Now
that’s how the pros do it!
New
Report Reveals Chinese APT Groups May Have Been Entrenched in Some
Servers for Nearly a Decade Using Little-Known Linux Exploits
The
state-backed Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are
among the world’s oldest, most skilled and most active agents of
cyber espionage. As respected as these groups already are as
threats, a new report from BlackBerry indicates that their reach and
capability may be even greater than previously thought.
The
report outlines a coordinated campaign by five of these groups that
dates back at least eight years. The groups have been exploiting
underlooked remote access vulnerabilities in Linux servers, using
these as a launch point for malware attacks against Windows systems
and Android devices. In some cases, the groups have been exploiting
a general lack of interest in Linux security to quietly exfiltrate
data from targets for years at a time.
The
report, entitled “Decade
of the RATs”,
shows that five particular groups of civilian contractor hackers in
China have been coordinating their efforts and sharing information in
a wide-ranging cyber espionage campaign directed at industries and
government agencies all over the world. The common link among
targets is the ability to exploit underlooked Linux servers as a
doorway to the network.
This
could be amusing, but probably will never make it to open court.
Facebook:
Here’s Proof Israeli WhatsApp Hackers Ran Cyberweapons In America
Facebook
lawyers have come out fighting in its lawsuit against Israeli spyware
provider NSO Group by revealing details on how the latter’s iPhone
hacking tools were being operated in America. It’s the
first time the NSO attack infrastructure has been revealed and comes
in spite of NSO’s repeated claims its tools don’t work in the
U.S. And it raises more questions about how many Americans have been
snooped on by NSO’s spy tools.
Back
in 2019, as many as 1,400 WhatsApp users were hit with spyware that
took control of their iPhone. The targets included
human rights lawyers and
journalists, according to WhatsApp’s analysis. The Facebook-owned
messenger subsequently launched a lawsuit in October against NSO,
claiming its tools were behind the attacks.
Since
then, NSO has tried to have the case dismissed. One of the company’s
key claims is that the jurisdiction was incorrect, as NSO wasn’t
based in California and its government customers were based outside
the U.S. The company had also previously told Forbes
its
tools had a killswitch that meant as soon as its Android and iPhone
spyware launched on a U.S. device, it would not run.
Lots
of countries with privacy laws…
Consumer
Empowerment, Market Innovation, and Privacy Law
In
Sep 2019, CEOs representing 51 companies from the Business
Roundtable, including Amazon, IBM and Salesforce, signed a letter
to
congressional leaders pushing for a federal consumer data privacy
law. In their words, a comprehensive policy that would ensure
“strong, consistent protections for American consumers” and
ensure “American companies continue to lead a globally competitive
market.”
… Currently,
there are over
80 countries with
national privacy laws, providing insights and lessons for the U.S. to
draw upon as we create a model that fits the unique attributes of the
world’s technology leader.
Covid
panic vs Privacy.
Aryan
Babele reports on public health surveillance in India and the lengths
some areas have gone to:
In India local authorities of several states such as Rajasthan, Punjab and Delhi, have published the lists of personal details, in online media and platforms, of those suspected or infected of COVID-19. The Karnataka government has taken this to an inordinate level by mandating all quarantined persons to send a selfie with geo-tags through an official app named ‘CoronaWatch’ every hour, except during sleeping time 10 PM to 7 AM. Now, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has also launched an app- ‘Aarogya Setu’, which uses Bluetooth and GPS of user’s device to alert an individual if they come within six feet of a Covid-19 infected person.
Read
his entire article on The
Leaflet.
Closer
to self-driving.
Tesla
Achieved The Accuracy Of Lidar With Its Advanced Computer Vision Tech
… Tesla’s
camera-based approach is much cheaper and easier to implement on the
hardware side, but requires an insanely complex computer system to
translate raw camera inputs and vehicle telematics into intelligence.
At a foundational level, the computer can identify lane markings,
signs, and other vehicles from a series of sequential static images,
also known as a video.
Perspective.
E-Commerce
Stocks Soar With Pandemic Gains Seen as Long-Lasting
E-commerce
companies have emerged as a favorite play on Wall Street during the
coronavirus pandemic, amid a growing consensus that upcoming results
will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behavior toward
online shopping.
While online
sales have long been growing their market share as a percentage of
overall retail spending, the trend has been accelerated as shutdowns
force closures at brick-and-mortar rivals. Analysts have said that
the higher demand is likely to outlast the pandemic, especially in
categories like groceries, which previously had less traction online.
Amazon.com
Inc. has been perhaps the most high-profile winner of the current
environment, with the company hiring tens of thousands of workers to
meet demand. As a result of that higher demand, Wall Street has been
growing steadily more optimistic about its prospects.
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