Tag: domestic abuse
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Stalkerware poses particular challenges to anti-virus products
Did you know that October has been Cyber Security Awareness Month? Of course you did ─ it has been pretty hard to avoid it. But did you know that it has also, at least in the United States, been Domestic Violence Awareness Month? These two are more closely linked than they may at first seem:…
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We cannot ignore the increased use of IoT in domestic abuse cases
Smart home technology is increasingly being used in domestic abuse cases. In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times , domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders have described how the technology is becoming an alarming new tool. Security concerns over smart homes, and more generally the Internet of Things (IoT),…
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We cannot ignore the increased use of IoT in domestic abuse cases
Smart home technology is increasingly being used in domestic abuse cases. In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times , domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders have described how the technology is becoming an alarming new tool. Security concerns over smart homes, and more generally the Internet of Things (IoT),…
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VB2017 paper: The sprawling market of consumer spyware
Nation states, criminals and bored teenagers are the various kinds of adversaries the security community is used to facing, and they are all well understood. There is one type of adversary, however, that is less well understood: that of an abusive partner or ex-partner. Yet, for many people, this is a very real threat: the…
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VB2017 paper: The sprawling market of consumer spyware
Nation states, criminals and bored teenagers are the various kinds of adversaries the security community is used to facing, and they are all well understood. There is one type of adversary, however, that is less well understood: that of an abusive partner or ex-partner. Yet, for many people, this is a very real threat: the…