Tag: Vulnerability
  • May 3, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

What happens to privacy once AIs start hacking systems – and people?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has mostly figured in this blog because of its ability to sift through information – for example, finding patterns in data, or matching faces. But one of the reasons that AI is such a powerful and important technology is that it is completely general: it can be applied to almost anything. As … Continue reading “What happens to privacy once AIs start hacking systems – and people?”

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  • Dec 30, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

As a result of Covid-19, virtual classrooms have become the norm for many: what are the privacy implications?

It would be something of an understatement to say that Covid-19 has caused major changes to everyday life around the world. In the world of education, virtual classrooms, with students and teacher connected across the Internet, have become commonplace, and the norm in many countries. The shift from in-person to online learning has not only … Continue reading “As a result of Covid-19, virtual classrooms have become the norm for many: what are the privacy implications?”

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  • Nov 14, 2018 |
  • Derek Zimmer |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

SuperCooKey – A SuperCookie Built Into TLS 1.2 and 1.3

In doing my research around the impact of TLS 1.3 for Private Internet Access, I came across some peculiar items in the new standards. TLS 1.3 represents a relatively large shift in cryptography, so much so that it was debated whether it should be called TLS 2.0 rather than 1.3. It throws away a lot … Continue reading “SuperCooKey – A SuperCookie Built Into TLS 1.2 and 1.3”

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  • Sep 21, 2018 |
  • James Gallagher |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Vulnerability Acquisition Companies are Stockpiling 0-days and Selling Them to Governments Rather Than Allowing Them to be Patched

Last week, a so-called vulnerability acquisition company by the name of Zerodium disclosed a Tor Browser 0-day vulnerability to the public, in an apparent PR stunt. As you may know, 0-days are security bugs which have been discovered but not yet revealed to the developers responsible for patching. The 0-day disclosed by Zerodium was for … Continue reading “Vulnerability Acquisition Companies are Stockpiling 0-days and Selling Them to Governments Rather Than Allowing Them to be Patched”

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  • Jul 25, 2018 |
  • Derek Zimmer |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

The Internet Cannot be Trusted – Beamsplitters, Backdoors, and Broken Promises

We all know that the Internet is not a fundamentally safe place. With the tremendous gains in information sharing and the conveniences that the Internet brings, come opportunities for exploitation. Fraud, harassment, surveillance, censorship, social and political manipulation, industrial and political espionage, data theft and discrimination have all taken hold in one of the greatest … Continue reading “The Internet Cannot be Trusted – Beamsplitters, Backdoors, and Broken Promises”

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