The Art of Surveillance: Exposed by Dries Depoorter
Provocative tech artist Dries Depoorter exposes the many ways you’re being watched. The post The Art of Surveillance: Exposed by Dries Depoorter appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers......»»
An Amazon Prime Video server packed with viewer data was exposed online
Amazon says server was quickly secured, and no login or payment details were exposed......»»
Migrating birds drawn by light face higher chemical exposure
Birds attracted by the glow of artificial light at night are drawn into areas where they are also exposed to higher concentrations of airborne toxic chemicals, according to a new study......»»
A new approach, not currently described by the Clean Air Act, could eliminate air pollution disparities
While air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years thanks in part to the Clean Air Act, people of color at every income level in the United States are still exposed to higher-than-average levels of air pollution......»»
Rats Are Invasive Menaces. These Cameras Spy on Them
Keeping rodents off Santa Cruz Island is an exhausting task. But now, conservationists are getting an assist from an AI-powered surveillance system......»»
Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US
The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday......»»
Location data could be exposed in WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema
Security researchers have found a surprising method for exposing location data in otherwise secure messaging apps WhatsApp, Signal, and Threema. While the method sounds imprecise, tests showed that it provided greater than 80% reliability … more.....»»
Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious
Data includes signed contracts and projects related to critical infrastructure. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is facing criticism for the way it disclosed a recent security lapse that exposed what a security company.....»»
Microsoft data breach exposed sensitive data of 65,000 companies
Microsoft is in a disagreement with a security research firm regarding how a recent breach of its servers has been handled......»»
Doorbell cameras raise privacy questions and threaten gig workers, says report
Doorbell cameras like Ring offer a number of benefits to consumers, but have also normalized home and neighborhood surveillance, says a new report. In particular, they are effectively turning customers of services like Amazon into pseudo managers of.....»»
Alligators exposed to PFAS show autoimmune effects
A recent study of alligators in the Cape Fear River found the animals had elevated levels of 14 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals in their blood serum, as well as clinical and genetic indicators of immune system effects. The work ad.....»»
The most dangerous connected devices
The growing number and diversity of connected devices in every industry present new challenges for organizations to understand and manage the risks they are exposed to. In this Help Net Security video, Daniel Dos Santos, Head of Security Research at.....»»
Secure portable operating system Tails 5.5 released
Tails, based on Debian GNU/Linux, is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship, and version 5.5 is now available for download. When composing an email, you can now see whether it will be encrypted or not. You can s.....»»
How Iran Is Using the Protests to Block More Open Internet Access
The Iranian government is taking advantage of Internet shutdowns to push citizens onto a local intranet that is vulnerable to surveillance and censorship.....»»
People Exposed to Harmful Wildfire Smoke Often Live Far from Lung Specialists
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires, and those most affected by their pollution must drive miles to access care.....»»
Equifax surveilled 1,000 remote workers, fired 24 found juggling two jobs
Equifax used its own worker surveillance product to spy on workers fired. Enlarge Hundreds of thousands of Americans juggled two full-time jobs in September, and nearly 4 million more mixed full-time with part-time work, the.....»»
Florida firm’s webcam surveillance violates human rights, Dutch court says
A win for workers who hesitate to hit record. Enlarge (credit: Dima Berlin | iStock / Getty Images Plu) A Florida-based software development firm called Chetu provided a perfect example of how an employer in 2022 can take work.....»»
Intercultural romantic relationships aid personal growth, researcher says
Couples in intercultural romantic relationships benefit from each other's cultural differences, as they are exposed to new perspectives, knowledge and identities, three recent studies conducted by York University researchers indicate......»»
Average company with data in the cloud faces $28 million in data-breach risk
Hard-to-control collaboration, complex SaaS permissions, and risky misconfigurations — such as admin accounts without multi-factor authentication (MFA) — have left a dangerous amount of cloud data exposed to insider threats and cyberattacks, acco.....»»
The White House released an "AI Bill of Rights"
The White House on Tuesday released a set of guidelines it hopes will spur companies to make and deploy artificial intelligence more responsibly and limit AI-based surveillance, despite the fact that there are few US laws compelling them to do so......»»
This dangerous vulnerability tricks researchers by mimicking old threats
The CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082 zero-day flaw has been brought to Microsoft's attention after its Exchange email servers were left exposed to bad actors......»»