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Satellites are critical infrastructure and need to be cybersecured

March 29, 2022 0 Comments AT&T, cisa, communication, dsn, NASA, nb65, patchmanagement, rocosmos, satcom, Satellites, shields up, spacex, starlink, viasat, Vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:27:03 +0000

Satellites have become a main link in communications, and given some recent events it has become clear why we consider them to be critical infrastructure.

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Independent Krebs

Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

August 27, 2019 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, Andy Greenberg, AT&T, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, Google Voice, Nicholas Truglia, robocalls, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:43:58 +0000

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptick in SIM-swapping attacks that lead to multi-million dollar cyberheists. If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone service, think again. And you’d be forgiven if you assumed the major wireless carriers or federal regulators had their hands firmly on the wheel.

Security Sophos

More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders

August 8, 2019 0 Comments AT&T, bug bounties, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hackerone, insider threats, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Muhammad Fahd, phone unlocking, unlocked phones, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:28:54 +0000

The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5KmgBCGFT2U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Changing California’s privacy law: A snapshot at the support and opposition

July 25, 2019 0 Comments AB 1416, AB 1564, AB 25, AB 846, AB 873, ACLU of California, amazon, AT&T, Autumn Burke, Big Tech, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, deidentified, Ed Chau, EFF, facebook, Google, Internet Association, Jacqui Irwin, Ken Cooley, loyalty program, Marc Berman, Microsoft, personal information, Privacy, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Technet

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:59:59 +0000

Before the California Senate returns from its summer recess, we look at the authors, supporters, opponents, and donors involved in an extended fight to change California’s privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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Privacy

Tags: AB 1416 AB 1564 AB 25 AB 846 AB 873 ACLU of California amazon AT&T Autumn Burke Big Tech California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA deidentified Ed Chau EFF facebook Google Internet Association Jacqui Irwin Ken Cooley loyalty program Marc Berman microsoft personal information Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson Technet