Notices tagged with security, page 44

The Intercept presents Haven, an app created with the insight of Edward Snowden to protect people from "evil maid" attacks.

The app, open-source and currently Beta, is a collaboration between #Snowden (through the FPF) and #GuardianProject. It can be obtained from the Play Store and #FDroid.

The app, installed on a smartphone, records sound, movement and video while sending notifications another phone.

Read more here: https://theintercept.com/2017/12/22/snowdens-new-app-uses-your-smartphone-to-physically-guard-your-laptop/

#Haven #Privacy #Security #TheIntercept

#nsa was supposed to improve #security but instead if became an enabler of mass cracking (other than its own) https://www.scmagazineuk.com/hackers-use-nsa-exploits-to-mine-monero/article/719170/

Now #german govt wants to put backdoors everywhere:
https://www.thelocal.de/20171201/german-government-wants-backdoor-access-to-every-digital-device-report

I wonder who else is gonna join.

#security #privacy

Security: #Security Updates, Reproducible Builds, Leaks, FUD, and Botnets
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/107116

Latest post: Privacy. Want to know the extent of data tracking and surveillance? This is a good place to start.
https://thecapegreek.co.za/blog/is-privacy-dead-part-1

#privacy #security #surveillance

Hello everyone, Trying out Mastodon: #Introductions

I'm a hacker, philosophile, Anonymity, & Kung fu buff, hailing from Maryland/DC.

Infosec student, currently, and perpetually. I don't specialize in any single area, but I do root for the blue.

A couple heavy interest:
#Privacy #Anonymity #Security #D-who #KungFu #zen/tao #Deception-in-Defense #HackerCons

Nice to meet ya'll!

Several vulnerabilites in Intel's Management Engine:

https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/intel-chipset-flaws.html

#flaws #vulnerability #intel #cybersecurity #security #infosec