• Jul 24, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

New research confirms Kazakhstan is spying on connections to Facebook, Twitter, VK, Instagram, Youtube, Google, and more

Kazakhstan is actively spying on its citizens’ internet connections to Facebook, Twitter, VK, Instagram, Youtube, Google, along with many other sites. New research published by Ram Sundara Raman, Leonid Evdokimov, Eric Wustrow, Alex Halderman, and Roya Ensafi has identified 37 domains that are being targeted by Kazakhstan’s ongoing man-in-the-middle (MITM) internet attack. The group of … Continue reading “New research confirms Kazakhstan is spying on connections to Facebook, Twitter, VK, Instagram, Youtube, Google, and more”

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  • Jul 19, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Kazakhstan tries and fails to MITM all of its internet users with rogue certificate installation

On July 17th, 2019, the government of Kazakhstan enacted a new cybersecurity measure that aims to spy on its citizens’ internet traffic. Specifically, the Kazakh government ordered all of the internet service providers (ISPs) to force their customers to install a government-issued root certificate by Qaznet Trust Network on all of their internet accessing devices. … Continue reading “Kazakhstan tries and fails to MITM all of its internet users with rogue certificate installation”

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