It's 5:05! Daily cybersecurity and open source briefing

Episode 256: Edwin Kwan: Fake Browser Updates Delivering Malware; Katy Craig: Countdown to Q Day; Hillary Coover: Cookie Tracking Lawsuit in Netherlands; Marcel Brown: This Day in Tech History


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Marcel Brown: October 23, 2001. Using the slogan, 1, 000 songs in your pocket, Steve Jobs introduces the original iPod, featuring a 5GB hard drive, FireWire connectivity, and synchronization to iTunes.

Edwin Kwan: Attackers are using cybersecurity best practices against users, prompting them to download malicious browser updates. The attackers start by compromising a legitimate but vulnerable website.

Hillary Coover: A Dutch consumer-rights group, SDBN, has initiated a class-action lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly violating the European Union's privacy law by tracking website visitors without their consent using tracking cookies.

Katy Craig: Quantum computing holds immense promise in fields like chemistry, materials science, and AI. Yet there's a flip side to this advancement. Deep-pocketed nations like China and Russia, equipped with the scientific expertise and resources, could be making secret strides in quantum computing.

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