The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The increase in remote workforces and difficulty enforcing security controls with expanding perimeters has played a role in the rise of ransomware. This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. The hacker exploited the vulnerability and used these IoT devices to launch a massive attack on social media platforms. Some of the major social media platforms, including Twitter, were down for a couple of hours. Improper encryption.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.” They also know that we download data. A lot of data. “Our goal is to make money, and not creating problems for society. Under the “Why choose us?”

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In the article Facebook: upload your nudes to stop revenge porn , written by Lisa Vaas on the aptly named site Naked Security (what else?), Facebook says that it won’t be storing nude pictures but will use photo-matching technology to tag the images after they’re sent via its encrypted Messenger service. Good question.

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