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China Accuses US of Years of Cyber-Spying, Malware Campaigns
The Chinese government is accusing the United States intelligence community of launching cyber-espionage campaigns against the country for years after hacking into Huawei servers as far back as 2009. China’s Ministry of ...
Attack of the Wi-Fi Spy Drones, How to Destroy Your Old Electronics, Signal Removes SMS Support
Two modified wi-fi enabled drones were found on the top of a financial firm’s building and used to intercept a employee’s credentials, a fun discussion about the best way to physically destroy ...
President Signs Two Broadband Bills
On March 24, President Trump signed two bills designed to enhance the availability and security of 5G and other broadband services. The first bill, the “Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act” ...
New California Data Privacy Law, Wyze Data Leak, ToTok Spy App
In episode 102: Details on the new California data privacy law, the Wyze data leak, and what is the ToTok app and could it be spying on you? ** Show notes and ...
Aventura Charged With Selling Chinese-Made Security Equipment
Aventura Technologies and seven of its executives have been charged with illegally importing Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment and claiming it to be made in the United States. The company, based in ...
Russia ‘Breached’ FBI Comms; Obama Waited 4 Years To Expel Spies
Back in 2016, President Obama expelled 35 Russians, and seized two Russian-owned properties. We were told it was retaliation for election interference—but was that the whole story? ...
Android “Ghost Click” Apps, New Apple Siri Privacy Protections, Credit Card Spying
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 84 for September 2nd 2019: “Ghost click” Android apps ...
Huawei Fallout: UK Defence Minister Sacked Over Leak
The surprising U.K. government position which we referenced in our prior piece on Huawei being a national security proxy for China wasn’t supposed to have been public knowledge. The information concerning the ...
What is Data in Vicinity?
Smartphone surveillance has opened up an entirely new avenue of exposure for high-value enterprise information, forcing many security professionals to rethink how they see data. A different class of data, known as ...
Chinese Spying, Facebook Shadow Contact Information, iPhone X FaceID Privacy – WB37
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 8th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Chinese Spying, Facebook Shadow Contact Information and iPhone X FaceID Privacy. Silent ...
