Data Breach

• newThe Futuristic Vision of Iot
  Each business will need to make strategic decisions around network architecture, communication protocols, data standards, and data security today ...
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• newGoogle has pushed update for Android Bluetooth security Bug
  Researchers found a security flaw in Android's security component that could lead to the potential data breach. The bug has been identified as ...
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• newHealthcare Cyber Security Market Rising Trends, Technology Advancements and Demand 2017 ...
  Healthcare Cyber Security Market Report, published by Publisher, forecasts that the global market was valued at $4,591 million in 2016, and is ...
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• newInto the breach: How to combat the next wave of data breaches
  Kevin J. Ryan* says experts warn that phishing is getting more sophisticated and suggest how to guard against the next wave of data breaches.
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• newFour security best practices from cybersecurity leaders
  According to an estimate by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and internet security giant McAfee, cybercrime now costs the world ...
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Krebs On Security

• A Light at the End of Liberty Reserve’s Demise?

  

  In May 2013, the U.S. Justice Department seized Liberty Reserve, alleging the virtual currency service acted as a $6 billion financial hub for the cybercrime world. Prompted by assurances that the government would one day afford Liberty Reserve users…
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• Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition

  

  Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. Also, Adobe h…
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Naked Security

• Bluetooth bugs – researchers find 10 “Sweyntooth” security holes

  

  More trouble in the Internet of Things - Bluetooth firmware code in many devices is found to have numerous bugs.
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• Cookie-nabbing app could have served users side helping of XSS

  

  A popular GDPR compliance WordPress plugin vendor has patched a flaw that rendered both site visitors and admins vulnerable to XSS attacks.
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CSO Online

• The CSO guide to top security conferences, 2020

  

  There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have your questions answered by experts.Fortunately,…
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• What is phishing? How this cyber attack works and how to prevent it

  

  Phishing definitionPhishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised email as a weapon. The goal is to trick the email recipient into believing that the message is something they want or need — a request from their bank, for instance, or a note from…
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FierceITSecurity

• Report finds ransomware sites increasing rapidly thanks to ransomware's likelihood to succeed
  A new report from Infoblox found malicious domain creation is increasing both year over year and quarter to quarter. Surprisingly, ransomware domain creation saw a 35X increase, resulting in a 290 percent increase overall in the malware category.
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• TeamViewer users' machines reportedly hijacked, company denies a breach
  TeamViewer, a company that provides remote support and online meeting software, was supposedly hacked according to user complaints that their computers were hijacked and bank accounts drained. The Register reported that the company is denying the h…
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CIO Online

• How cyber attackers hide malware on your network

  

  Knowing where to look for malware lurking on your network gives you a better chance to prevent damage from it.
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• How cyber attackers hide malware on your network

  

  Knowing where to look for malware lurking on your network gives you a better chance to prevent damage from it.
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Homeland Security Today

• newU.S. Prosecutors End Old Terror Case Against California Man
  One of the nation’s highest profile post-9/11 terrorism cases fully unraveled Friday, with federal prosecutors saying they won’t pursue charges after a judge last year overturned the conviction of a man who had been linked to a purported al-Qaida…
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• newReport: German Far-Right Terror Cell Met on WhatsApp; 12 Arrested
  Prosecutors say the men wanted to cause "circumstances akin to civil war" by plotting "yet-unspecified attacks against politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims."
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Graham Cluley Latest

• Puerto Rico government falls for $2.6 million email scam
  As if Puerto Rico wasn’t having a hard enough time as it attempts to recover from recession, the damage caused by devastating hurricanes in recent years, and a damaging earthquake last month, it now finds itself being exploited by cybercriminals.R…
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• Secure email service Tutanota complains it is being blocked by AT&T in parts of the United States
  Some US users of the Tutanota have been unable to access the secure email service while out and about on their smartphones since the end of January.The common demoninator? They all use AT&T for their internet access.
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Multi-State Information Sharing Center

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox Could Allow for Remote Code Execution
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• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Remote Code Execution
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Network World

• How cyber attackers hide malware on your network

  

  Knowing where to look for malware lurking on your network gives you a better chance to prevent damage from it.
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• How cyber attackers hide malware on your network

  

  Knowing where to look for malware lurking on your network gives you a better chance to prevent damage from it.
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Packet Storm Latest

• Debian Security Advisory 4623-1
  Debian Linux Security Advisory 4623-1 - Tom Lane discovered that "ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION" sub commands in the PostgreSQL database did not perform authorisation checks.
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• Slackware Security Advisory - mozilla-thunderbird Updates
  Slackware Security Advisory - New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
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NIST Latest in IT

