Spying through Push Notifications

When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy on them--either for their own reasons or in response to government demands. Sen. Wyden is trying to get to the bottom of this: In a...

Governments May Spy on You by Requesting Push Notifications from Apple and Google

Unspecified governments have demanded mobile push notification records from Apple and Google users to pursue people of interest, according to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. "Push notifications are alerts sent by phone apps to users' smartphones," Wyden said. "These alerts pass through a digital post...

The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”...

AI and Mass Spying

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to what you said. At the end, I would get a report of all the conversations you had and the contents of those...

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families

Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend Section 702 surveillance of people applying for green cards, asylum, and some visas—subjecting loved ones to similar intrusions...

What Is The Cyber Kill Chain? Process & Model

Grasping the Fundamentals: A Study of the Cyber Harm Ladder Navigating the multifaceted universe of cybersecurity is similar to solving an evolving labyrinth. This world is awash with intricate principles and techniques; with the Cyber Harm Ladder gaining increasing focus in recent times. But, wh...

A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab

Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”...

Section 702 Surveillance Reauthorization May Get Slipped Into ‘Must-Pass’ NDAA

Congressional leaders are discussing ways to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance, including by attaching it to the National Defense Authorization Act, Capitol Hill sources tell WIRED...

Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program

There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services DAS has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone record...

CVE-2023-6308

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Xiamen Four-Faith Video Surveillance Management System 2016/2017. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Apache Struts. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched...

Out-of-bounds

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Xiamen Four-Faith Video Surveillance Management System 2016/2017. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Apache Struts. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched...

CVE-2023-6308 Xiamen Four-Faith Video Surveillance Management System Apache Struts unrestricted upload

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Xiamen Four-Faith Video Surveillance Management System 2016/2017. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Apache Struts. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be launched...

PT-2023-32608 · Apache +1 · Apache Struts +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Xiamen Four-Faith Video Surveillance Management System versions 2016 through 2017 Description: A critical issue has been found in the Apache Struts component of the system, allowing for unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely...

Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Video Surveillance Management System Code Issue Vulnerability

Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Video Surveillance Management System is a video surveillance management system developed by Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Xiamen, China. Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology is a video surveillance management system. A code issue...

Explained: Privacy washing

Question: Who said the sentence below? “Privacy is at the heart of everything we do.” Answer: Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet and its largest subsidiary Google. And if you look at the recent actions Google has announced, you’d be tempted to take his word for it: An initiative to let Chrome hid...

What Is Network Security Management?

At the Heart of The Matter: Unraveling Essential Elements of Network Safeguard Administration in Digital Space The sphere of Online Network Safeguard Supervision presents a vast playground, humming with an abundance of methods, protocols, and modern-day tech tools. Together, their role is to...

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime...

Using Generative AI for Surveillance

Generative AI is going to be a powerful tool for data analysis and summarization. Heres an example of it being used for sentiment analysis. My guess is that it isnt very good yet, but that it will get better...

Indian Hack-for-Hire Group Targeted U.S., China, and More for Over 10 Years

An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kuwait, and other countries as part of a wide-ranging espionage, surveillance, and disruptive operation for over a decade. Indian security firm under scrutiny, according to an in-depth analysis from SentinelOne, began as a...

US Congress Report Calls for Privacy Reforms After FBI Surveillance 'Abuses'

A new report by an oversight committee in the US House of Representatives says the FBI has routinely violated rules governing FISA’s Section 702 surveillance program and must be reined in...