August 25, 2020

New Botnet Hits SSH Servers; Bernie Calls For Nationwide Biometric Privacy - ThreatWire

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FritzFrog Attacks SSH Servers Worldwide, Weather Channel App Data Privacy Settlement, Nationwide Biometric Data Privacy?! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Via Joel:

P2P Botnet Malware Targets SSH Servers:

https://www.guardicore.com/2020/08/fritzfrog-p2p-botnet-infects-ssh-servers/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/new-p2p-botnet-infects-ssh-servers-all-over-the-world/

https://thehackernews.com/2020/08/p2p-botnet-malware.html

https://threatpost.com/fritzfrog-botnet-millions-ssh-servers/158489/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fritzfrog-malware-attacks-linux-servers-over-ssh-to-mine-monero/

https://github.com/guardicore/labs_campaigns/tree/master/FritzFrog

Weather Channel App Data Privacy settlement:

https://threatpost.com/lawsuit-weather-channel-location-data/140579/

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/554-l-a-weather-app-location/8980fd9af72915412e31/optimized/full.pdf

https://filedn.com/lOJqn8isbUNJvUBnJTlV5OS/Weather%20Channel%20App%20Aug%202020.pdf

https://threatpost.com/ibm-settles-lawsuit-over-weather-channel-app-data-privacy/158529/

https://www.cnet.com/news/weather-channels-location-data-settlement-doesnt-mean-much-for-your-privacy/

New Senate Bill could expand facial recog. Restrictions nationwide:

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20.08.04%20National%20Biometric%20Information%20Privacy%20Act.pdf

https://threatpost.com/senate-bill-expand-facial-recognition-restrictions-nationwide/158509/

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/in-the-news/a-new-senate-bill-would-ban-corporations-from-using-facial-recognition-without-peoples-explicit-consent

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