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Apple Fixes 0-Days — Russia Says US Used for Spying

| | Apple, CVE-2023-32434, CVE-2023-32439, FSB, imessage, ios, kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Security, nsa, Russia, Russian FSB, SB Blogwatch, TriangleDB, triangulation
Vulns unpatched for FOUR years: ‘Triangulation’ spyware said to use backdoor Apple gave to NSA ...
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Snowden Ten Years Later

| | Edward Snowden, essays, history of security, nsa, Privacy, surveillance, Uncategorized
In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. But I had a more personal involvement as well. I wrote ...
Schneier on Security

SCI//HCS-P/SI/TK at Mar-a-Lago

| | Classification Markings, classified, compartmentation, nsa, Top Secret
This is a brief explanation of the weird acronyms on the cover sheets that appeared in the photo of classified the FBI seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. They identify different types of ...
Cryptosmith
Eugene Kaspersky—is he a useful idiot?

Russia Says NSA Hacked iOS With Apple’s Help — we Triangulate Kaspersky’s Research

| | Apple, back door, backdoor, FSB, imessage, ios, iPhone, kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab, Kaspersky Security, nsa, Russia, Russian FSB, SB Blogwatch, spyware, triangulation, Zero Click Attack, Zero-Click Exploit
Tit-For-Tat Triangulation Trojan Talk: Backdoor inserted at U.S. behest, alleges FSB ...
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Ban TikTok, say FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, GOP, DNC, POTUS (but not ACLU)

Ban TikTok, say FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, GOP, DNC, POTUS (but not ACLU)

| | ACLU, Biden administration, Bytedance, CIA, DATA Act, DNI, FBI, FBI Director Christopher Wray, nsa, RESTRICT Act, SB Blogwatch, senate hearing, TikTok, US Senate, White House
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. RESTRICT: The White House and both sides of the Senate agree that TikTok needs to be stopped—or at least RESTRICT’ed. A bipartisan bill seeks to make that happen ...
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The FBI Identified a Tor User

| | dark web, de-anonymization, FBI, Hacking, nsa, Privacy, surveillance, tor, Uncategorized
No details, though: According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May 14, 2019. In ...
Schneier on Security
NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots)

NSA’s Plea: Stop Using C and C++ (Because You’re Idiots)

| | Linux, memory exploit, National Security Agency, Neal Ziring, nsa, rust, SB Blogwatch, Vulnerabilities
The C and C++ languages are unsafe. Instead, the NSA would like devs to use memory-safe languages—such as Rust ...
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Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States

| | backdoors, Banned in D.C., china, chinese government, Espionage, government, Huawei, nsa, SB Blogwatch, supply chain, , ZTE
There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it ...
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NSA Employee Charged with Espionage

| | cryptocurrency, cyberespionage, Espionage, FBI, nsa, Uncategorized, undercover
An ex-NSA employee has been charged with trying to sell classified data to the Russians (but instead actually talking to an undercover FBI agent). It’s a weird story, and the FBI affidavit ...
Schneier on Security
NSA Wants To Help you Lock Down MS Windows in PowerShell

NSA Wants To Help you Lock Down MS Windows in PowerShell

| | Best command to secure Windows machines? FORMAT C:, cisa, gchq, GCSB, NCSC, New Zealand, nsa, powershell, SB Blogwatch, uk, Windows
A new cheatsheet from four infosec agencies tells us how to use PowerShell for good, rather than let scrotes misuse it to “live off the land.” ...
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