June 08, 2020

Minneapolis Police Website Hacked, Zoom Encryption, eBay Port Scanning

9 minutes

In episode 124 for June 8th 2020: Details on how the Minneapolis Police website may have been hacked, Zoom’s plan to implement end-to-end encryption, and why eBay and other sites may be port scanning your computer.

** Show notes and links mentioned on the show **

After Anonymous Promises Retribution for George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Police Website Shows Signs It Was Hacked

https://time.com/5845880/anonymous-minneapolis-police-hack/

Anonymous Hacker Gets Six Years In Prison For DDoS Attacks

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/11/22/2211205/anonymous-hacker-gets-six-years-in-prison-for-ddos-attacks

Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption only to paying customers

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/06/04/zoom-end-to-end-encryption

Is the EARN-IT Act a backdoor attempt to get encryption backdoors?

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3531393/is-the-earn-it-act-a-backdoor-attempt-to-get-encryption-backdoors.html

eBay port scans visitors’ computers for remote access programs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ebay-port-scans-visitors-computers-for-remote-access-programs/

List of well-known web sites that port scan their visitors

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/list-of-well-known-web-sites-that-port-scan-their-visitors/

uBlock Origin – An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

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