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Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

Krebs on Security

With Google’s WPS, a wireless device submits a list of nearby Wi-Fi access point BSSIDs and their signal strengths — via an application programming interface (API) request to Google — whose WPS responds with the device’s computed position. UMD Associate Professor David Levin and Ph.D

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Supply Chain Security is the Whole Enchilada, But Who’s Willing to Pay for It?

Krebs on Security

-based tech firm to secretly embed tiny computer chips into electronic devices purchased and used by almost 30 different companies. The chips were alleged to have spied on users of the devices and sent unspecified data back to the Chinese military. In a nutshell, the Bloomberg story claims that San Jose, Calif.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. ” We are glad to present you our services! Penchukov) — fled his mandatory military service orders and was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland. 9, 2024).

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Quantum computing attacks already present a real threat to existing standards, making the continued development of encryption pivotal for years to come. Cryptology is the overarching field of study related to writing and solving codes, whereas encryption and decryption are the central processes driving the computer science discipline.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. The meeting presenters try to spice things up. Very probably.

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RIM-brain in Movies and TV

The Texas Record

Below are a few recent examples: Andrew’s RIM-Brain. Near the end of the movie the Rebel Alliance infiltrates the Imperial Center of Military Research on the planet Scarif (i.e., K-2SO was then able to login to the computer system in the Scarif base. Vampire’s Kiss (1989). Scarif base).

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. The analyzed email presented two attachments to the victim: A company profile, aiming to present the company who was asking for spare parts. It makes an explicit date control check to 0x7E1 (2017).