• NISTs Network-of-Things Model Builds Foundation to Help Define the Internet of Things
  A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a basic model aimed at helping researchers better understand the Internet of Things (IoT) and its security challenges.Credit: Natasha ...
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• Realizing the Potential of Quantum Information Science and Advancing High-Performance Computing
  The White House announced today a new report from the National Science and Technology Council on challenges, opportunities and the path forward in quantum information science, including a plan for high-performance computing.As described ...
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US- CERT Alerts

• AA20-031A: Detecting Citrix CVE-2019-19781
  Original release date: January 31, 2020 | Last revised: February 10, 2020SummaryUnknown cyber network exploitation (CNE) actors have successfully compromised numerous organizations that employed vulnerable Citrix devices through a critical vulnerabil…
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• AA20-020A: Critical Vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP
  Original release date: January 20, 2020 | Last revised: January 27, 2020SummaryNote: As of January 24, 2020, Citrix has released all expected updates in response to CVE-2019-19781.[1] On January 19, 2020, Citrix released firmware updates for Citr…
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Cisco Security Alerts

• ISC BIND Subsequent RDATA Query Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
  HP has released an additional security bulletin and updated software to address the ISC BIND subsequent RDATA query processing remote denial of service vulnerability.
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• Network Time Protocol decodenetnum() Function Denial of Service Vulnerability
  IBM has released a security advisory and fixes to address the Network Time Protocol decodenetnum() function denial of service vulnerability.
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Cisco Event Responses

• Cisco Event Response: October 2019 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication
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• Cisco Event Response: September 2019 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication
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HIPPA Omnibus Rule

• Watchdog Agency: Improper Use of Medicare Data Rampant

  

  HHS OIG Plans to Expand Investigation NationwideA federal watchdog agency next week will announce the expansion nationwide of an investigation into inappropriate access and use of Medicare beneficiaries' sensitive information for potential fraud and…
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• MIT Researchers: Online Voting App Has Security Flaws

  

  Voatz Smartphone App Used in 2018 Vulnerable to Hacking, Report AllegesMIT security researchers have published a paper that describes several security flaws in Voatz, a smartphone app used for limited online voting during the 2018 midterm elections.…
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• US Charges Huawei With Stealing Trade Secrets

  

  Prosecutors Allege Criminal Conspiracy to Obtain Intellectual PropertyThe U.S. Justice Department has filed new charges against Huawei and several of its subsidiaries, plus its CFO, accusing them of engaging in a conspiracy to steal trade secrets fro…
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• Facebook Delays EU Dating Service Rollout After 'Dawn Raid'

  

  Irish Data Protection Authority Questions Impact of New ServiceAny lonely hearts in Europe hoping to meet the person of their dreams via Facebook's dating service on Valentine's Day this year will have to wait a little longer. The social network has…
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• HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule
  This package of regulations includes modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security, enforcement and breach notification rules, as required under the HITECH Act.
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• HITECH Act Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program Software Certification Final Rule
  This rule establishes criteria for electronic health records software that qualifies for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The program, part of the economic stimulus package, is providing billions of dollars in Med…
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• HITECH Act Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program Meaningful Use Final Rule
  This rule establishes criteria that hospitals and physicians must meet to qualify as "meaningful users" of electronic health records and receive further financial incentives in Stage 2 of the HITECH Act Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The…
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• FDA: Unique Device Identification System
  This proposed rule from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require unique identifiers on medical devices. While the rule aims to ease the collection and analysis of data about adverse health events and help detect counterfeit products, no pa…
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• Live Webinar | Risk Exchanges: The Key to Vendor Risk Management Efficiency in NA
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• Live Webinar | Connected Intelligence: The Future of Fraud Defense
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• Live Webinar | Trust or Zero Trust? Going Beyond Privileged Access Management
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• Live Webinar | Who's In Your Cloud? How Privileged Access Controls are Leaving You Exposed
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• Analysis: Indictments in Equifax Hack
  The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the indictments of four Chinese military officers in connection with the 2017 Equifax data breach. Also featured: Advice on implementing NIST's new privacy framework; lessons learned in a breach…
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• NIST Privacy Framework: The Implementation Challenges
  Although NIST's new privacy framework is agnostic toward any particular privacy law, "it gives organizations building blocks to help them meet any obligations under any particular law or jurisdiction" says Naomi Lefkovitz, a NIST senior privacy advis…
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• Analysis: Iowa Election App Missteps
  The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an analysis of the missteps that led to problems with the app used in this week's Democratic presidential caucuses in Iowa. Also featured: growing privacy concerns about facial recognition and bus…
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• Coronavirus: How to Plan and Protect
  The coronavirus statistics are dizzying - as of Thursday, there were more than 28,000 infections and about 560 deaths. But the key stat to watch is the mortality rate, currently 2 percent, says pandemic expert Regina Phelps. How that number changes w…
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• RSA Conference 2020: ISMG Spotlights Security Leaders
  Over 200 Video Interviews With Experts PlannedInformation Security Media Group, a premier media partner at the annual RSA Conference, will conduct over 200 video interviews at this year's event with cybersecurity thought leaders, executives, CISOs an…
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• Learn From How Others Get Breached: Equifax Edition
  Takeaway: People, Process and Technology Shortcomings Equal Management FailuresTime for a fresh edition of "learn from how others get breached" focusing on Equifax. The goal is not blame, but rather to highlight specific missteps so others can avoid…
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• No Surprise: China Blamed for 'Big Data' Hack of Equifax
  Analysis: Equifax Failed on Security, But Only Governments Can Hold Each Other to AccountWho's surprised Chinese military hackers allegedly hacked Equifax? For a foreign power that continues to attempt to amass personal information on its adversaries…
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• Bringing Outsiders Into Your Compliance Team: Four Considerations
  Hiring third party investigators to bolster your AML and Compliance team? Here's four things to consider before you pick up the phone.Money Laundering investigators are in high demand: banks and other financial institutions have spent almost two deca…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation | Deep Links

