Adam Shostack

MAY 6, 2021

What you share, and whom you share it with, is up to you — including the decision to make changes to better protect your information or personal safety. Defending against attackers who are both authorized and “interface-bound” is a weird problem for information security, as traditionally defined.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If your company is going to be processing Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and already meets the NIST 800-171 control requirements, there is one way for you to get a head start on your CMMC compliance journey - a Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment (JSVA). What is a JSVA?” How do I get scheduled for a JSVA?”

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Nexa Technologies was indicted for complicity in acts of torture, the French firm is accused of having sold surveillance equipment to the Egypt. Nexa Technologies offers a range of solutions for homeland security, including surveillance solutions. ” reported the website LeMonde. ” continues Télérama.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 19, 2019

Even police states like East Germany, where one in seven citizens was an informer, were not able to keep tabs on their entire population. But the infrastructure of total surveillance is everywhere the same, and everywhere being deployed at scale. Today computers have given us that power.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 12, 2023

No surprise, but Google just changed its privacy policy to reflect broader uses of all the surveillance data it has captured over the years: Research and development : Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 22, 2020

In other words, I think we can predict the future of technology through a strong understanding of what humans ultimately want as a species. Just yesterday I tweeted that the COVID-19 situation was going to finally make large-scale video surveillance endemic to our society. The Real Internet of Things, January 2017.

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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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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 Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

According to a report published by Reuters, an Israeli surveillance software was used to spy on senior officials in the European Commission. The report did not attribute the attacks to a specific threat actor or did not reveal what information was obtained following the compromise of the victims’ devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Schools in the US have been using surveillance software to keep an eye on their students, and such software has grown significantly in popularity since the COVD-19 pandemic closed campuses nationwide. In fact, they worry that such surveillance could backfire. Source: The CDT).

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

Google announced that starting from August it will update its policies to reject ads proposed by organizations offering surveillance software. The move aims at fighting the advertising of any form of surveillance. Google wants to halt the use of ads for technology that could allow monitoring a person’s online activity (i.e.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 6, 2023

AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. Numerous risks are inherent in the technologies that all organizations use. The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

Back in 2008, a whistle-blower identifies a vulnerability in Cisco video surveillance software, but the tech giant continued to sell the software to US agencies until July 2013. Cisco finally addressed the flaws in 2013 and stopped selling Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) in 2014. Cisco is going to pay $8.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 5, 2024

The surveillance software was also used to spy on U.S. Surveillance software was misused by foreign actors in attacks aimed at dissidents and journalists around the world. Predator spyware is known for its extensive data-stealing and surveillance capabilities. government officials, journalists, and policy experts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The European Union this week agreed to tighten up rules for the sale and export of dual-use technology. European Parliament votes to tighten up rules for the sale and export of surveillance and encryption technology. The term “ dual-use ” refers to technology that can be used for both peaceful and military aims.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Like something out of Black Mirror, two students have demonstrated a way to use smart glasses and facial recognition technology to immediately reveal people’s names, phone numbers, and addresses. And as if it wasn’t creepy enough already, it only takes a few seconds before that information shows up on the user’s phone.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

Amazon, IBM and now Microsoft ban the sale of facial recognition technology to police departments and are urging for federal laws to regulate its use. Microsoft is joining Amazon and IBM when it comes to halting the sale of facial recognition technology to police departments. ” reads the Amazon’s announcement.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 4, 2023

We investigate the consequences of referencing non-existent legal cases, the lawyer’s claim of […] The post Netflix Cracks Down on Password Sharing, AI Legal Research Gone Wrong, Fake Identities and Surveillance Firms appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The regulator found so many flaws in the retailer’s surveillance program that it concluded Rite Aid had failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores. It failed to monitor or test the accuracy of the technology after deployment.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2022

Yet another method of surveillance : Radar can detect you moving closer to a computer and entering its personal space. All this rich radar information helps it better guess if you are indeed about to start an interaction with the device, and what the type of engagement might be. […]. These technologies are coming.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 21, 2021

The post CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Chloé Berthélémy ‘New Police Surveillance Technologies: Combatting The Science Fiction Collectively – A Civil Society Perspective’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The latest report published by Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), titled “ Buying Spying, an in-depth report with our insights into Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSVs )”, warns of the rise of commercial spyware vendors and the risks to free speech, the free press, and the open internet. ” concludes Google.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

It doesn’t take much extrapolation from today’s technologies to envision AIs that will plan trips for you, negotiate on your behalf or act as therapists and life coaches. This is surveillance capitalism , and AI is shaping up to be part of it. Phone apps collect and sell your data. Is your AI agent secretly a double agent?

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Schneier on Security

MAY 16, 2018

The New York Times is reporting about a company called Securus Technologies that gives police the ability to track cell phone locations without a warrant: The service can find the whereabouts of almost any cellphone in the country within seconds.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 7, 2024

Predator can turn infected smartphones into surveillance devices. Nelson said: “Today’s actions represent a tangible step forward in discouraging the misuse of commercial surveillance tools, which increasingly present a security risk to the United States and our citizens.”

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

From the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 to the Clean Air Act of 1963 and the public-private revolution in airline safety in the 1990s, the United States has made important adjustments following profound changes in the economy and technology. Or the surveillance capitalists, for that matter. Good essay — worth reading in full.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 29, 2024

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a month dedicated to educating individuals and organizations about the importance of safeguarding their online information. Cybersecurity themes are woven throughout the story, focusing on information control and digital manipulation. – Joe Grassl, Security Consultant II 3.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

Last week, the Somerville City Council expressed a unanimous vote (11-0) to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology. The technology represents a serious threat to citizens’ privacy. In May, San Francisco was the first city in the US to ban facial recognition technology. ” reported the AP press agency.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2022

Fraser Sampson, the Commissioner for Bio-metrics and Surveillance Cameras, wrote a detailed report to Micheal Grave, the Cabinet Minister, over the dominance of Chinese companies in the supply and deployment of surveillance equipment in Britain.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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SecureList

JUNE 16, 2021

Creates a log file named ‘nfo’ with information as shown below (time of the implant’s initiation and its execution path). <br><mark>Hello: The WHOIS information of the malicious domains showed that Ferocious Kitten used Iranian hosting services such as Pardaz IT or Farasat IT Group.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. broadband providers, potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests.” ” reported the WSJ.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Apple has filed suit to ban the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies from using its product and services. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. 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.

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