Looks like the NSA is not coming clean on what they are doing for “back doors” in tech. Not good if they are putting them in, we all become at risk because eventually the secret gets out and the “back door” is used against us.
Read the Reuters story https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-congress-insight-idUSKBN27D1CS
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October 29th, 2020
Spying and tech products
October 15th, 2020
Hacked Cameras – Poor security
Lots of risk here, very bad stuff. Please check your WEBCAMS and change the password and update your software/firmware wherever you can. Patch Patch Patch!
Read the article here
https://www.inputmag.com/culture/hackers-leaked-tons-of-webcam-home-security-footage-on-porn-sites
October 2nd, 2020
Don’t trust the China Stuff or Huawei’s equipment
GCHQ discovered ‘nationally significant’ vulnerability in Huawei equipment
The issue in Huawei’s equipment was initially withheld from the Chinese company and not reported due to security concerns.
October 1st, 2020
Github helps out coders and security
Per this nice article at ENGADGET Github will offer scanning of your code to check for security flaws. A nice feature, hopefully more secure code will follow.
https://www.engadget.com/github-code-scanning-security-093531490.html
September 18th, 2020
Instagram “BUG”
Looks like another APP BUG where the app is watching you via the camera. If it can hit someone as big as INSTAGRAM, watch out for the little software people.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-18/facebook-accused-of-watching-instagram-users-through-cameras
September 16th, 2020
Campaign App Bug
Probably the worst thing that can happen is data leaks just before a historic election. Data including contacts of the user and other sensitive data was visible. How long, and how deep it really went… We don’t know, but for the Joe Biden campaign, it is a tech fail. For the cybersecurity aware, it is a reminder to be careful what apps we install on our phones.
Read the article here <<
September 3rd, 2020
India banning China Apps
India bans 118 Chinese apps including PUBG
https://thenextweb.com/in/2020/09/02/india-bans-118-chinese-apps-including-pubg/
July 16th, 2020
Chat App is Spyware
Heads up. Don’t just install stuff on your phone. Research first
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/welcome-chat-spying-app
January 3rd, 2020
New Year, New Spy with your New TV
Just turn off all of the spying apps. Make sure to cover the camera too.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/01/02/amazon-fire-sony-vizio-smart-tvs-spying/2792152001/