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The exception: drones being used in emergencies, such as fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and dealing with natural disasters. Continue reading US grounds Chinese-made drones as part of security review
The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen. Continue reading Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher
It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows. Continue reading Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
Back in 2016, President Obama expelled 35 Russians, and seized two Russian-owned properties. We were told it was retaliation for election interference—but was that the whole story?
The post Russia ‘Breached’ FBI Comms; Obama Waited 4 Years To Expel Sp… Continue reading Russia ‘Breached’ FBI Comms; Obama Waited 4 Years To Expel Spies
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 84 for September 2nd 2019: “Ghost click” Android apps found on the Google P… Continue reading Android “Ghost Click” Apps, New Apple Siri Privacy Protections, Credit Card Spying
The National Security Agency has started to lay the groundwork and select the leadership for its new Cybersecurity Directorate, which will be focused on fusing together signals intelligence with the agency’s cybersecurity protection mission, CyberScoop has learned. Neal Ziring, who most recently served as the NSA’s technical director for capabilities, will be the Cybersecurity Directorate’s technical director, an NSA spokesperson tells CyberScoop. Dave Frederick, the NSA’s chief of strategic counter cyber operations, will be the new deputy director, an NSA spokesperson said. In his most recent role, Ziring was responsible for acting as a liaison to both private industry and other government agencies. Ziring previously served as the technical director of the agency’s defensive operations directorate, the Information Assurance Directorate (IAD). Frederick was responsible for coordinating defensive and offensive cyber missions. NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone announced the new Cybersecurity Directorate earlier this week. It will be run by Anne […]
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Google says it’s fixed the issue, but we haven’t heard details on how many, and which, products were affected. Continue reading Used Nest cams were letting previous owners spy on you
The surprising U.K. government position which we referenced in our prior piece on Huawei being a national security proxy for China wasn’t supposed to have been public knowledge. The information concerning the April 23 government meeting was, according… Continue reading Huawei Fallout: UK Defence Minister Sacked Over Leak
By Ryan De Souza
The auto-delete feature will be available in the coming weeks. On Wednesday, Google announced that it will now allow users to automatically delete the old location history as well as web history that its services usually save. This wil… Continue reading Google will ‘auto-delete’ your location & web activity data
Smartphone surveillance has opened up an entirely new avenue of exposure for high-value enterprise information, forcing many security professionals to rethink how they see data. A different class of data, known as data in vicinity, encompasses this ne… Continue reading What is Data in Vicinity?