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Possible Vulnerability in Apple’s Automatic Reboot

Posted on By infossl
iphone, law enforcement, police, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

404Media is reporting (alternate link) that a cyber-weapons arms manufacturer is exploiting a vulnerability in iOS to bypass its automatic reboot security feature. This is the feature that automatically puts an iPhone into a more secure state if it hasn’t been used for 72 hours. The new technology to get around inactivity reboot was developed … Read More “Possible Vulnerability in Apple’s Automatic Reboot” »

Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal

Posted on By infossl
eavesdropping, law enforcement, police, Security technology, signal, Uncategorized, whatsapp

Modern messaging apps allow users to link their phone accounts to their computer desktop. Eavesdroppers are taking advantage of this capability: Apps such as WhatsApp Web and Signal Desktop allow people to use their accounts on other devices, such as laptops or desktop computers. Germany’s Customs Office has been using these features to connect a … Read More “Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal” »

Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios

Posted on By infossl
backdoors, encryption, military, police, radio, Security technology, Uncategorized

I wrote about this in 2023. Here’s the story: Three Dutch security analysts discovered the vulnerabilities­—five in total—­in a European radio standard called TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which is used in radios made by Motorola, Damm, Hytera, and others. The standard has been used in radios since the ’90s, but the flaws remained unknown because … Read More “Encryption Backdoor in Military/Police Radios” »

Surveillance in the US

Posted on By infossl
dhs, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the FBI introduced themselves to each other and made lists of surveillance tools and tactics they have access to and felt comfortable using, and in some cases … Read More “Surveillance in the US” »

Surveillance through Push Notifications

Posted on By infossl
fbi, identification, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant. The investigative technique goes back years. Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over … Read More “Surveillance through Push Notifications” »

Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant

Posted on By infossl
healthcare, medicine, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

More unconstrained surveillance: Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. The letter—signed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.)—said their investigation pulled information from briefings with eight big prescription … Read More “Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant” »

Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios

Posted on By infossl
backdoors, cryptography, eavesdropping, encryption, infrastructure, law enforcement, police, radio, Security technology, Uncategorized

Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that standardizes technologies across the industry, first created TETRA in 1995. Since then, TETRA has been used in products, including radios, sold by Motorola, Airbus, … Read More “Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios” »