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US tightens rules on drone use in policy update

November 29, 2019 0 Comments china, Department of Justice, drones, Law & order, Privacy, security threats, uas, unmanned aircraft systems

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:22:20 +0000

When it comes to managing drones (Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS) the US Department of Justice wants Americans to know it’s on the case.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8ggat1Uqm_E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Pressure mounts for federal privacy law with second bill

November 29, 2019 0 Comments CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, data protection, GDPR, Law & order, Privacy, privacy law, usa

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:03:37 +0000

Pressure is gathering for a federal privacy law in the US with the introduction of a second bill that would protect consumer data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ByE-W6V8KfQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone

November 28, 2019 0 Comments av-test.org, children, gps, Internet of Things, IoT, kids, Law & order, location data, Privacy, security threats, sma m2 smartwatch, smart watch, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:32:46 +0000

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OslMbiNGOKg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

November 27, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, chuckling squad, debug, hack, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, Law & order, MFA, react, santa clara, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:58:43 +0000

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LWmwsxXvjmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

November 26, 2019 0 Comments child abuse, child abuse imagery, child porn, commonwealth v. davis, court decision, Cryptography, emule, fifth amendment, forced device unlock, forced unlock, forced unlocking, foregone conclusion, joseph davis, Law & order, Mobile, passwords, porn, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:30:16 +0000

We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tytTDlPZrB0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud

November 25, 2019 0 Comments bank fraud, bulgaria, crypto scam, cryptocurrency, ico, initial coin offering, Law & order, mark scott, Money Laundering, onecoin, ruja ignatova, the missing cryptoqueen

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:46:09 +0000

A lawyer who boasted of making “50 by 50″ – as in, $50m by the age of 50 – is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ECTL_dfr8-k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware

November 25, 2019 0 Comments banking malware, Botnet, Law & order, lisov, malware, neverquest, russia, russian hacker, security threats, stanislav vitaliyevich lisov, trojan, vawtrak

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:26:05 +0000

The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wzl5484w02Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Convicted Nigerian fraudster keeps a-fraudin’ from behind bars

November 22, 2019 0 Comments contraband, convict, efcc, fraud, hope olusegun aroke, Law & order, Mobile, mobile phones, nigeria, prison

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:11:11 +0000

He was supposed to be serving a 24-year sentence in the “maximum security” prison, not continuing the fraud… and going to parties.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZeLPW2Cof14″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Booter boss behind millions of DDoS-for-hire attacks jailed

November 19, 2019 0 Comments booter sites, booters, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Denial of Service, exostress.in, Law & order, security threats, sergiy usatyuk, webstresser

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:52:31 +0000

The US is also juicing him for over half a million in profits from multiple DDoS-for-hire services.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UtMF4LwHAXg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NSA won’t collect phone location data, promises US government

November 18, 2019 0 Comments geolocation, Government security, Law & order, NSA, patriot act, Privacy, stored communications act, supreme court, us government, us intelligence

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:38:54 +0000

US intelligence agencies won’t harvest US residents’ geolocation data in future investigations, revealed the US government this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OAnWer77ZhM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>