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GSA Sparks Security Fears After Buying Risky Chinese Cameras

Data Breach Today

Experts Warn Against Increasing Federal Reliance on Chinese Technology Experts are raising fresh concerns about the "significant risk" for Chinese espionage against U.S. federal networks after a government watchdog caught the government's main acquisition arm purchasing unauthorized, Chinese-manufactured video conference cameras.

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Look Beyond TikTok: Massive Data Collection Is the Real Risk

Data Breach Today

All Social Media Apps Collect Information on a Scale That Facilitates Surveillance There's much national security ado about how much user data gets collected by the Chinese-owned, wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok.

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NSA Offers Tips on Securing Unified Communication Channels

Data Breach Today

Guidance Spells Out Best Risk Mitigation Practices The U.S. National Security Agency has released new guidance to help federal agencies as well as business enterprises protect their unified communications channels and voice/video over IP calls from cyberthreats.

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Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars

Security Affairs

The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. The Alphv ransomware group added Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles, to the list of victims on its Tor leak site.

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Secure Together: video conferencing, credential stuffing and eye strain

IT Governance

Maybe you feel less guilty about having a mid-morning video chat with a colleague in lieu of your normal coffee break. The video conferencing platform Zoom has been heavily criticised in recent weeks , amid a series of allegations related to its inadequate cyber security and privacy measures. Cyber attacks. Phishing scams.

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Just Dance video game has been breached

IT Governance

Ubisoft has confirmed that its popular video game series Just Dance has been targeted by cyber criminals. A statement from Ubisoft said that the breach was limited to “technical identifiers” including GameTags, profile IDs and device IDs, as well as recordings of Just Dance videos that were uploaded to a database accessible to other players.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. » For Hacking.

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