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Apple AirTags Are Being Used to Track People and Cars
This development suprises no one who has been paying attention: Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled tracking. They emit ...
4 Ways IP Data Can Help Fight Cybercrime
Cybercrime is going up, not down, every year, despite the tens of billions of dollars companies invest in shoring up their information infrastructure. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 2021 was ...
Security Boulevard
Thieves Using AirTags to “Follow” Cars
From Ontario and not surprising: Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them. Brand ...
De-anonymization Story
Bruce Schneier | | Data Collection, de-anonymization, geolocation, Privacy, pseudonymity, surveillance, Uncategorized
This is important: Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop, before records of ...
Cell Phone Location Privacy
We all know that our cell phones constantly give our location away to our mobile network operators; that’s how they work. A group of researchers has figured out a way to fix ...
OSINT, 3D Modeling, Geolocation & Forensic Architecture: Analysis Of The Beirut Port Explosion
Marc Handelman | | 3D Modeling, disaster, Forensic Architecture, Forensication, geolocation, Negligence, OSINT
A well-crafted OSINT, 3D Modeling, Geolocation and Forensic Architecture driven analysis of the August 4th, 2020 Explosion at the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The investigation, and subsequent analysis, film, models and other ...
On Executive Order 12333
Bruce Schneier | | academic papers, Data Collection, Espionage, geolocation, national security policy, Privacy, surveillance, Uncategorized
Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: “No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order 12,333“: Abstract: Executive Order 12,333 ...
The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data
The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely on features disabled by such ...
Click Armor Demo, Podcast Survey Results, Google Geofence Warrants
Tom Eston | | Click Armor, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Geofence Warrant, geolocation, google, location data, Phishing, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, survey
In episode 98 of our monthly show co-host Scott Wright shows us a demo of Click Armor which is a gamified cybersecurity awareness platform, Tom presents the results of our listener survey, ...
Critical Windows Vulnerability, Dating App Security Risk, Apple iOS Privacy Features
Tom Eston | | Apple, Apple iOS, china, Cybersecurity, Dating Apps, geolocation, Grindr, Hinge, Locations, Marketing, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, patching, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Tinder, Vulnerabilities, Weekly Blaze Podcast, Windows, Windows 10, windows 7
In episode 104 for January 20th 2020: Details on the new critical Microsoft Windows vulnerability, why dating apps could pose a national security risk, and how new Apple privacy features are changing ...