FLoC Gets Blocked; FBI Hacks Into Exchange Servers - ThreatWire

FLoC is being blocked, the US Government hits Russia with sanctions, and the FBI hacks into vulnerable Exchange servers! All that coming up now on ThreatWire.  

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FLoC Is Being Blocked:

https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/2021-01-privacy-sandbox/

https://github.com/WICG/floc

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-idea

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/30/22358287/privacy-ads-google-chrome-floc-cookies-cookiepocalypse-finger-printing

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wordpress-could-treat-google-floc-as-a-security-issue/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vivaldi-brave-duckduckgo-reject-googles-floc-ad-tracking-tech/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-browser-disables-googles-floc-tracking-system/

https://amifloced.org/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/duckduckgo-privacy-essent/bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg

Russian Sanctions by the US Government:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385371/russia-sanctions-solarwinds-biden-white-house-putin-hack

https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/Feature-Stories/Article-View/Article/2573391/russian-foreign-intelligence-service-exploiting-five-publicly-known-vulnerabili/#pop5008885

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/15/fact-sheet-imposing-costs-for-harmful-foreign-activities-by-the-russian-government/

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0127

https://www.cyberscoop.com/us-government-accuses-russian-companies-recruiting-spies-hacking/

https://www.cyberscoop.com/biden-russia-solarwinds-sanctions-white-house/

https://twitter.com/NSACyber/status/1382667579458777088

https://threatpost.com/nsa-security-bugs-active-nation-state-cyberattack/165446/

FBI Hacks Into Vulnerable Servers:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-nuked-web-shells-from-hacked-exchange-servers-without-telling-owners/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-effort-disrupt-exploitation-microsoft

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1386631/download

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dmjg/fbi-removes-web-shells-microsoft-exchange

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/13/22382821/fbi-doj-hafnium-remote-access-removal-hack

https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-court-order-microsoft-exchange-server-web-shells/

https://threatpost.com/fbi-proxylogon-web-shells/165400/

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