Rashomon of disclosure
Rashomon of disclosure
PsyWar.Org – Final Report on the Bulgarian Broadcasting Station New Europe, (Research Unit X.2)
PsyWar.Org - Final Report on the Bulgarian Broadcasting Station New Europe, (Research Unit X.2)
Fake News and Influence: Information Warfare in the Digital Age
It's been around forever, but in a modern digital era marked by influence campaigns and deep fakes, information warfare has become much easier to carry out.
Chrome add-on warns netizens when they use a leaked password. Sometimes, they even bother to change it
Alerted to exposed credentials, users do something about it roughly a quarter of the time Between February and March this year, after Google released a Chrome extension called Password Checkup to check whether people's username and password combinations had been stolen and leaked from website databases, computer scientists at the…
NSA asks Congress to permanently reauthorize spying program that was so shambolic, the snoops had shut it down
You never know, we might figure out how not to screw up in future Analysis In the clearest possible sign that the US intelligence services live within their own political bubble, the director of national intelligence has asked Congress to reauthorize a spying program that the NSA itself decided to…
Breached Passwords Still in Use By Hundreds of Thousands
More than 300,000 users still utilize credentials that have been compromised - with people visiting video streaming and porn sites most at fault, Google found in a new study.
Iowa Grocery Chain Investigating Possible Hack of Payment Processing Systems
A West Des Moines, Iowa-based grocery chain that also operates restaurants, fuel-pumps and drive-thru coffee shops is warning its customers about a security incident involving some of its payment card systems. read more
News Wrap: DejaBlue Bugs and Biometrics Data Breaches
From the biometrics of one million being exposed, to new Microsoft Bluekeep-like threats, Threatpost discusses the top news of the week.
Top tip: Don’t upload your confidential biz files to free malware-scanning websites – everything is public
Sandbox services are bursting with sensitive info from unwitting companies Companies are inadvertently leaving confidential files on the internet for anyone to download – after uploading the documents to malware-scanning websites that make everything public.…
Apple Sues Corellium Over Security Research Tool
Apple has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Florida-based virtualization company Corellium for creating “perfect replicas” of iOS that can be used for security research and other purposes. read more
And you thought the cops were bad… Civil rights group warns of facial recog ‘epidemic’ across UK private sites
Shopping centres, museums and conference centres among all found to be using tech Facial recognition is being extensively deployed on privately owned sites across the UK, according to an investigation by civil liberties group Big Brother Watch.…
iPhone holes and Android malware – how to keep your phone safe
Watch the latest Naked Security Live video for our non-technical tips to improve your online safety, whichever type of phone you prefer.
Uganda Slams Report Huawei Helped Spy on Opposition Leader
Uganda on Friday denied a report that employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei had aided a domestic spying operation targeting pop star turned opposition icon Bobi Wine. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Huawei technicians helped Ugandan authorities use spyware to intercept Wine's Skype and WhatsApp communications. read…
Many Users Don’t Change Unsafe Passwords After Being Warned: Google
Google has shared some interesting data collected by the company from users of its Password Checkup extension for Chrome. read more
Sherlock in the SOC: Leveraging Security Knowledge in a Behavior-Based Approach
“There is a strong family resemblance about misdeeds, and if you have all the details of a thousand at your finger ends, it is odd if you can't unravel the thousand and first.” read more