Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:01:04 +0000

The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I8hFrWixXu4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world

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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