Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 19:12:30 +0000
A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth.
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New UK government surveillance laws are so over-reaching that tech companies can’t possibly meet all of their requirements, according to Apple, which argues the measures will make the online world far less safe.
The UK Home Office is pushing proposals to extend the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) with a range of proposals that effectively require messaging providers such as Apple, WhatsApp, or Meta to install backdoors into their services. All three services are now threatening to withdraw messaging apps from the UK market if the changes move forward.
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000
German researchers gained rare access to three satellites and found that they’re years behind normal cybersecurity standards.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:56:07 +0000
A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans’ data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach.
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Data encryption is threatened by government forces who haven’t yet recognized that without personal security, you cannot have enterprise security. Because attackers will exploit any available weakness to undermine protection — and if your people or your customers aren’t secure, neither is your business.
Attackers will always go where the money is. They will spend lots of it to mount attacks. They will delve deeper, and if they’re spending money, they also have the necessary resources to investigate absolutely anyone they can identify as a potential target.
Categories: News Tags: week Tags: security Tags: July Tags: 2023 A list of topics we covered in the week of July 10 to July 16 of 2023 |
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A fitness app may have leaked the location of a murdered submarine captain, the privacy risks of filing taxes online, and how Facebook data was used in an abortion trial.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:00:17 +0000
The FBI has collected sensitive data on millions of Americans without warrants, drawing intense scrutiny from Congress and turning the agency into a punching bag across the political divide.
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