Collaborate Disseminate
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 11, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode was hosted… Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – MyHeritage Data Breach, Facebook’s Data Sharing Partnership, Apple iOS 12 and macOS Updates
By Waqas
Scandal Alert— Facebook Partnered with 60+ Device Makers Including Smartphone
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This week there was another FBI scandal. This one was on how the FBI massively overinflated the numbers of phones they needed access to in order to “protect the nation.” For some time now, they’ve been arguing that they need to be abl… Continue reading The FBI Makes Accidental Argument for Why We Should All Be on Blackberry Phones
While I wandered through RSA today, a song came to mind. You might recognize it, especially if you wore a lot of black clothes in the 1980s. Its Panic. RSA 2018 is all about panic. Enjoy my new lyrics to this Smiths song. Panic on the streets of … Continue reading RSA 2018 – Panic
After its epic smartphone failure, BlackBerry is determined to fend off competitors in automotive. Continue reading Inside BlackBerry’s Push to Dominate the Security Market for Autonomous Cars
Multiple security firms recently identified cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive as the top malicious threat to Web users, thanks to the tendency for Coinhive’s computer code to be used on hacked Web sites to steal the processing power of its visitors’ devices. This post looks at how Coinhive vaulted to the top of the threat list less than a year after its debut, and explores clues about the possible identities of the individuals behind the service. Continue reading Who and What Is Coinhive?
Earlier this month, the FBI arrested the CEO of Phantom Secure, a company allegedly providing encrypted phones to organized crime. Now, those in the secure device supply chain are trying to push criminals out. Continue reading Secure Phone Companies Clamp Down After Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Arrest
A cocaine bust has led to the indictment of five execs at “uncrackable” phone seller Phantom Secure. Continue reading Modified BlackBerrys sold to drug dealers, five indicted
Authorities have already arrested Vincent Ramos, Phantom Secure’s CEO. But the Department of Justice has indicted four other alleged Phantom associates, who are currently fugitives. Continue reading Four Alleged Associates of Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Encrypted Phone Company Are On the Run
For years, the oft-overlooked secure phone industry, sometimes linked to organized crime, has been pushing its wares on Instagram, with one account linked to Phantom Secure posting images of weapons, drugs, and bundles of cash. Continue reading ‘Snitches Get Stitches’: How Secure Phones for Criminals Are Sold on Instagram