• In Foreshadowing Cryptocurrency Regulations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Prioritizes Law Enforcement Concerns
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin foreshadowed the Trump administration’s plans for greater surveillance of cryptocurrency users during his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. He noted that cryptocurrency was a “cruci…
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• California Auditor Releases Damning Report About Law Enforcement’s Use of Automated License Plate Readers
   California police and sheriffs are failing to protect the privacy of drivers on city streets, the California State Auditor’s office determined after a seven-month investigation into the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by the Los An…
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• Reevaluating the DMCA 22 Years Later: Let’s Think of the Users
  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is one of the most important laws affecting the Internet and technology. Without the DMCA’s safe harbors from crippling copyright liability, many of the services on which we rely, big and small, commercia…
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• EFF Fights to Protect Anonymity of Glassdoor Commenter
  Speakers’ Opinions About Their Former Workplace Are Protected by First AmendmentSan Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking a state court to protect the identity of an anonymous Glassdoor commenter who is being targeted by…
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• Uruguay Steps Too Quickly into the Right to be Forgotten Quagmire
  The further the "Right to be Forgotten" (RTBF) online progresses from its original creation by Europe's Court of Justice, the broader and more damaging its ramifications seem to be. The latest attempt to insert it is a rushed proposal in Uruguay. The…
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• EFF, Internet Society, and Professors To Discuss Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry
  Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz on Panel at American UniversityWashington, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and advocates for public interest organizations will participate tomorrow in an open discussion about a controversial plan…
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• Appeals Court Win for Open Source Advocate Speaking Out on Licensing Restrictions
  Bruce Perens Faced a Lawsuit Over a Blog Post – EFF Helped Him Fight BackSan Francisco – An Open Source advocate and blogger criticizing a company, Open Source Security Inc. (OSS), has successfully defended a defamation lawsuit after an appeals c…
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• Europeans Deserve to Have Their Governments Test—Not Trust—Filters
  Thanks to the adoption of a disastrous new Copyright Directive, the European Union is about to require its member states to pass laws requiring online service providers to ensure the unavailability of copyright-protected works. This will likely resul…
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• How To Protect Your Phone Number On Twitter

  

  The bad news is that Twitter has disclosed a failure to protect users' phone numbers, again. The good news is that Twitter users can take steps to protect themselves.Earlier this week, Twitter announced it had discovered and shut down “a large net…
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• How Twitter's Default Settings Can Leak Your Phone Number
  Twitter has publicly disclosed a security “incident” that points to long-standing problems with how the service handles phone numbers. Twitter announced it had discovered and shut down “a large network of fake accounts” that were uploading la…
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• EFF Lawsuit Ends Censorship Against PETA on Public University’s Facebook Page
  In a big win for free speech on the Internet, an EFF lawsuit has compelled the nation’s second-largest public university to stop censoring dissent on its social media. To settle our First Amendment case, Texas A&M University (TAMU) agreed to end it…
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• What to Know Before You Buy or Install Your Amazon Ring Camera
  So, you own or are thinking of buying a Ring camera. This post outlines a list of privacy and civil liberties concerns we have with Amazon’s Ring system so that you can be a more informed consumer, or—if you already own a Ring camera—be a more…
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• Speaking Freely: An Interview With Evan Greer
  Evan Greer is many things: A musician, an activist for LGBTQ issues, the Deputy Director of Fight for the Future, and a true believer in the free and open internet. Evan is a longtime friend of EFF, and it was great to chat with her about the state…
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• Congress Must Stop the Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Security Bill
  There’s a new and serious threat to both free speech and security online. Under a draft bill that Bloomberg recently leaked, the Attorney General could unilaterally dictate how online platforms and services must operate. If those companies don’t…
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• Clearview AI—Yet Another Example of Why We Need A Ban on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Now
  This week, additional stories came out about Clearview AI, the company we wrote about earlier that’s marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to law enforcement. These stories discuss some of the police departments around the country that have…
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• After Nonprofits Protest at ICANN, California's Attorney General Steps Into the .ORG Battle

