The dead drops were very James Bond: once, the data mule taped the SD card to the underside of a desk in a hotel.
Tag Archives: spying
Senate bill would ban TikTok from government phones
Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.
Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff
Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.
KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims
The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.
S2 Ep19: One of us just prevented a ransomware attack – Naked Security Podcast
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FBI: Russia-based FaceApp is a ‘potential counterintelligence threat’
It’s a grabby little app, data-wise, but how is it different from, say, Google or Facebook?
IM RAT spy tool seller raided, busted, kicked offline
The spyware gave complete control of victimized computers, sold for as little as$25, and was bought by 14,500 hackers worldwide.
US grounds Chinese-made drones as part of security review
The exception: drones being used in emergencies, such as fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and dealing with natural disasters.
Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher
The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.
Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
It’s not just China: at least 75 out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveillance purposes, research shows.