eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

“This activity continues China’s pattern of exploiting internet-facing devices, especially those used for managed security purposes (e.g. “First, they are accessible to the internet, and if the attacker has an exploit, they can gain access to a network without requiring any victim interaction,” the researchers wrote.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The scary part of the story is that a private surveillance firm was aware of the zero-day flaw since at least two years and is actively exploiting the SimJacker vulnerability to spy on mobile users in several countries. Billions of users at risk appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2022

Two bills attempting to reduce the power of Internet monopolies are currently being debated in Congress: S. 2710, the Open App Markets Act. Reducing the power to tech monopolies would do more to “fix” the Internet than any other single action, and I am generally in favor of them both. ” Sec.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 21, 2021

In a statement to journalists, Apple officials argued that the company has worked with security experts outside of the company, which has resulted in the iPhone being “the safest, most secure consumer mobile device on the market.” They also looked to tamp down concern that the Pegasus situation is a widespread problem.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Risk Level. This includes internet bills, cell phone plans, Microsoft Office subscriptions, payments to Managed Service Providers (MSPs), laptops, monitors, servers, and more. Building security and fobs; Video surveillance equipment; Conference room systems (e.g., power, phone line, internet connection).

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Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2022

The latest Sysrv variant scans the Internet for web servers that have security holes offering opportunities such as path traversal, remote file disclosure, and arbitrary file download bugs. That’s a big perk given the unrest in cryptocurrency markets at the time of writing. In some cases it may be better to take them offline.

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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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DoublePulsar

APRIL 20, 2023

Off the back of that piece, Capita still failed to issue any update to markets or investors, failed to acknowledge ransomware, failed to acknowledge the link to Black Basta, ignored the problem for a week, and then tried to pretend to press that data leaked by the ransomware group may be “public domain”.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. The risks of stalkerware can go beyond the online sphere and enter the physical world. Stalkerware is software that is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 14, 2020

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., At the same time, consumers are deeply concerned with how their data is collected and used.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We are both under constant surveillance and are competing for star rankings. A lot has been written about AIs as existential risk. Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. Manipulation is the other business model of the Internet. This is how the Internet works. This is nothing new.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to lightbulbs to major appliances­ -- to the internet at breakneck speeds. This is the Internet of Things, and it's a security nightmare. But like nearly all innovation, there are risks involved.

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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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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Apple last week announced new security features specifically intended to offer “specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.”. Flip phones are not totally immune from government surveillance and action either.).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. Internet balkanization will lead to more diverse (and localized) behavior tracking market and checks on cross-border data transfer.

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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. ” [6]. While localisation does offer some protections (i.e.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 29, 2019

On December 11, 2018, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) released its final report “Democracy Under Threat: Risks and Solutions in the Era of Disinformation and Data Monopoly” The Report calls for increased regulation on the Internet.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

eSecurity Planet spoke with Aarti Dhapte, senior research analyst at Market Research Future , to understand how big the passkey market is, what technical challenges it faces, and what the security, legal, and ethical implications are that affect the sector. The passkey market size in 2021 was $158.7 The Natural Log-in Evolution.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Did you know that the commercial drone market is one of the fastest and most innovative sectors of the IoT? According to Drone Industry Insights, the drone market reached a total value of $22.5 Market leaders. billion last year. By 2025, this figure is expected to exceed $42 billion. Protect devices, identity and data.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. He's not formally trained in marketing, or multimedia. Yeah, in marketing In Video editing and in IT security as well. What does live overflow think of people marketing themselves for particular skills and whatnot.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 2, 2021

Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. He's not formally trained in marketing, or multimedia. Yeah, in marketing In Video editing and in IT security as well. What does live overflow think of people marketing themselves for particular skills and whatnot.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Because remote attacks on the internet are similar in nature — an attacker can instantly “travel” to any “door” in order to attempt a theft. To reduce the risk of a burglar who can teleport, we can (a) make our keys harder to forge and our locks harder to pick, or (b) stop the burglar from being able to teleport.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Defenders, meanwhile, have to guard everything all of the time, and most organizations have many more Internet pathways than they even know about, much less are taking steps to defend.” CyCognito’s bot network actively crawls the Internet identifying and mapping all exposed IP assets, fingerprinting each asset. I’ll keep watching.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2022

Digital Markets Act (Expected late 2022). The Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to enable open and fair digital and data markets by fostering competition. The increasing use of the Internet of Things or connected and automated vehicles among many other growing technologies, offer many benefits but also pose challenges.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

One is the issue of insecure data privacy, which can occur due to improper data scrubbing, data storage, and data sharing on the internet, which can expose individuals to malicious misuse of their personal data. It focuses on emotion, behavior, age, voice, and gender recognition to provide surveillance and security solutions.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. Mirai takedown the Internet. Amazon) taken down were just massive collateral damage.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes. There’s a strong market in secondhand computing devices. You can read our analysis of a new adware program called Convuster here. Secondhand news.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 19, 2024

Now front pages are splashed with stories of social platforms’ role in misinformation , business conspiracy , malfeasance , and risks to mental health. 1: Advertising The role advertising plays in the internet arose more by accident than anything else. This has been true for social media, and it will similarly hold true for AI.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

” In previous decades, the internet itself was considered an electronic frontier. ” When he and others founded the internet’s most important civil liberties organization, they called it the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Many internet companies have behaved in exactly the same way since the dot-com boom.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2023

“Any such legislation should prevent manufacturers and software publishers with market power from fully disclaiming liability by contract, and establish higher standards of care for software in specific high-risk scenarios,” the strategy explains. based semiconductor manufacturing and research and to make the U.S.

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