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Kaspersky researchers said sections of the CloudWizard code were identical to CommonMagic

A Peruvian oversight law has the opposite effect:

Peru in 2020 began requiring any foreign fishing boat entering its ports to use a vessel monitoring system allowing its activities to be tracked in real time 24 hours a day. The equipment, which tracks a vessel’s geographic position and fishing activity through a proprietary satellite communication system, sought to provide authorities with visibility into several hundred Chinese squid vessels that every year amass off the west coast of South America.

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Instead of increasing oversight, the new Peruvian regulations appear to have driven Chinese ships away from the country’s ports—and kept crews made up of impoverished Filipinos and Indonesians at sea for longer periods, exposing them to abuse, according to new research published by Peruvian fishing consultancy Artisonal.

Two things to note here. One is that the Peruvian law was easy to hack, which China promptly did. The second is that no nation-state has the proper regulatory footprint to manage the world’s oceans. These are global issues, and need global solutions. Of course, our current society is terrible at global solutions—to anything.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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Wisconsin man alleged to have stolen $600,000 from accounts

Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and .mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking a URL for a filename could be a security vulnerability.

A TikTok spokesperson said the ban violates the First Amendment rights of Montana residents

Firm also rejected 1.7 million apps for failing to meet privacy, security and content standards

Trellix report observed a surge in malicious emails targeting Taiwanese industries and government officials

All Apple users have zero-days that need patching, though some have more zero-days than others.

Most reports related to Google Voice scams

Colchester council says multiple local authorities are impacted