by crissly | Sep 16, 2023 | Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News
China-linked hackers are increasingly moving beyond espionage and into the disturbing world of power grid attacks. Threat researchers at security software firm Symantec this week released new evidence that the Chinese hacking group known as APT41 infiltrated the power... 
by crissly | Sep 13, 2023 | Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News
The personal data for Argentina’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was requested 226 times; President Alberto Fernández’s data was requested 76 times. Among those searched were politicians from different parties, human rights activists, and journalists.... 
by crissly | Aug 22, 2023 | Ideas, Security, Security / Privacy
In today’s digital world, injustice lurks in the shadows of the Facebook post that’s delivered to certain groups of people at the exclusion of others, the hidden algorithm used to profile candidates during job interviews, and the risk-assessment algorithms used for... 
by crissly | Jul 27, 2023 | Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News
The US Supreme Court has previously ordered the government to obtain search warrants before seeking information that may “chronicle a person’s past movements through the record of his cell phone signals.” In the landmark Carpenter v. United States decision, the court... 
by crissly | Jul 22, 2023 | Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy
Microsoft wrote last week that its “investigations have not detected any other use of this pattern by other actors and Microsoft has taken steps to block related abuse.” But if the stolen signing key could have been used to breach other services, even if it wasn’t... 
by crissly | Jul 5, 2023 | Security, Security / National Security, Security / Privacy
A “must-pass” defense bill wending its way through the United States House of Representatives may be amended to abolish the government practice of buying information on Americans that the country’s highest court has said police need a warrant to seize. Though it’s far... 