Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

military computers in history” was traced back to a USB flash drive left in the parking lot of a U.S. ” Rauch said he realizes the AirTag bug he found probably isn’t the most pressing security or privacy issue Apple is grappling with at the moment. A USB stick with malware is very likely how U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2019

“The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal.” The high-altitude balloons are equipped with hi-tech radars that allow tracking vehicles day or night, in any weather.

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Military Manufacturing Communications Government 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 12, 2022

His approach uses the philosophy that is used in the military, whereby an untrained individual is placed into positions based on aptitude. At Thales, for example, we seek people with broad technology, as well as communication skills as part of the hiring criteria. On this point, I agree with Thom.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

Employers are free to monitor these communications, as long as there's a valid business purpose for doing so. That's not to say there are deliberate spying regimes designed to invade the privacy of workers, rather it's a recognition that many threats enter the organisation via email.

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Data breaches Military Access Communications 145

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It’s normal that … we want a European solution” because of the importance of “the security of our communication,” Macron told reporters. Anyway, the French government will not allow the Chinese giant to provide equipment that will be used in protect military bases, nuclear installations and other sensitive and critical infrastructures.

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IT Military Manufacturing Risk 129

IT Governance

AUGUST 3, 2020

Four military schools in Canada targeted in ‘mysterious’ cyber attack (unknown). Western Australia government hacked, with COVID-19 communications intercepted (unknown). Data breach as GEDmatch has privacy experts worried (1.4 University of Lethbridge reveals details regarding privacy breach at health centre (1,225).

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Data Protector

AUGUST 3, 2015

Some have altered their communication methods, while others have taken advantage of new encryption tools. Despite the Snowden allegations, US and UK intelligence agencies are legally intercepting communications on order to prevent attacks from terrorists, cyber criminals and a host of other state and non-state actors.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

For most commercial businesses, countermeasures against cyberattacks are about preserving data privacy, integrity, and security. Either exploited by military groups or criminal gangs, attacks on satellites, their systems, and base stations on Earth are seeing a steady uptick. A quantum computer will be able to do it in 10 seconds!

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Driverless autos, trucks and military transport vehicles are on a fast track for wide deployment in the next five years. military and intelligence agencies. All of that said, it is clear that the earlier, and deeper, security and privacy gets baked in, the better for us all. Get ready for smart ground transportation.

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IoT Security Computer and Electronics Military 133

Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

There are four operators in Myanmar: state-owned Myanma Posts and Telecommunications ( MPT ) , Qatar based Ooredoo, military-aligned Mytel, and privately owned Telenor Myanmar. Telenor Myanmar believes in open communication and regrets if any inconvenience is caused to the customers”. Telenor Myanmar – an attempt to resistance.

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Military Communications Access Risk 75

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

military and civilian personnel were compromised. Seasoned attackers know, of course, that it is typical for federal government suppliers to hold transactional data, and that some even possess technical data, schematics and program details that would be hard to access through a direct offensive attack on a hardened military target.

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Data Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

other data that may affect the security of national politics, territory, military affairs, economy, culture, society, science and technology, ecology, resources, nuclear facilities, overseas interests, biology, outer space, polar regions, deep sea etc. appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

First, it said that it would invest in cultivating military assets in the digital space, as reported by the Organization for World Peace. Second, Japan announced that the government-backed National Institute of Information and Communications Technology would conduct a national scan of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In June, the Russian military announced it was in the process of replacing the Windows system with the Linux distribution Astra Linux . This level of authorization allows the use of the Linux OS in Russian Government offices with the highest standards of data privacy and the highest degree of secrecy.

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CGI

MAY 2, 2018

How will your constituents and stakeholders communicate with devices? military is testing connected technologies for use on the battlefield to train soldiers, to improve care for injured troops, and to safeguard military supply chains. Define clear data ownership and privacy rules. Proximity to things matters.

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IoT Digital transformation Military Artificial Intelligence 40

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 25, 2020

In this regard, the Data Protection Ombudsman stressed that Posti should not have set the data subjects in an unequal position, in respect to the realization of the right to privacy and data protection, based on whether someone has bought additional services. Going forward.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

The downside to this long-term trend is that communications online, never mind on public cloud platforms, present vulnerabilities via web attacks and malware. Cyberghost is explicit in their marketing, they believe privacy is a fundamental human right, and it drives their solutions. Enter VPN technology. 5 star rating. Golden Frog.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades. It’s used to keeping this stuff behind multiple levels of security: gates with alarms, armed guards, safe doors, and military-grade cryptography. I am less trusting of communications technology. It made sense.

