Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I-Soon sells hacking and espionage services to Chinese national and local government. Last week, someone posted something like 570 files, images and chat logs from a Chinese company called I-Soon. Lots of details in the news articles. These aren’t details about the tools or techniques, more the inner workings of the company.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

Just another obscure warrantless surveillance program. US law enforcement can access details of money transfers without a warrant through an obscure surveillance program the Arizona attorney general’s office created in 2014.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans’ data and communications.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2023

The French government is going to grant law enforcement the power to spy on suspects through smartphones and other devices. “”We’re far away from the totalitarianism of 1984,” George Orwell’s novel about a society under total surveillance, Dupond-Moretti said.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 13, 2022

on behalf of the FBI, Senator Ron Wyden told Motherboard in a statement “Multiple intelligence community officials have confirmed to me, in writing, that intelligence agencies cannot ask foreign partners to conduct surveillance that the U.S. When asked about the practice of Australian law enforcement monitoring devices inside the U.S.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 12, 2023

Surveillance malware targets Libyan government entities, with possible links to a 2019 Egypt attack campaign.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A novel cyberattack on Ukrainian government institutions was executed using Remcos, a remote access tool painfully familiar in research circles.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2024

The change marks a direct call-out of companies like NSO Group that develop sophisticated commercial surveillance tools like Pegasus, which have been abused by authoritarian regimes to pull off "individually targeted attacks of such exceptional cost and complexity." These types of attacks have victims in every country in the world."

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected vehicle data industry that seeks to monetize such data in an environment with few regulations governing its sale or use.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 24, 2020

OneZero is tracking thirty countries around the world who are implementing surveillance programs in the wake of COVID-19: The most common form of surveillance implemented to battle the pandemic is the use of smartphone location data, which can track population-level movement down to enforcing individual quarantines.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Australian retailers are rolling out mass surveillance solutions to combat shoplifting, but a poor regulatory environment could mean high risks associated with data security and privacy.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

T]he government may have violated the Fourth Amendment when it collected the telephony metadata of millions of Americans[…]” stated the ruling. . The post NSA Mass Surveillance Program Is Ruled Illegal appeared first on Adam Levin. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Bush and Barack Obama. .

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the hands of some governments, that could be dangerous. Crucially, this data can be used for, among other things, tracking traffic through virtual private networks, which are used to mask where someone is connecting to a server from, and by extension, their approximate physical location.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network, with technical assistance from Amnesty International's Security Lab, has exposed the shocking extent of the global surveillance crisis and the glaring inadequacies of EU regulation in curbing it. Chairman, Cedric Leighton Associates, LLC.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Which means that those companies can spy on them—either for their own reasons or in response to government demands. “In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information,” the company said in a statement.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Australian Defense Ministry has issued a ban on the use of Chinese surveillance cameras and products inside all government buildings from now on. After taking certain factors into account, the Albanese government has now imposed a ban on surveillance devices manufactured by the Xi Jinping led nation.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A new report by an oversight committee in the US House of Representatives says the FBI has routinely violated rules governing FISA's Section 702 surveillance program and must be reined in.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A recently-released Surfshark report looked into global inquiries into the activities of specific accounts made by governments to service providers. While the company characterizes government requests as “surveillance,” I prefer the term “inquiry.” The Surfshark review included 177 countries from.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 4, 2022

. All these days, we have seen countries and governments screeching about cyber attacks and data thefts conducted by Chinese hackers. Since 2016, China has been conducting surveillance on its populace in different parts of the country. More details are awaited! .

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

At the SecTor 2022 conference in Toronto next month, researchers from Lookout will take a deep dive into Hermit and the shadowy world of mobile surveillance tools used by repressive regimes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

Greek intelligence admitted it had spied on a journalist, while citizens ask the government to reveal the use of surveillance malware. The head of the Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee that they had spied on a journalist with surveillance malware , Reuters reported citing two sources present. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

” AccessNow puts this in context : For India to uphold fundamental rights, authorities must initiate an immediate independent inquiry, implement a ban on the use of rights-abusing commercial spyware, and make a commitment to reform the country’s surveillance laws. .”

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The Hacker News

JULY 21, 2023

than bowing down to government pressure in response to new proposals that seek to expand digital surveillance powers available to state intelligence agencies. Apple has warned that it would rather stop offering iMessage and FaceTime services in the U.K.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 22, 2020

Just yesterday I tweeted that the COVID-19 situation was going to finally make large-scale video surveillance endemic to our society. Governments and various industries have been trying to do this for a long time, but they’ve been opposed on the grounds of protecting freedom and privacy. The Real Internet of Things, January 2017.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Google has removed an app from the Play Store that was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. Google has removed the app NEXTA LIVE ( com.moonfair.wlkm ) from the official Play Store because it was used by the Belarusian government to spy on anti-government protesters. site (89.223.89[.]47).”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Australia’s Defense Department announced that they will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms linked to the government of Beijing. Australia’s Defense Department is going to replace surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, who are linked to the government of Beijing.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 27, 2023

A little-known Russian-speaking cyber-espionage group has been linked to a new politically-motivated surveillance campaign targeting high-ranking government officials, telecom services, and public service infrastructures in Tajikistan.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

One of the Apple iOS zero-day flaws exploited by the NSO group was also used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2023

The post CCTV Remote Surveillance Guide: Benefits of Remote Monitoring appeared first on Security Boulevard. There are multiple ways that CCTV remote monitoring can benefit construction companies and property owners. Protection Against Crime In many scenarios, visible.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The United Arab Emirates denied reports that the popular mobile app ToTok was used as part of a government massive surveillance program. According to a report recently published by the New York Times , the popular app ToTok was used by the UAE government as a surveillance tool. SecurityAffairs – ToTok, surveillance).

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And, since Apple and Google serve as intermediaries in the delivery of these push notifications this puts them in “a unique position to facilitate government surveillance of how users are using particular apps, “ wrote Senator Wyden.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

The Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream is allegedly shutting down its operations after Citizen Lab and Microsoft uncovered their spyware. Last week Citizen Lab researchers reported that at least five civil society members were victims of spyware and exploits developed by the Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream. and 14.4.2,

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 10, 2020

Special Services Group, a company that sells surveillance tools to the FBI, DEA, ICE, and other US government agencies, has had its secret sales brochure published. The Tombstone Cam is our newest video concealment offering the ability to conduct remote surveillance operations from cemeteries," one section of the Black Book reads.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, the researchers attributed a combined total of 48 out of 58 zero-day vulnerabilities to commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) and government espionage actors, while 10 zero-day flaws were attributed to financially motivated actors. ” continues the report.

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Dark Reading

MARCH 29, 2023

Google TAG researchers reveal two campaigns against iOS, Android, and Chrome users that demonstrate how the commercial surveillance market is thriving despite government-imposed limits.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2022

Report by Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology published a comprehensive report on the surprising amount of mass surveillance conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The post Ubiquitous Surveillance by ICE appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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