Collaborate Disseminate
Could California Senate Bill 1001 deal a blow to bots? California has certainly taken the lead when it comes to data privacy and internet security. There has been a lot of chatter surrounding California’s Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and its i… Continue reading The Problem With Bots and What To Do About Them
L0rdix is a multipurpose remote access tool (RAT) that was first discovered being sold on underground criminal forums in November 2018. Shortly after its discovery, Ben Hunter of enSilo analysed the RAT’s functionality. Although L0rdix’s author s… Continue reading An Analysis of L0rdix RAT, Panel and Builder
On June 24, the Washington Post came up with a simple solution for the ransomware problem that is plaguing the U.S. critical infrastructure in general, and municipalities in particular. The Post opined that the solution to malicious ransomware was for… Continue reading Criminalize Ransomware Payment? A Bad Solution for a Bad Problem
Google gives contractors access to your voice. And now, recordings made secretly by Google have leaked. About 15% weren’t even meant for Google.
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Problems have arisen for the London Metropolitan Police face recognition program, and more specifically, for the organization’s testing facilities, of same. Via reportage by Matt Burgess, this scenario is particularly troublesome for a law enforcement… Continue reading Metropolitan London Police: Face Identity Recognition Tests Proven Fatally Flawed
Avast has blocked more than 4.6 million attempts to send users to malicious sites so far this year in Brazil, part of a cybercrime ploy to hijack traffic away from websites that include Netflix and large banks.
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Hand-written espionage documents, declassified files, and a century’s worth of secret communications and never before seen artifacts can now be spied for the very first time at a London Science Museum exhibit co-sponsored by Avast. Top Secret: Fr… Continue reading Top secrets revealed in new exhibit at London Science Museum | Avast
The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill that aims to protect New York residents, regardless of the location of the business. The law, known as the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act is designed to address unautho… Continue reading New York Passes a Law that Further Expands Cyber Protection
FBI and DHS ICE “misusing” drivers’ license photos to catch crims. Privacy advocates are apoplectic.
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Pretty horrible story of a US journalist who had his computer and phone searched at the border when returning to the US from Mexico. After I gave him the password to my iPhone, Moncivias spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and ema… Continue reading US Journalist Detained When Returning to US