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Computer and Electronics Encryption Government Privacy 120

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems complements ISO/IEC 17021-1 and requires ISO 27001-certified organisations to show evidence that they are maintaining their compliance with the Standard.

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Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 87

Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 11, 2018

How VPNs work The role of a VPN is privacy: it allows you absolute privacy as you send data over a network. The first thing a VPN does to protect your privacy is to ensure that your internet service provider does not access your information or, at the very least, your ISP does not keep a copy of your log.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Operational Security is typically a military process. US Army Video: Operations security or OpSec, preserves the effectiveness of military capabilities and keeps potential adversaries from discovering our critical information. It's basic privacy hygiene. So privacy in my opinion, is on a sliding scale. Don't do that.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

All communication is end-to-end encrypted, and the app is open source. With this in mind, the army staff sent an email at the end of December to instruct all commanders and chiefs of staff to use the Threema messenger app for business communication with private smartphones from now on.” ” reported the Swiss Tagesanzeiger.

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FOIA Computer and Electronics IT Encryption 105

KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2019

Then he’s got the privacy team requiring training of their own and inviting him to “lunch and learns” on privacy by design. But when it gets right down to it, Bob doesn’t understand quite where security ends and privacy begins. He wishes that security and privacy would come together to present a single, coherent message.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

One of those is Mark Sokolovsky , a 26-year-old Ukrainian man who operated the popular “ Raccoon ” malware-as-a-service offering; Sokolovsky was busted in March after fleeing Ukraine’s mandatory military service orders. Twitter acknowledges that it was relieved of phone numbers and email addresses for 5.4 million users.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JUNE 6, 2023

“He has a deep background in consumer and enterprise products used by hundreds of millions of people, as well as exposure to government policy, across technology areas including security, identity, privacy, and e-commerce.” ” As large companies have consolidated control of our online lives, our experiences have begun to degrade.

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Personal data Military e-Delivery IT 111

eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data. Application developers managing sensitive user data must especially beware of increasing regulatory action surrounding data privacy. The Move to HTTPS.

Encryption 138

Encryption IT Computer and Electronics Passwords 138

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Port knocking : Closes ports for communication (including detection) until provided with a code using multiple specific packets or a special single-packet authorization (SPA). Proxies: Replace direct communication with a software or hardware intermediary that hides the discovery of assets (servers, endpoints, segments, etc.)

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

Digital commerce from day one has revolved around companies bulling forward to take full advantage of wondrous decentralized, anonymous characteristics of the Internet, which began a military-academic experiment. Murray: Almost half of survey respondents didn’t fully understand their responsibilities for securing cloud environments.

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Cloud Ransomware Data breaches GDPR 158

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 2, 2023

s ability to assist allies and partners in strengthening cybersecurity, (iv) building coalitions to reinforce global norms of responsible state behavior, and (v) securing global supply chains for information, communications and operational technology products and services that power the U.S.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

The hope is that the strategy outlined herein will help corporate directors and executives who support them ( e.g. , legal, information technology security, privacy, compliance, and audit) make practical use of the various technical guidelines available without misaligning their systems from the broader corporate mission.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Communications with the Public. FINRA will continue to review for firms’ compliance with core obligations under FINRA and SEC rules governing communications with the public, supervision, and books and records requirements. communications via digital communication channels (e.g., Cash Management and Bank Sweep Programs.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 24, 2020

OCIE also will focus on recommendations and advice provided to retail investors, with a particular emphasis on seniors, retirees, teachers and military personnel, as well as products that the SEC considers higher risk (e.g., Communications with the Public. communications via digital communication channels (e.g.,

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

” What Schmidt was referring to was an incident when a common backhoe severed a strategic Sprint communications line in the United States. BBC: Well as Ukrainian military battles Russian troops on the ground there's another battle taking place. That event did more damage than any computer virus or worm at the time.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

Given this lack of centralized control, communication sharing is essential. I hear a lot of people saying “this is what the military uses for…” and “this is what NASA uses for…” I would really be happy to hear “This is what the government does for cybersecurity – and we should do it too!

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