Tech Republic Security

APRIL 14, 2020

One tech company is harnessing artificial intelligence, thermal imaging, and real-time surveillance data to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. However, serious privacy questions remain.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 23, 2024

They called on the industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across social media platforms. European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

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Threatpost

JANUARY 10, 2018

The debate over the government's authority to access private encrypted data on digital devices was amplified when the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray called unbreakable encryption an 'urgent public safety issue.'.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 8, 2022

More than three-quarters of police and emergency responders worry about ransomware attacks and data leaks, while their organizations lag behind in technology adoption.

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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 12, 2024

Stanford University says the personal information of 27,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack impacting its Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) network. [.]

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Schneier on Security

JULY 15, 2022

Currently, the police can only request historical footage from private cameras related to specific times and locations, rather than blanket monitoring.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As public and private spaces are opening up, the need for a converged approach to cybersecurity and physical security is essential, as is integration with health measures and tech.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 27, 2022

Good essay arguing that open-source software is a critical national-security asset and needs to be treated as such: Open source is at least as important to the economy, public services, and national security as proprietary code, but it lacks the same standards and safeguards.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Nearly 100,000 ICS devices have been found open to the public Internet, potentially threatening physical safety globally. Here's how to quantify the risk.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 11, 2024

More than 4 million school records, including safety procedures, student medical files, and court documents, were also publicly accessible online.

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Holiday Online Shopping Safety Tips IdentityIQ The holiday shopping season is quickly approaching and will be gone before you know it. Here are five crucial holiday online shopping safety tips and answers to common questions that will get you ready for a safe shopping season. 5 Holiday Online Shopping Safety Tips 1.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

Motorola Solutions has created a Public Safety Threat Alliance, a cyberthreat intelligence-sharing hub aimed at improving public safety in the community. ISAOs allow. The post Motorola Creates Hub for Sharing Cyberthreat Intelligence appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2023

From public school districts to higher education and everywhere in between, malicious actors are chomping at the bit to get ahold of student data. Of course, hackers are just one part […] The post A Comprehensive Guide to K-12 Cybersecurity and Safety appeared first on ManagedMethods.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

APRIL 18, 2024

However, as AI systems become more complex and powerful, ensuring their safety becomes increasingly critical. In a ground-breaking move towards enhancing AI safety, MLCommons, an open collaboration-focused Artificial Intelligence engineering consortium, has unveiled the MLCommons AI Safety v0.5 Why is the MLCommons AI Safety v0.5

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will act as a collaborative platform where both public sector and private sector leading organizations will provide guidance on standards and methods in the development of trustworthy AI.

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InfoWorld on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meta has introduced Purple Llama, a project dedicated to creating open-source tools for developers to evaluate and boost the trustworthiness and safety of generative AI models before they are used publicly. Meta emphasized the need for collaborative efforts in ensuring AI safety, stating that AI challenges cannot be tackled in isolation.

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Google Security

MARCH 4, 2024

In this post, we share our perspective on memory safety in a comprehensive whitepaper. This paper delves into the data, challenges of tackling memory unsafety, and discusses possible approaches for achieving memory safety and their tradeoffs. Since then, memory safety risks have grown more obvious.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

The query centered on the obligation of governments regarding the vulnerabilities they discover and utilize for intelligence and espionage, especially in the context of public safety. This conversation took us on a […] The post Ethics of Cyber Security: To Disclose or Not? appeared first on VERITI.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

After the encryption algorithm used by public safety, military, and governments globally was found to allow eavesdropping, standard maintainers are making TETRA open source.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 14, 2021

The topic is “Decrypting the encryption debate: How to ensure public safety with a privacy-preserving and secure Internet?” This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’ll be part of a European Internet Forum virtual debate on June 17, 2021.

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Dark Reading

JULY 14, 2022

Vulnerability will remain a "significant" threat for years to come and highlighted the need for more public and private sector support for open source software ecosystem, Cyber Safety Review Board says.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis wrote an essay outlining a new social contract for the cyber age: The United States needs a new social contract for the digital age — one that meaningfully alters the relationship between public and private sectors and proposes a new set of obligations for each.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The recent publication Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software by the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) provides additional detail and strategic direction supporting the National Cybersecurity Strategy released in March 2023.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 3, 2018

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is holding hearings on IoT risks: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, Commission, or we) will conduct a public hearing to receive information from all interested parties about potential safety issues and hazards associated with internet-connected consumer products.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In this post, I will show you 5 safety tips when connecting to Wi-Fi overseas. Today, due to the widespread availability of WI-FI, the majority of restaurants, hotels, and shopping centers, provide their clients with free access to public networks. Access to the internet nowadays is more crucial than ever, especially when traveling.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This incident bears notable resemblance to an attack that occurred just last month affecting London's Metropolitan Police, raising concerns over UK cybersecurity safeguards for public safety.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 20, 2022

Senator Markey’s letter contains a request for updates regarding the steps Ring has taken “to remove private policing agencies from its Neighbors Public Safety Service (NPSS), reduce the potential for its products to be misused in harmful ways, and protect individuals’ right to privacy.” Matthew Guariglia, EFF.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 14, 2023

Adopting these recommendations will help SMBs and public-sector agencies that must deal with the same questions of network security and data safety as their larger cousins, but without the same resources.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It was reassuring to know that the safety of drinking water wasn’t compromised, thanks to swift action and existing safeguards. They highlight a glaring vulnerability in our critical infrastructure that affects public safety and trust. Take, for instance, the recent infiltration of a Pennsylvania water facility.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

The physical safety of things like airbags, rearview mirrors, and brakes is well accounted for; yet cybersecurity auto safety concerns are rising to the fore. What used to be a focus on physical safety has now shifted to cybersecurity due to the widened attack surface that connected cars present.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

based Intrado — until last year known as West Safety Communications — a provider of 911 and emergency communications infrastructure, systems and services to telecommunications companies and public safety agencies throughout the country. Intrado did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Adam Shostack

MAY 6, 2021

Apple has released (or I’ve just come across) a document Device and Data Access when Personal Safety is At Risk. 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.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 4, 2022

And the business unit of Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary last week made the announcement, as it achieved 65% success in surpassing memory safety flaws. Android 13, released to the public in August this year, has been written in the new code of RUST programming language, an alternative to C/C++.

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Graham Cluley

JULY 14, 2023

A federal grand jury has indicted a former employee of a contractor operating a California town's wastewater treatment facility, alleging that he remotely turned off critical systems and could have endangered public health and safety. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 27, 2024

The auto industry fought calls for federal auto safety rules and requirements for decades, arguing that driver error and unsafe roads were responsible for accidents, not their vehicles. Since then, the auto industry’s tune on vehicle safety has done a 180 degree turn. Vehicle safety? million minor injuries, and $8.5

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week. But while the technical failures and omissions in Uber's self-driving car program are shocking, the NTSB investigation also highlights safety failures that include the vehicle operator's lapses, lax corporate governance of the project, and limited public oversight.

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