever-present. And in a recent revelation from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), 2021 is most noteworthy as “the worst year on record for child abuse online” due to pandemic lockdowns. . Child predators could be anywhere, especially online.

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