In den Protesten gegen die Corona-Maßnahmen erkennt der Linken-Politiker eine neue Qualität: Die Demonstranten stritten nicht für eine Sache, „sie stellen sich gegen den Staat an sich“ – ein „richtiges Problem“, warnt Gysi. Weil die Proteste vielfach über Social-Media-Kanäle wie Telegram organisiert und dort auch falsche Impfausweise angeboten würden, spricht er sich für eine schärfere Regulierung aus: „Der Rechtsrahmen muss angepasst werden.“
Daily Archives: 16. Dezember 2021
Senate Passes $768 Billion NDAA With Cyber Provisions
Lawmakers claim the bill is the widest expansion of CISA through legislation since the SolarWinds incident. Among other features, the NDAA authorizes CISA‘s program to monitor IT and OT networks of critical infrastructure partners; and codifies a program providing businesses and state and local governments with model exercises to test their critical infrastructure.
Nation-state hackers are already exploiting the scary Log4j vulnerability
Security researchers recently stunned the world with the Log4Shell hack, revealing that the entire internet is scrambling to patch a vulnerability in a widely used Java utility that many companies employ in their servers. Also known as the Log4j hack, the security issue allows hackers to get into computer systems without a password.
Threat 10 out of 10: Hackers are already exploiting a new vulnerability on computers around the world
According to the Finacial Times, up to December 14
hackers launched more than 1.2 million attacks, which affected hundreds of thousands of users.
Attackers have almost unlimited freedom to hack. The attack was quickly and easily deployed.
They extract the information they need, add record data to the server, delete it, switch to different servers, install ransomware.
Hackers can inject malicious software onto servers, install various programs (including for mining cryptocurrencies), steal confidential data, modify information and make changes to the service interface.
Google Warns That NSO Hacking Is On Par With Elite Nation-State Spies
“This is on par with serious nation-state capabilities,” he says. “It‘s really sophisticated stuff, and when it‘s wielded by an all-gas, no-brakes autocrat, it‘s totally terrifying. And it just makes you wonder what else is out there being used right now that is just waiting to be discovered. If this is the kind of threat civil society is facing, it is truly an emergency.”
After years of controversy, there may be growing political will to call out private spyware developers.