The Insecurity Brief

Apple last week notified 11 U.S. State Department employees in Uganda that their iPhones were hacked, and investigators have linked the attack to a tool developed by NSO Group, an Israeli technology company that was blacklisted by the Biden administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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#nsogroup

The SS7 hack is a reality. There are sites all over the internet that offer tracking the location of any cell phone user by just the phone number. Other services allow calls to recorded or eavesdropped and text messages to be read outside of the device.

https://www.tripelix.com/ss7-hack-allows-anyone-to-listen-to-your-cell-phone-calls-and-more/

Apple reportedly notified several U.S. Embassy and State Department employees that their iPhones may have been targeted by an unknown assailant using state-sponsored spyware created by the controversial Israeli company NSO Group, according to multiple reports from Reuters and The Washington Post.

In this episode Trip takes a new direction in his normal fare. Discover what you can do to change your outlook

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#freedom

How to create not guessable passwords and how to store them,

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#password

Download for free for personal use Windows or Mac

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Has someone been spying on everyone that uses Tor? Trip explains the network that so many should be using everyday

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#tor #darknet

Since at least 2017, a mysterious threat actor has run thousands of malicious servers in entry, middle, and exit positions of the Tor network in what a security researcher has described as an attempt to deanonymize Tor users.

After getting a renewal notice from my carrier i looked at plans again and thought i would share my pick with you so you can save money too. $15 per month unlimited calls and text 3gb data

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#cellphone

Find the right plan for everyone on your account

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https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1288682

It’s Unlimited built right.

https://www.verizon.com/plans/unlimited/

A new report released today reveals how Verizon Communications achieves a negative federal tax rate to avoid paying its fair share of taxes, and aggressively uses tax loopholes and subsidies to cut its tax bills even more.

https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/100-billion-verizon-one-country%E2%80%99s-most-aggressive-tax-dodgers

Cellphones are the largest target for stealing money since so many have banking apps. Trip talks about alternatives

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#cellphone #flubot

Have you received this message? It is shocking how cybercriminals have developed new tactics to trick users and steal their money. In fact, it has become extremely easy to infect users phones with malware. Flubot malware has been infecting users phones by tricking users into instal the malware themselves on their phones after alerting them that their handset is infected. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe.

https://tech.hindustantimes.com/mobile/news/your-phone-hit-by-dangerous-flubot-malware-know-how-to-fight-hackers-71633239605168.html

Millions of texts leading to the Flubot spyware/banking trojan are targeting everyone who uses Androids in the country, in an “exceptional” attack.

All over social media are ads for con artists and employment scams. Trip talks about some of these and how it impacts all of us.

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47 U.S. Code § 230 – Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

Tucked inside the Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 is one of the most valuable tools for protecting freedom of expression and innovation on the Internet: Section 230.

https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230

There has been a massive disinformation campaign going on for decades over violence. So many voices constantly overrun and shape what people believe. Trip examines one set of actors behind it

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APA’s governing Council of Representatives seated a task force to review its August 2015 resolution in light of many occasions in which members of the media or policymakers have cited that resolution as evidence that violent video games are the cause of violent behavior, including mass shootings.

https://www.apa.org/about/policy/resolution-violent-video-games.pdf

NEW YORK (AP) — Do video games trigger violent behavior? Scientific studies have found no link. But the persistent theory is back in the headlines following Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas .

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-games-tx-state-wire-shootings-4

Video games do not lead to violence or aggression, according to a reanalysis of data gathered from more than 21,000 young people around the world.

The researchers, led by Aaron Drummond from New Zealand’s Massey University, re-examined 2

From simple bots to the Botnet Trip explains what is going on with the machines you trust

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#bot #Botnet

Connect your apps and devices in new ways with powerful automations.

https://ifttt.com/

A group of prolific spammers is reposting phishing links to unsuspecting users of social media. In an apparent elaborate effort to sway political opinion globally and targeting the unaware and the mentally ill in a clickbait scheme.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have rip offs and bait and switch schemes, Trip talk about security should be in your radar.

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