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New Mobile Phone Forensics Tool

Posted on By infossl
china, forensics, hacking, malware, privacy, Security technology, smartphones, Uncategorized

The Chinese have a new tool called Massistant. Massistant is the presumed successor to Chinese forensics tool, “MFSocket”, reported in 2019 and attributed to publicly traded cybersecurity company, Meiya Pico. The forensics tool works in tandem with a corresponding desktop software. Massistant gains access to device GPS location data, SMS messages, images, audio, contacts and … Read More “New Mobile Phone Forensics Tool” »

Security Vulnerabilities in ICEBlock

Posted on By infossl
anonymity, ios, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

The ICEBlock tool has vulnerabilities: The developer of ICEBlock, an iOS app for anonymously reporting sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, promises that it “ensures user privacy by storing no personal data.” But that claim has come under scrutiny. ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron has been accused of making false promises regarding user … Read More “Security Vulnerabilities in ICEBlock” »

Surveillance Used by a Drug Cartel

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drug trade, fbi, geolocation, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Once you build a surveillance system, you can’t control who will use it: A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report. The … Read More “Surveillance Used by a Drug Cartel” »

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” »

Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government

Posted on By infossl
air travel, data collection, data privacy, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

This is news: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected U.S. travellers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from, according to internal CBP … Read More “Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government” »

Privacy for Agentic AI

Posted on By infossl
data privacy, inrupt, privacy, Schneier news, Security technology, Uncategorized

Sooner or later, it’s going to happen. AI systems will start acting as agents, doing things on our behalf with some degree of autonomy. I think it’s worth thinking about the security of that now, while its still a nascent idea. In 2019, I joined Inrupt, a company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s open protocol … Read More “Privacy for Agentic AI” »