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AI and Microdirectives

Schneier on Security

Similar AI-powered systems are being used by retailers in Australia and the United Kingdom to identify shoplifters and provide real-time tailored alerts to employees or security personnel. China is experimenting with even more powerful forms of automated legal enforcement and targeted surveillance.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 453 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Fortinet warns of a spike in attacks against TBK DVR devices

Security Affairs

TBK Vision is a video surveillance company that provides network CCTV devices and other related equipment, including DVRs for the protection of critical infrastructure facilities. ” reads the advisory published by Fortinet.

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Cybersecurity Report: June 29, 2015

SiteLock

These files were said to derive from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of multiple French leaders. Almost Half of Leading Websites Fail Security and Privacy Tests.

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Privacy predictions 2022

SecureList

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. Even when the pandemic is over, the work-from-home culture might persist.

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European firm DSIRF behind the attacks with Subzero surveillance malware

Security Affairs

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) researchers linked a threat group known as Knotweed to an Austrian surveillance firm named DSIRF, known for using multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.