CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2022

From now on, Canadian businesses will be required to report any kind of digital assaults within 72 hours under a new law introduced early this week. Coming to ransomware payments, there was a 25% increase in such attacks exceeding USD $1 million on average. Note- Ransomware is a kind of malware that encrypts files until a ransom is paid.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 19, 2019

Because our laws frame privacy as an individual right, we don't have a mechanism for deciding whether we want to live in a surveillance society. Ambient privacy is particularly hard to protect where it extends into social and public spaces outside the reach of privacy law. That is not consent. But his framing is really cogent.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2021

But the laws are applicable more to the native companies operating in the Republic of China than those operating on foreign shores. . The new Data Security law specifically hits companies that mishandle core state data and can hit violators with heavy penalties- up to 10 million Yuan or $1.6m And if found guilty i.e

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

Going deep into the details, Lior Div, the CEO of Cybereason confirmed the incident and tagged the espionage as a threat to national security and stated that such state sponsored espionage operations make customer lose trust on the telecom operators.

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Hacking Media Software Government 143

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2022

Intellexa is an Israeli surveillance firm founded by Israeli entrepreneur Tal Dilian, it offers surveillance and hacking solution to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Leaked documents show the surveillance firm Intellexa offering exploits for iOS and Android devices for $8 Million.

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Surveillance Spyware Mobile Hacking 134

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Android 14 developer preview highlights multiple security improvements One in nine online stores are leaking your data, says study New ESXiArgs encryption routine outmaneuvers recovery methods TrickBot gang members sanctioned after pandemic ransomware attacks Update now!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The fine, related to how children are safeguarded on the app, is the result of a possible breach of the UK’s data protection laws. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a statement , which refers to TikTok potentially breaching UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The suit contains arguments that Facebook’s now-defunct photo-tagging feature illegally collected data about Texan people’s faces, including those who are non-Facebook users but were tagged by someone who is, without asking for consent. Paxton filed the lawsuit on Monday in the state’s Harrison County District Court.

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Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Technology Media 103

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Adoption of facial recognition technology is fast gaining momentum, with law enforcement and security use cases leading the way. Many of these photos are tagged with the identity of the people in them. Related: Drivers behind facial recognition boom. Like any technology, facial recognition is a double edged sword.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2021

Highly placed sources say that Ragnarok that also involved in double extortion tactics shut its doors because of the constant surveillance of the law enforcement agencies of west. In a month or so, a special task force linked to UK’s NCSC was about to track down the criminals to their headquarters.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Many of Flipper Zero's features blur the line between legal and illegal hacking, but anyone from my generation (the same ones who might've watched Flipper reruns on TV) remembers that hacking used to mean more than just breaking the law in the pursuit of money, IP theft, or just fame in your local hacker community. Were we breaking the law?

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Hacking Wireless Cybersecurity Media 104

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

state of Delaware, where it is registered, an omission which could violate state law,” Reuters reported. In a blog post responding to the Reuters story, Pushwoosh said it is a privately held company incorporated under the state laws of Delaware, USA, and that Pushwoosh Inc. Pushwoosh employees posing at a company laser tag event.

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Mobile Malware Technology Government 237

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 10, 2023

said Musk, by directly tagging the same to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg. Their concern is regarding the development of AI robots to be used in the medical field and the use of AI-propelled Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) that could indulge in mass murders of innocent populace.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It should cover both structured and unstructured data, tagging it based on its level of sensitivity and making it easier to find, track, and safeguard. Applying persistent classification tags to data is essential and allows your organizations to track their use. Identify & assess compliance obligations.

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Unstructured Data Risk Education Marketing 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Traditional approaches to data classification use manual tagging which is labor-intensive, error-prone, and not easily scalable. CipherTrust DDC is pre-built with more than 250 infotypes (entities), covering the vast majority of regional and global data privacy laws and regulations.

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Unstructured Data Data privacy Healthcare Banking 83

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What laws should I be aware of? Recital 30 of the GDPR outlines how a person may be associated with online identifiers their devices and apps provide, such as IP addresses, cookie identifiers and identification tags. Cookies store a variety of data, some of which constitutes personal information. Performing regular cookie scanning.

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Advertising 121

Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2022

Time was once again taken up for law enforcement while they put out alerts warning people away from the non-existent event. November 2021 : Law enforcement warned of a scam originating outside the US , targeting vendors in the Hendersonville, North Carolina region.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In December 2021, the company’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared the actions it took to disrupt the operations of the Glupteba botnet and announced it has filed a case in the Southern District of New York against its operators. ” continues the court order.

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Cybercrime IoT Cryptocurrency Malware 97

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2020

.”Previous court cases indicate that similar operations to BellTroX have contracted through a murky set of contractual, payment, and information sharing layers that may include law firms and private investigators and which allow clients a degree of deniability and distance.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

Following the attacks of the Killnet Collective, the group responsible for the attacks against major government resources and law enforcement, a new group has been identified called “Cyber Spetsnaz”.

