Cyber.RAR

Bloomberg - FTC Sues Mobile Data Broker Over Abortion Location Data Sale https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-29/ftc-sues-mobile-data-broker-over-abortion-location-data-sales?sref=P6Q0mxvj&leadSource=uverify%20wall

Vice - Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vzjb/location-data-abortion-clinics-safegraph-planned-parenthood

Forbes - Black Lives Matter Protestors Tracked by Secretive Phone Location Technology https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/06/26/secretive-phone-tracking-company-publishes-location-data-on-black-lives-matter-protesters/?sh=77520f5f4a1e

AP - Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’ https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef

AP - Across the US, Police Offers Abuse Confidential Databases https://apnews.com/article/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43

Wired - WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data with Facebook for Years Actually https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-facebook-data-share-notification/

Gizmodo - Rights Groups Say the Pentagon is Buying its Way Around the Fourth Amendment https://gizmodo.com/rights-groups-say-pentagon-buys-freedom-from-fourth-ame-1849604210

Gizmodo - The American Data Privacy Act Would Be a Bipartisan Triumph - If It Could Pass https://gizmodo.com/can-american-data-privacy-protection-act-pass-1849413911

Gizmodo - Congresswoman Urges FTC to Investigate Newly Revealed Police Software Surveilling Americans’ Movements https://gizmodo.com/congresswoman-ftc-to-investigate-fog-data-science-softw-1849547432

Brookings - The FTC Can Rise to the Privacy Challenge, but Not Without Help from Congress https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/08/08/the-ftc-can-rise-to-the-privacy-challenge-but-not-without-help-from-congress/

Berkman Klein Center and Minnesota Law Review - Understanding Chilling Effects https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2021-06/understanding-chilling-effects

PEN America - Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives US Writers to Self-Censor https://pen.org/research-resources/chilling-effects/

AI-enabled security can process data faster and more accurately than humans, but can it tell the difference between turtles and rifles? We answer this question and more as we cover AI-enabled cybersecurity for network defense, insider threat, and user privacy, including considering whether AI ethics are simply business ethics. We also discuss asymmetric uses for nation-states on both offensive and defensive postures and AI-enabled malware and social engineering. Dani concludes with a deep dive into "Fog Reveal" a law enforcement cellphone tracking tool that'll make you squirm.

• The Verge - Google's AI Thinks Turtles are Rifles: https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/2/16597276/google-ai-image-attacks-adversarial-turtle-rifle-3d-printed
• Forbes - Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Artillery: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/09/02/ukraines-drones-are-back-and-blowing-up-russian-artillery/?sh=71b8f8946b8f
• DefenseNews - Torch.AI wins DoD Contract for Insider Threat Detection: https://www.defensenews.com/cyber/2022/08/15/torchai-wins-pentagon-insider-threat-cybersecurity-contract/
• Lawfare - AI and National Security: https://www.lawfareblog.com/recent-developments-ai-and-national-security-what-you-need-know
• Oxford Internet Institute ‘Trusting Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity is a Double-Edged Sword’
• National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Final Report: https://www.nscai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report-Digital-1.pdf
• AP Report on Fog Reveal: https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef

What do Cryptocurrency and the 90's have in common? Easily exploitable bugs and also Paris Hilton, apparently.

We cover the state of regulation and cybersecurity within the blockchain and cryptocurrency space - covering environmental, democratization, and equity concerns, as well as user vs. system security, code audits and minimum standards. Corinna Fehst (MPP'18 and crypto strategy expert) makes a surprise guest appearance. Bethan talks about whether you should post your laptop screen on BeReal [spoiler alert, please don't].

Show Notes:

• Corinna Fehst: https://www.belfercenter.org/person/corinna-fehst
• Security:
  • Scams:
    • Reports show scammers cashing in on crypto craze | Federal Trade Commission
    • Embattled crypto lender Celsius is a 'fraud' and 'Ponzi scheme,' lawsuit alleges
  • Exploiting vulnerabilities in smart contracts/wallets/code:
    • Nomad crypto bridge loses $200 million in ‘chaotic’ hack - The Verge
    • Solana Wallet Hack: Here’s What We Know So Far - Decrypt
    • Number of Blockchain Hacks on the Rise
  • Money laundering / enabler of illegal activity:
    • U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers | Reuters
    • FBI Seizes $500,000 Ransomware Payments and Crypto from North Korean Hackers
  • DeFi Is the Wild West of Banking and Investing. Here's What Crypto Investors Should Know
  • Crypto Crime Trends for 2022: Illicit Transaction Activity Reaches All-Time High in Value, All-Time Low in Share of All Cryptocurrency Activity - Chainalysis
  • Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions - Chainalysis
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/china-is-second-biggest-bitcoin-mining-hub-as-miners-go-underground.html

• Good WashPo article: A new era of industrial policy kicks off with signing of the Chips Act
• General relationship between semiconductors/cyber: Cybersecurity and Semiconductors: How are they related?
• Helpful article for context: How the 'chips-plus' bill grew by nearly 1,000 pages - Roll Call
• Read “Discussion of the CHIPS Act Section: The US CHIPS Act.
• From Grace - AAPI Amendment that was removed
• Skim DoD Statement for the national security angle (re microelectronics): CHIPS Act Advances DOD's Emphasis on Microelectronics
• Chips Act Summary by the Department of Commerce
• Industry Matching of Chips Act
• Bloomberg's "The Big Hack - How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate US Companies"
• "Bloomberg Stands Firm as Story Denials Mount"
• AAPI Profiling amendment that was removed from the CHIPS Act

Michaela dives deeper into the nexus of cyber and vulnerable populations through an interview with Eva Galperin, the Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Listen in on our conversation about stalkerware, privacy, and activism! Listen to the end of the episode to hear what the Cyber.RAR team is up to (plus the prospect of Season 2!?). If you'd like to reach out to us, send an email to [email protected]!

Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Lean_Back_Everywhere

Maryland SB 134: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/victory-maryland-police-must-now-be-trained-recognize-stalkerware

Resources for vulnerable populations:

--EFF: https://www.eff.org/pages/tools

--Access Now: https://www.accessnow.org/help/

--Department of Homeland Security: https://www.ready.gov/cybersecurity

--Consumer Reports: https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/