  

  Once appearing to be a done deal, the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity is facing new delays and new opposition, after a successful protest in front of ICANN last week by nonprofits and an intervention by the California Attorney General. Pr…
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• Lawsuit in India Seeks to Shut Down Access to U.S. Journalism Website
  Computer security researchers and journalists play a critical role in uncovering flaws in software and information systems. Their research and reporting allows users to protect themselves, and vendors to repair their products before attackers can exp…
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• Same Old NFL: League Abuses Trademark to Shut Down New York Jets Parody Store

  

  The National Football League seems to be gunning for a spot in our Hall of Shame by setting a record for all-time career TDs—no, not touchdowns, but takedowns. We’ve written before about the NFL’s crusade against anyone who dares use the words…
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• Speaking Freely: An Interview with Christian Frank
  Christian Frank is a freelance IT consultant who was born and raised, and currently resides, in Cologne, Germany. Last year, he did some work protesting the Article 13 demonstrations in Europe, a topic that he remains passionate about, as you’ll se…
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• New Bill Would Make Needed Steps Toward Curbing Mass Surveillance
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• U.K. Police Will Soon be able to Search Through U.S. Data Without Asking a Judge
  Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and U.K. have negotiated a deal that sells out the privacy rights of the public in both nations. For Americans, it will effectively abrogate Fourth Amendment protections, and subject their data to search and seiz…
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• Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think
  If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks" in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public places. But now, due to the widespread deployment of HTTPS encryption on most popular w…
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• Design Patents Are Useless. So Why Are They Getting a Boost in DC?

  

  When we talk about patents, we’re usually talking about “utility” patents. Utility patents protect inventions that claim to have some practical application or use. (A lot of them still claim things that are actually useless, but they’re suppo…
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• Off-Facebook Activity is a Welcome but Incomplete Move
  Today Facebook announced the roll-out of its Off-Facebook Activity tool (initially introduced as “Clear History” nearly two years ago). The tools shows you a list of apps, websites, and businesses that Facebook knows you have visited through its…
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• EFF and Other Groups to PCLOB: Urge the Ban of Face Recognition
  This week EFF joined a coalition letter asking the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) to urge that the government suspend its use of face recognition technology. The letter was signed by organizations like Color of Change, Council on American-…
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• How to Change Your Off-Facebook Activity Settings

  

  Facebook's long-awaited Off-Facebook Activity tool started rolling out today. While it's not a perfect measure, and we still need stronger data privacy laws, this tool is a good step toward greater transparency and user control regarding third-par…
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• Data Privacy or Data Protection Day? It’s a Human Right, Either Way
  Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Council of Europe's "Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data", or, more catchily, Convention 108. It is the root treaty that spawned the first Europ…
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• Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers

  

  Ring isn't just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers.An investigation by EFF of the Ring doorbell app for Android found it to be packed with third-party trackers sending out a plet…
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• Clearview’s Face Surveillance Shows Why We Need a Strong Federal Consumer Privacy Law
  The New York Times’ recent story on Clearview AI, maker of a secretive facial recognition app that markets its product to law enforcement, has raised critical questions about what can be done to protect our privacy online. Clearview claims to have…
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• Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is the Real Problem

  

