While addressing the issue, a Google representative pointed out that their geo-feature provides a plethora of opportunities for smartphone updates when it’s on, however, if paused, the developer retains its ability, depending on a particular device’s model, and app settings, to still use location data, in order to boost one’s ‘Google experience.’ A number of…
In the present modern day world, social media is considered to be the biggest and the largest medium of communication. Social Media usage has become so commonplace, that it is currently being compared to buying groceries and eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With this spike in usage comes a significant increase in malicious and cyber…
When everything from light bulbs to cars, washing machines etc. becomes smart and connects to the internet, an important side effect is that no one will be interested in buying stolen items. With find-my-iPhone-like capabilities, the device will inform the owner of its location as soon as it connects to the internet. In many cases,…
In September of 2018 Apple introduced iOS 12. Exactly one year later things have not changed for the Law Enforcement community with Apple’s new release of iOS 13. In fact, they are exactly the same – the status quo. In a constant battle to keep your private data secure, Apple is hitting back, keeping people…
The White House is contemplating issuing an executive order that would widen its attack on the operations of social media companies. The White House has prepared an executive order called “Protecting Americans from Online Censorship” that would give the Federal Communications Commission oversight of how Facebook, Twitter and other tech companies monitor and manage their…
Government-issued digital identities and signatures for citizens, businesses and government agencies is an emerging digital trend. Digitally leading countries demonstrate that, for instance, hacker attacks on financial institutions are lower in numbers compared to countries without a central digital identity. Whereas traditional paper documents only require simple Photoshop skills to forge, it is impossible to…
California lawmakers today passed a bill placing a three-year state-wide moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies. AB 1215, The Body Camera Accountability Act, was introduced earlier this year by assembly member Phil Tang, a Democrat. Both San Francisco and Oakland previously passed similar bills preventing the use of facial…
Cyber-Attacks have grown significantly in complexity, rendering the majority of ‘Off the Shelf’ detection solutions ineffective. In addition, due to advanced subterfuge techniques, malware often goes unnoticed by system administrators despite being clearly visible to experienced investigators. We have to rely on the human factor, i.e. the analysts, to outsmart the sophisticated attackers. An effective…
In countries that have efficiently digitized a major part of their financial infrastructure (e.g. many Nordic ones), very few people carry cash. It is safe to assume that a significant part of the cash in use comes either from criminal activities or the black labor market. The emergence of blockchain and cryptocurrencies shows that digital…
What is multi-Factor authentication? This is considered to be an essential security tool presently required by most industries nowadays to be utilized in the fight against advanced cyber-attacks and phishing. Typical scenarios for multi-factor authentication include ATM fund withdrawals and online shopping. With Two-Factor Authentication there are two passwords required to process an ATM…
Facial technology software from Amazon used by some law enforcement agencies has shown inaccuracies, particularly when it comes to women of color. Sometimes the technology mistakes dark-skinned women as men. The system worked fine when recognizing men. It’s identifying women that became a glaring problem for the software. An MIT report says Amazon’s Recognition misidentified…
What is Crypto-jacking? There are two types of Cryptojacking: File-based Cryptojacking File-based Crypto-jacking requires a corporate network in conjunction with a malware based infiltration. Many of these attacks are self-propagating, spreading through the network, and creating enormous cleanup costs. They may also drop additional malware in the internal system as they propagate. Browser-based Cryptojacking…
