February 2020 – Page 22 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:55:06 +0000

After making it through a criminal investigation and political impeachment unscathed, Trump now has free rein to invite election interference and more.

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Researchers transmit data covertly by altering screen brightness

February 7, 2020 0 Comments air gapped, air-gapping, ben-gurion university of the negev, lcd pixels, optical covert channel, pixel density, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:02:41 +0000

Researchers have retrieved data from a disconnected computer by altering its LCD’s pixel density just enough for a camera to pick it up.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/057xpJvNRZ0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

February 7, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, CFAA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, DCMA, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, first amendment, Google, hiQ Labs, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Instagram, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wacom driver caught monitoring third-party software use

February 7, 2020 0 Comments data collection, Google, Google Analytics, Privacy, privacy policy, wacom

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:22:06 +0000

Graphics tablet company Wacom can collect data unconnected to its products, such as which applications users open on their computers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/x2JzRp08MfM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cybercrooks busted for multimillion-dollar identity fraud

February 7, 2020 0 Comments australia, cryptocurrency, cybercrime squad, data loss, emily walker, financial data, identity theft, jason lees, Law & order, Money Laundering, new south wales, security threats, sydney

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:21:30 +0000

Organizations were attacked for employees’ data, including names, addresses and birthdates used to set up hundreds of bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fdxyW-Y19KM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Visionary security partners to be honored at the very first Microsoft Security 20/20 event

February 7, 2020 0 Comments Azure Security, cybersecurity, Microsoft 365

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:00:13 +0000

Microsoft Security 20/20 will put the spotlight on companies and individuals with a clear-eyed view of the security challenges we face and smart integrated solutions to help solve them.

The post Visionary security partners to be honored at the very first Microsoft Security 20/20 event appeared first on Microsoft Security .

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Why secure your IoT Devices?

February 6, 2020 0 Comments Home Security, IoT, Security

Credit to Author: Sachin Bobade| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:45:22 +0000

Introduction to IoT This blog describes one of the current disruptive technologies in the market, i.e. IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The Internet of things (IoT) is the Internet of connected physical devices, vehicles, appliances and everyday objects that can collect & share information without any intervention. Due to IoT…

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U.S. Air Force to pilot blockchain-based database for data sharing

February 6, 2020 0 Comments Blockchain, Emerging Technology, Government IT, graph databases, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:23:00 -0800

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is planning to test a blockchain-based graph database that will allow it to share documents internally as well as throughout the various branches of the Department of Defense and allied governments.

The permissioned blockchain ledger comes from a small Winston-Salem, N.C. start-up, Fluree PBC, which announced the government contract this week. Fluree is working with Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research AFWERX technology innovation program to launch a proof of concept of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) later this year.

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