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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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Air Force to offer up a satellite to hackers at Defcon 2020

September 19, 2019 0 Comments air force, aviation, Defcon, Government security, hack the air force, Hacking, military, military security, satellite, security events, security threats, vulnerability, will roper

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:42:48 +0000

This year, the Air Force presented vetted hackers with a plane’s subsystem, which they duly tore up. Next year, it will be a satellite.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wh-pZprliQk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US files suit against Snowden to keep book profits out of his hands

September 19, 2019 0 Comments cia, edward snowden, Government security, Law & order, lawsuit, ndas, NSA, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:32:44 +0000

The government, alleging that Snowden violated NDAs with the CIA and NSA, isn’t looking to stop the book’s publication or distribution.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sZMpIte9WGE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Leaky database spills data on 20 million Ecuadorians and businesses

September 18, 2019 0 Comments BEC, data loss, Database, ecuador, government data, Government security, julian assange, leak, novaestrat, novastratech, phishing, PII, security threats, vpnMentor

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:21:46 +0000

Included are deep details on 7 million minors, one grownup named Julian Assange, and perhaps a few million deceased Ecuadorians.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oulqmkZ0WNw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US Treasury targets North Korean hacking groups

September 17, 2019 0 Comments andariel, bluenoroff, dprk, Government security, Hackers, Law & order, lazarus group, north korea, north korean hackers, ofac, office of foreign assets control, reconnaissance general bureau, rgb, russia, security threats, us department of justice

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:49:50 +0000

The US has formally sanctioned the Lazarus Group and offshoots Bluenoroff and Andariel, which are allegedly acting on behalf of the DPRK.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8GcM-gDnzJI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US city balks at paying $5.3 million ransomware demand

September 9, 2019 0 Comments Atlanta, bitcoin, Government security, New Bedford, Ransomware, ryuk, security threats, targeted ransomware

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:49:53 +0000

The attack quickly encrypted 158 workstations – and would have been worse had it struck later in the working day.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kps39ieejGA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, bug bounty, Google, Government security, government spyware, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, nation state hacking, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability, Windows, zero day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:47:23 +0000

A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3wCw5XE352c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Video captures glitching Mississippi voting machines flipping votes

August 29, 2019 0 Comments 2020 election, 2020 US presidential election, Election Systems and Software, elections, Government security, Mississippi, TSX, voter fraud, voting machines, voting security, voting systems

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:36:59 +0000

A video that shows an electronic machine switching voters’ selections has gone viral, underscoring the need for paper audit trails.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/S5QpMILdY0g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware disrupts 22 Texas government departments

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Government security, local government, malware, Ransomware, security threats, Texas, Texas Department of Information Resources

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:44:59 +0000

On August 16, Texas local government became the latest victim of the expanding global racket that is ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sXMvstdTRNU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083

August 1, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, Cabarrus County, fraud, Government security, Law & order, North Carolina, phishing, Scam, security threats, spearphishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 11:00:50 +0000

The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/h5cAeqdGji8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>