SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

State Department announced Monday a new policy to impose visa restrictions on individuals linked to the misuse of commercial spyware tools that enable unlawful surveillance and human rights abuses globally. The policy allows visa denials on a case-by-case basis for those involved in spyware misuse. RELATED: U.S.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform’s vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Eric Gray, director of commerce and payments — covering the “design and operation of Apple’s payment processing policies and practices.” Scheduled for two hours examination, one hour cross examination.).

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2023

Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has taken significant action to address the escalating concern surrounding the misuse of surveillance technology by foreign entities. This move targets the activities of spyware vendors that pose a serious threat to the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Commerce has ordered American companies to not sell their tech to NSO, citing reports that the group’s Pegasus spyware is used against journalists, government officials, activists, and more. Candiru, another Israeli IT firm that sells spyware (that’s reportedly used for similar purposes ), is also being blacklisted.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2023

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order banning commercial spyware from government agencies. With this order, the Biden Administration aims to safeguard the privacy and security of citizens and prevent foreign actors from accessing sensitive government information.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Social Engineering According to Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Security Office , “Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. Development Speed or Code Security. Why Not Both?

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Galido

JUNE 15, 2016

Here are some ways on how to keep your information private and secure. Check privacy policies before you submit your email address to a website. Protect your computer with antivirus, firewall, spam filter, and anti-spyware software. Be Careful of Where you Submit your Email Address. Choose a Unique Email Address. Award Scams.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MARCH 21, 2012

Thank goodness your company has taken care to secure every way that there is for outsiders to get into your company’s network. Maybe there’s one way that hasn’t been secured – you! Over the last 30 years or so, corporations have spent untold billions of dollars to create secure corporate networks.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Amnesty International ran detailed forensics on 67 smartphones to look for evidence that they were targeted by Pegasus spyware — and 37 of those phones tested positive. What about Apple’s security and privacy?

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A Screw's Loose

MARCH 20, 2013

One tweeter mentioned that IT was not only the security police but the productivity police as well. This change in policy was ascribed to people not getting their work done while working remotely. They have tools that make it easy to implement policies of device imprisonment. You can blacklist apps. AntonioVegas. Uncategorized.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The infamous Israel-based NSO Group, known for its hacking spyware Pegasus, was placed on the United States Government's Entity List for engaging in malicious cyber activities, along with three other foreign companies, Candiru, Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (COSEINC), and Positive Technologies.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its search algorithms and security mechanisms boast unmatched sophistication, but when a well-motivated adversary steps in, they aren't effective enough to stop all forms of exploitation in their tracks. Under the guise of account hacking tools, the malefactors were mostly distributing a spyware program known as Emotet.

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Apple has said it does this to ensure that its products are easy to use, private, and secure. Apple says the security and privacy features its customers expect are impossible to provide without having this control over the apps on its phone. Fox, a professor of antitrust law and competition policy at New York University, told Recode.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

One part of the agency, the Office of Policy Planning, wants to evaluate Facebook’s market dominance through the question of whether it has raised prices for consumers. The policy people live in a world where there is a one-size-fits all formula,” a person familiar with the back-and-forth said. The Twitter hack.

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