  On January 15, a Norweigian Consumer Council (NCC) investigative report exposed the ways that Grindr, OKCupid, and eight other apps are collecting and sharing extremely sensitive personal data. Grindr in particular was sharing users’ age and locati…
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• In Memory of Lina Ben Mhenni, Tunisian Free Expression Activist and Revolutionary
  Like so many of her friends, colleagues, and admirers around the world, we were devastated to hear of the death of Lina Ben Mhenni at age 36, following a long illness. The Tunisian blogger, activist, athlete, and linguistics lecturer was a friend to…
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• Victory! Lawsuit Challenging FOSTA Reinstated by Court
  Judges Found Plaintiffs Have Standing to SueSAN FRANCISCO–A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA, a federal law that has driven marginalized communities and speech about sex and sex work offline, was reinstated today in a court ruling…
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• Don’t Write Copyright Law in Secret
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• When Computer Crimes Are Used To Silence Journalists: Why EFF Stands Against the Prosecution of Glenn Greenwald
  This week, prosecutors in Brazil filed a criminal complaint against Glenn Greenwald, an internationally lauded journalist best known for publishing leaked documents detailing the NSA’s mass surveillance. Greenwald’s prosecution is an attempt to u…
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• The Key To Fixing Copyright Is Ending Massive, Unpredictable Damages Awards
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• The Public Domain Is the Rule, Copyright Is the Exception
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• EFF Activists To Demonstrate Against Sell Out of .ORG to Private Equity at Los Angeles Protest
  Rally at ICANN’s LA Headquarters Will Feature EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow, Nonprofit DefendersLos Angeles—Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) activists will join advocates for other public interest nonprofits to protest a plan to sell out…
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• Tale of Jailbreaking Disobedient IoT Appliances Shortlisted for the National Canada Reads Prize
  In Unauthorized Bread, a novella by EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow published in his 2019 Tor Books collection Radicalized, a refugee named Salima leads a mass jailbreaking of the locked-down Internet of Things appliances in a subsidized housing un…
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• EFF to Supreme Court: Criminal Immigration Statute Threatens Free Speech Online
  EFF is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a law that poses a serious threat to online speech by criminalizing speech that “encourages” unlawful immigration. EFF filed an amicus brief on behalf of itself and Immigrants Rising, the Intern…
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• Speaking Freely: An Interview with Addie Wagenknecht
  Addie Wagenknecht is an artist and researcher based between the U.S. and Europe. We met a few years back when she invited me to be part of Deep Lab, a “collaborative group of cyberfeminist researchers, artists, writers, engineers, and cultural pro…
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• In Serving Big Company Interests, Copyright Is in Crisis
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• EFF Statement on Glenn Greenwald Charges
  EFF is dismayed to learn of the decision by Brazilian prosecutors to charge journalist Glenn Greenwald under the country’s computer crime law.EFF has long warned that cybersecurity laws in the Americas have been written and interpreted so broadly…
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• Hearing Wednesday: EFF Urges Court To Rule That Blogger’s Opinion of Open Source Licensing Agreement is Protected by the First Amendment
  Patch Maker Sued For Defamation To Shut Down CriticSan Francisco, California—On Wednesday, January 22, at 9 am, EFF Staff Attorney Jamie Williams will tell a federal appeals court that a lower court correctly dismissed a defamation lawsuit against…
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• A Tool That Removes Copyrighted Works Is Not a Substitute for Fair Use
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us All
  We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what's…
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• ICANN Needs To Ask More Questions About the Sale of .ORG
  Over 21,000 people, 660 organizations, and now six Members of Congress have asked ICANN, the organization that regulates the Internet’s domain name system, to halt the $1.135 billion deal that would hand control over PIR, the .ORG domain registry,…
  - 30 days ago 18 Jan 20, 12:50am -
• EFF Asks the Supreme Court to Put a Stop to Dangerously Broad Interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
  At EFF, we have spent years fighting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The law was aimed at computer crime, but it is both vague and draconian—putting people at risk for prison sentences for ordinary Internet behavior. Now, we are asking the…
  - 30 days ago 17 Jan 20, 9:21pm -
• Tuesday Hearing: EFF Argues in New Jersey Supreme Court That Defendant Can’t Be Forced to Turn Over Password to Encrypted iPhone
  U.S. Constitution Protects Rights Against Self-IncriminationTrenton, New Jersey—On Tuesday, January 21, at 1 pm, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Andrew Crocker will ask the New Jersey Supreme Court to rule that the state can’t force a defendant to turn…
  - 31 days ago 17 Jan 20, 5:53pm -
• Iranian Tech Users Are Getting Knocked Off the Web by Ambiguous Sanctions
  Between targeted killings, retaliatory air strikes, and the shooting of a civilian passenger plane, the last few weeks have been marked by tragedy as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iranian governments. In the wake of these events, Iranians within…
  - 31 days ago 17 Jan 20, 5:28pm -
• Rights Groups to European Commission: Prioritize Users’ Rights, Get Public Input For Article 17 Application Guidelines
  The implementation of Art 17 (formerly Article 13) into national laws will have a profound effect on what users can say and share online. The controversial rule, part of the EU’s copyright directive approved last year, turns tech companies and onli…
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