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Adam Levin

JULY 2, 2018

If you know anyone who maintains social media accounts and works in law enforcement, and they don’t use an alias, send them this article. Doxing predates social media, having long been used by law enforcement to track down suspects (mostly minus the publication part with the exception of wanted posters and the like).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Experts noticed that the malware also prevent remote access by blocking the following ports used by the above gateways: In July, Netlab experts helped law enforcement to identify and arrest the alleged author of the Mozi bot. The capabilities to target Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE gateways allow the bot to increase its resistance to takedown.

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IoT DNS Manufacturing Passwords 87

Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

There is now no easy way to tell at a glance if what you’re looking at is (for example) the real Lady Gaga, a law enforcement agency, an emergency alert system, or anything else. Even so: a "verified" fake New York Times account, tagged as the real deal by a verification confirmation checking browser extension.

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Accountability Cryptocurrency Government Scams 85

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Enter the tagged VLAN and the largest debate surrounding VLANs: Is it better to work with a tagged or an untagged VLAN setup? Tagged VLANs are best for larger organizations that need stricter traffic and security controls over more complex, higher volume, and different types of network traffic. Also read: What is a VLAN?

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Network Security Cybersecurity Technology Ransomware 108

Malwarebytes

APRIL 12, 2021

In a whitepaper entitled “Ransom Mafia – Analysis of the World’s First Ransomware Cartel” , DiMaggio and his team aimed to provide an analytical assessment on whether there is indeed a ransomware cartel, or if indications there might be was just something the ransomware gangs fabricated to distract researchers and law enforcement.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There is no indication how much data has been stolen, but the listing mentions “Private, personal data, clients documents, passports, ID, etc” The proposed publication date for some or all of these files should demands not be met is currently tagged as December 27. Keeping ransomware at bay.

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Ransomware Backups Cyber Insurance Encryption 84

Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This was likely because they wanted to evade the attention of law enforcement, and the kind of attention that being associated with ransomware brings. Then they would rely on traditional law enforcement methodologies to go after these groups. Importantly, don’t tag it to an individual by name. Why did you say that?

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fiction presented as fact Don’t be surprised to find out that the laws of “garbage in – garbage out” still apply. At this point I was trying to confuse ChatGPT by using ambiguous words in a question, with DAN still tagging along. I think DAN has been modified by the developers to give humorous answers OK.

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Banking Artificial Intelligence VPN Engineering 88

SC Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

The average price tag for downtime is just over $274,000. The IT team is continuing to investigate with support from the FBI and local law enforcement. And as attacks become more complex, ransom demands have rapidly expanded. However, much of its IT system remains offline.

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Ransomware Computers and Electronics Backups Media 118

Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cyber security vs. The laws of physics What I find fascinating is the link between cyber security and the fundamental laws of physics. Even at the “special discounted price” of $40k (no, we didn’t buy it) it would be a useful tool for a motivated malicious threat actor. There are positives and negatives of course.

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Computers and Electronics Risk Technology Manufacturing 113

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

They go as far as to suggest that enterprises should act beyond the law. It’s a recipe for manufacturing IoT devices that are too easy to compromise, which is something only governments can solve with strict laws and regulations. What does this mean? However, this attitude might lead to a very serious vulnerability. Irregular Updates.

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IoT Cybersecurity Manufacturing Internet 137

Security Boulevard

JUNE 21, 2021

It's a simple question of math and Moore's Law. For many applications, 56-bits is the maximum, as they use the remaining 8-bits for tags. It's not about the size of computations, but when CPUs will need more than 64-bits to address all the memory future computers will have.

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Mobile Technology Marketing 68

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Additionally, dashboards share data about threat names, any relevant reference URLs, tags, adversary and malware families, and attack IDs. Spamhaus has a secure ROKSO LEA portal that law enforcement agencies can use to more securely access classified records about spam operations.

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Internet Internet Cybersecurity Malware 95

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 1, 2021

Bryan Sims is the latest HUMAN addition to the leadership team as the new General Council, bringing more than 20 years of experience in broad legal and business roles, including extensive international experience in publicly-traded companies and three Am Law 100 firms.

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Errata Security

JUNE 21, 2021

It's a simple question of math and Moore's Law. For many applications, 56-bits is the maximum, as they use the remaining 8-bits for tags. It's not about the size of computations, but when CPUs will need more than 64-bits to address all the memory future computers will have.

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Mobile Technology Marketing 48

SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2023

The dark web job market Most dark web employers offer semi-legal and illegal jobs, but there are ads with potentially legal job offers that comply with national laws. Sketchy employment arrangements can border on the illegal and sometimes go against the law. An example is creating IT learning courses.

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Cybercrime Marketing Encryption Risk 112

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

The slip up was enough for law enforcement to unravel a carefully constructed web of deception. And I’m not talking about services that can quote remove your buddy’s Instagram photos where you are tagged doing something Not Safe For Work. In my personal life, I'm not hiding from the law.

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