Security News > 2016 > October > Week in review: Social media surveillance, ransomware recovery, US accuses Russia of hacking (Help Net Security)
2016-10-16 13:00
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Twitter, Facebook revoke access to social media surveillance software used by cops Geofeedia, a US-based company that offers its social media aggregation platform “to a broad range of private and public sector clients”, also numbers among its clients over 500 law enforcement and public safety agencies across the country. Quickly audit and adjust SSH server configurations with SSH-audit SSH-audit is a … More →
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