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A week in security (October 14 – 20)

October 21, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, amazon, dark web, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, facebook, facial recognition, Instagram, jackpot, jackpotting, kindle, Mark Zuckerberg, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, oracle, password, passwords, phish, phishing, phishing scam, Ransomware, Tor, tor browser, us customs and border enforcement, vpn, Vulnerabilities, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Android, biometrics, face ID, face unlock, facial recognition, Google, google pixel, Mobile, pixel 4, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:47:32 +0000

There’s a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AneJMxh1HJk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (October 7 – 13)

October 14, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, amazon, body cams, bots, chrome, cybersecurity, facial recognition, github, Google, ICE, insurance, insurance cybersecurity, managed service providers, multi-factor authentication, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, ncsam, police body cams, Security, Stalkerware, twitter, us immigration and customs enforcement, war shipping

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +0000

A look at the cybersecurity news from October 7 – 13, including updates on war shipping, managed service providers, and stalkerware.

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California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams

October 10, 2019 0 Comments ab1215, aclu, american civil liberties union, automatic facial recognition, biometrics, california, facial recognition, Law & order, phil ting, police bodycams, Privacy, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:40:29 +0000

The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bY53XoZiIlc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

October 8, 2019 0 Comments alicem, biometrics, cnil, digital identities, digital identity, facial recognition, france, GDPR, Government security, identity theft, la quadrature du net, Law & order, lqdn, national id card, passports, Privacy, tchap

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:36:10 +0000

It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dDDYjz1VwrY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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China’s 500 megapixel camera is capable of mega-facial-recognition

October 1, 2019 0 Comments 500mp, china, china social score, facial recognition, Government security, intelligence advanced research projects activity, Privacy, social credit score, social credit system, surveillance

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:31:34 +0000

The ‘super camera’ can identifying people dozens of meters away using facial recognition.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GeYEe_eqh_k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

September 26, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, face tagging, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, lawsuit, Machine Learning, magisto, photo tagging, Privacy, vimeo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world

September 23, 2019 0 Comments AI, aigs, aigs index, Artificial intelligence, carnegie endowment for international peace, china, Cisco, facial recognition, Government security, government surveillance, hikvision, Huawei, IBM, Law & order, Machine Learning, nec, palantir, Privacy, smart cities, spying, steven feldstein, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:47:38 +0000

It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mWK0Hr3l6MU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook expands use of face recognition

September 6, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:38:46 +0000

Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E2d_NAvFEnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash

September 3, 2019 0 Comments AI, Alipay, Celebrities, china, deepfake, face-swapping, FaceApp, facial recognition, identity theft, Mobile, Privacy, selfies, viral app

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:53:53 +0000

Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China’s App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Jf1X-mppWbo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>