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tek, 10 days ago to random

A Marriage Made in Hell: An Introduction to Microsoft’s Complicity in Apartheid and Genocide
https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/a-marriage-made-in-hell-an-introduction-to-microsofts-complicity-in-apartheid-and-genocide-d7dfad65a196

tek, 10 days ago to random

By Whose Authority? Pegasus targeting of Russian & Belarusian-speaking opposition activists and independent media in Europe by @citizenlab and @accessnow.social
https://citizenlab.ca/2024/05/pegasus-russian-belarusian-speaking-opposition-media-europe/
https://www.accessnow.org/publication/civil-society-in-exile-pegasus/

tek, 13 days ago to random French

Amnesty lance une campagne pour interdire la reconnaissance faciale en France, leur vidéo de lancement est très bien faite et flippante : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEEOcwOAKng

tek, 18 days ago to random

This is just the most hilarious finding in my past research work: while looking at privacy issue in contact tracing apps, we realized the Qatar app had been developed by someone who skipped app security 101 class, and decided to use id number as authentication token 🤦‍♂️. Every once in a while I laugh remembering that moment of "No this can't be" when working on that in the middle of a confined night
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/qatar-covid19-contact-tracing-app-security-flaw/

tek, 19 days ago to random

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

tek, 20 days ago to random

I really like testimonies from activists about their life, especially older activists where in so many cases, there was a lack of transmissions in between generations.
Three activists on why they refuse to be silent in older age
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2024/05/three-activists-on-why-they-refuse-to-be-silent-in-older-age/

tek, 24 days ago to random

Time to upgrade git y'all https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/16/git-cve-2024-32002/

tek, 27 days ago to random

Hundreds protest in Tunisia to demand a date for fair presidential elections
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/hundreds-protest-tunisia-demand-date-fair-presidential-elections-2024-05-12/

tek, 29 days ago to random

I have been working in infosec for too long, I just wrote phishing rod 🤦‍♂️

tek, 1 month ago to random

I have read bad articles about Spyware, but this bad and from Wired, it is pretty unusual. Some claims are dubious, even people's names are badly written 😑
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-iphone-spyware-101/

tek, 1 month ago to infosec

A WEB OF SURVEILLANCE
Unravelling a murky network of
spyware exports to Indonesia
by @donncha @drwhax and the Amnesty Security Lab team #infosec #Spyware #Pegasus
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/05/a-web-of-surveillance/

tek, 1 month ago to random

Spain reopens a probe into a Pegasus spyware case after a French request to work together
https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-barcelona-spain-hacking-38dcf5392b273f8e8447b0a9f62ed2f5

tek, 1 month ago to random

Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/

tek, 1 month ago to random

Starry Addax targets human rights defenders in North Africa with new malware
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/starry-addax/

tek, 2 months ago to random

This is what we all owe to @AndresFreundTec this week
(found somewhere online, author unknown)

tek, 2 months ago to random

TIL I learned that some people in Egypt call El-Sisi the Mexican, because it sounds similar to El Mexici, and because Biden called El-Sisi the president of Mexico by mistake 😁

tek, 2 months ago to random

Does anyone know resources on potential abusive partner surveillance through car connected services? I have seen article mentioning that it happened but no clear resource.

tek, 2 months ago to random

A bit late, but an interesting article published for International Women's Rights Day : I’ve travelled the world researching patriarchy – and found it is far from inevitable https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/08/international-womens-day-barbie-change-patriarchy

tek, 2 months ago to random

Update on Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard
https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/03/update-on-microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/

tek, 3 months ago to random

I am sad that the term "cyber" got accepted as a real word, it really doesn't anyone, we already have "digital" "technology" that say exactly that without the added FUD. But I guess that ship has sailed 🤷‍♂️

tek, 3 months ago to random

Apple, Okta and others help human rights groups fight spyware
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/spyware-apple-grant-research

tek, 3 months ago to random

Israel has not yet provided evidence to back Hamas 7 October attack claims against UNRWA, UN says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/01/unrwa-funding-pause-employees-october-7-hamas-attack-claims-no-evidence-un

tek, 3 months ago to random

Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp
#Pegasus #Surveillance
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/29/pegasus-surveillance-code-whatsapp-meta-lawsuit-nso-group