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Nobody boogies quite like you

January 22, 2020 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, biometrics, dancing, finland, identification, journal of new music research, Machine Learning, music, Privacy, surveillance, university of jyväskylä

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:38:05 +0000

Our unique dancing style can be used by a machine-learning model to ID us, regardless of musical genre. Unless it’s Metal. We all headbang.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uprytRWl518″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition is real-life ‘Black Mirror’ stuff, Ocasio-Cortez says

January 17, 2020 0 Comments AI, alexandria ocasio-cortez, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, black mirror, facial recognition, house oversight committee, house oversight committee hearing, joy buolamwini, Law & order, Machine Learning, meredith whittaker, Privacy, surveillance, willie lynch

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:59:27 +0000

“People think they’re going to put on a cute filter and have puppy dog ears, and not realize that that data’s being collected.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WEGyDh5kmBU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep23: Snake ransomware, VPN holes and phone spying – Naked Security Podcast

January 16, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, Ransomware, surveillance, vpn

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:43:32 +0000

New episode – listen now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Acnnr8mcnHI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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College students call for ban on facial recognition on campus

January 16, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, college campuses, facial recognition, fight for the future, Privacy, students, students for sensible drug policy, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:57:59 +0000

Fight for the Future is building on its success in pressuring concert promoters to back off of plans to use the technology at festivals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cPl_2EJ8pSY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 0 Comments ashley madison, ashley madison hack, Awareness, badrabbit, Cambridge Analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data privacy, edward snowden, emotet, exploits, facebook, Hacktivism, mat honan, notpetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, nsa tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, Ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security fails, shadow brokers, social media, sony, sony pictures hack, surveillance, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Awareness

Tags: ashley madison ashley madison hack BadRabbit cambridge analytica cryptolocker cryptolocker ransomware Data privacy Edward Snowden emotet exploits facebook hacktivism mat honan NotPetya NSA nsa spying nsa surveillance NSA tools playstation breach playstation hack ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware security fails shadow brokers social media sony sony pictures hack surveillance target breach target hack trickbot triple threat WannaCry

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US military supplier in ‘Made in America’ fraud case

November 11, 2019 0 Comments aventura, china, chinese, chinese spying, Government security, jack cabasso, Law & order, made in china, military equipment, security threats, surveillance, unlawful importation, us military

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:48:05 +0000

Aventura allegedly imported cheap cameras and network-enabled security gear from China, then slapped US flag stickers on them.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zfDZroWWndo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

News Science

Global Health Security Index finds gaps in preparedness for epidemics and pandemics

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Diseases and Conditions, Health Policy, Public Health, Public Health Education, Security and Defense, surveillance, Workplace Health, World Development

A new Global Health Security Index released today, the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries, suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or pandemic.

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Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

October 24, 2019 0 Comments androids, bed-bots, code signing, henn na hotel, his group, his hotel group, japan, nfc tag, peeping toms, Privacy, robot hotels, robots, security threats, smart speakers, surveillance, tapia, unsigned code, voice assistants, voice recognition, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:39:48 +0000

Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6qgRyj8P2OY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google chief warns visitors about smart speakers in his home

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, amazon, amazon echo, eavesdropping, Google, google nest, IoT, Privacy, recordings, smart speakers, surveillance

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:37:52 +0000

Rick Osterloh says he discloses smart speaker use when someone enters his home, and the products should probably do so themselves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qRZbDKOCYpk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Contextual engineering improves success of projects in non-industrial societies

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Civil Engineering, Construction, Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Environmental Policies, Security and Defense, STEM Education, surveillance

Humanitarian engineering projects often focus on bringing western technologies to non-industrialized societies. But environmental and cultural factors in these locations may be very different from conditions in the West, and the projects may not meet client needs if engineers do not fully understand the context in which they are operating.