Apparently my show notes were too long, so here's a link to all my sources this week: https://thenewoil.xyz/20200908.html

https://www.TheNewOil.xyz Medical Data Leaked on GitHub Due to Developer Errors https://threatpost.com/medical-data-leaked-on-github-due-to-developer-errors/158653/ Over 54,000 scanned NSW driver's licences found in open cloud storage https://www.itnews.com.au/news/over-54000-scanned-nsw-drivers-licences-found-in-open-cloud-storage-552544 Data#3 says it has been hit by a non-notifiable cyber incident https://www.zdnet.com/article/data3-says-it-has-been-hit-by-a-non-notifiable-cyber-incident/ No, no one has secretly installed a COVID-19 tracker onto your smartphone https://www.zdnet.com/article/no-no-one-has-secretly-installed-a-covid-19-tracker-onto-your-smartphone/ Google Play apps promised free shoes, but users got ad fraud malware instead https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-play-apps-promised-free-shoes-but-users-got-ad-fraud-malware-instead/ Browser-based cryptojacking sees sudden spike in activity in Q2 2020 https://www.zdnet.com/article/browser-based-cryptojacking-sees-sudden-spike-in-activity-in-q2-2020/ Your email threads are now being hijacked by the QBot Trojan https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-email-threads-are-now-being-hijacked-by-qbot-trojan/ Deepfake porn is getting easier to make and it's coming for regular people soon https://www.inputmag.com/tech/deepfake-porn-is-getting-easier-to-make-thats-bad-news-for-everyone Malicious npm package caught trying to steal sensitive Discord and browser files https://www.zdnet.com/article/malicious-npm-package-caught-trying-to-steal-sensitive-discord-and-browser-files/ Exxon Mobil replaced by a software stock after 92 years in the Dow is a ‘sign of the times’ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/exxon-mobil-replaced-by-a-software-stock-after-92-years-in-the-dow-is-a-sign-of-the-times.html New Zealand stock exchange halted by cyber-attack https://www.bbc.com/news/53918580 Verily, Google’s health-focused sister company, is getting into insurance https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21401124/alphabet-verily-insurance-coefficient-stop-loss Amazon announces Halo, a fitness band and app that scans your body and voice https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/27/21402493/amazon-halo-band-health-fitness-body-scan-tone-emotion-activity-sleep The dystopian technology that awaits kids going back to school https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/08/27/dystopian-technology-awaits-kids-going-back-school/ Mass Biometric Scanning Of Students Is COVID-19's Latest Dystopian Twist https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200825/17072245182/mass-biometric-scanning-students-is-covid-19s-latest-dystopian-twist.shtml FBI informant provides a glimpse into the inner workings of tech support scams https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-informant-provides-a-glimpse-into-the-inner-workings-of-tech-support-scams/ Use of Facial Recognition during COVID-19: A choice between public health and privacy? https://robotlp.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/use-of-facial-recognition-during-covid-19-a-choice-between-public-health-and-privacy/ Academics bypass PINs for Visa contactless payments https://www.zdnet.com/article/academics-bypass-pins-for-visa-contactless-payments/ FBI informant provides a glimpse into the inner workings of tech support scams https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-informant-provides-a-glimpse-into-the-inner-workings-of-tech-support-scams/ Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/confessions-of-an-id-theft-kingpin-part-i/ How to Destroy ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59 Firefox 80 released with new and faster extensions blocklist https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-80-released-with-new-and-faster-extensions-blocklist/ Delete Your Old Accounts (If You Can) https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/delete-your-old-accounts/ Facebook - Good Practices https://privacyinternational.org/guide-step/3961/facebook-good-practices How to Protect the Data on Your Laptop https://www.wired.com/story/protect-laptop-data-tips/

https://TheNewOil.xyz 235 Million Instagram, TikTok And YouTube User Profiles Exposed In Massive Data Leak https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/08/19/massive-data-leak235-million-instagram-tiktok-and-youtube-user-profiles-exposed/ AI Company Leaks Over 2.5 Million Medical Records https://it.slashdot.org/story/20/08/18/2115229/ai-company-leaks-over-25-million-medical-records Freepik data breach: Hackers stole 8.3M records via SQL injection https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/freepik-data-breach-hackers-stole-83m-records-via-sql-injection/ Bridgefy, the messenger promoted for mass protests, is a privacy disaster https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/08/bridgefy-the-app-promoted-for-mass-protests-is-a-privacy-disaster/ Cops in Miami, NYC arrest protesters from facial recognition matches https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/cops-in-miami-nyc-arrest-protesters-from-facial-recognition-matches/ Meet the Star Witness: Your Smart Speaker https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/ Oh what a feeling: New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums based on driver behaviour https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/18/aws_toyota_alliance/ License plate tracking for police set to go nationwide https://www.cnet.com/news/license-plate-tracking-for-police-set-to-go-nationwide/ Smartphones Knowing When You're Drunk Is the Next Frontier of Data Spying https://gizmodo.com/smartphones-knowing-when-youre-drunk-is-the-next-fronti-1844763245 Rise of ransomware: https://www.zdnet.com/article/group-of-unskilled-iranian-hackers-behind-recent-attacks-with-dharma-ransomware/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-exploits-used-by-ransomware-gangs-are-vpn-bugs-but-rdp-still-reigns-supreme/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/university-of-utah-pays-457000-to-ransomware-gang/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/wannaren-ransomware-author-contacts-security-firm-to-share-decryption-key/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/worlds-largest-cruise-line-operator-discloses-ransomware-attack/ FBI and CISA warn of major wave of vishing attacks targeting teleworkers https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-and-cisa-warn-of-major-wave-of-vishing-attacks-targeting-teleworkers/ College contact-tracing app readily leaked personal data, report finds https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/college-contact-tracing-app-readily-leaked-personal-data-report-finds/ HealthEngine fined for sharing patient data without consent and skewing its reviews https://www.zdnet.com/article/healthengine-fined-for-sharing-patient-data-without-consent-and-skewing-its-reviews/ Some email clients are vulnerable to attacks via 'mailto' links https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-email-clients-are-vulnerable-to-attacks-via-mailto-links/ Brute-force cyberattacks on the rise in Brazil https://www.zdnet.com/article/brute-force-cyberattacks-on-the-rise-in-brazil/ Fully-Fledged Guide On Ways To Protect Your Data Online https://utopia.fans/privacy/fully-fledged-guide-on-ways-to-protect-your-data-online/ How to Rid Your Phone of Those Default Apps You Never Use https://www.wired.com/story/remove-bloatware-phone/ Cutting Google out of your life https://degoogle.jmoore.dev/ Comparing AnonAddy and SimpleLogin email forwarding services' plans for the average user https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/idw37e/comparing_anonaddy_and_simplelogin_email/ 5 Password Manager Perks You Might Not Be Using https://www.wired.com/story/password-manager-tips-features/

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350 million decrypted email addresses left exposed on an unsecured server

https://cybernews.com/security/350-million-email-addresses-left-exposed-on-an-unsecured-server/

1.1m People House Mixes & Floor Depot & Emerald Home Improvement, Data Breach

https://community.turgensec.com/1-1m-people-house-mixes-floor-depot-emerald-home-improvement-data-breach/

Canada Revenue Agency suspends online services after cyberattacks

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-revenue-agency-suspends-online-services-after-cyberattacks/ar-BB181zBo

Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products

https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-lays-off-250-employees-while-it-refocuses-on-commercial-products/

Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/android-is-now-the-worlds-largest-earthquake-detection-network/

UK police use of facial recognition ruled unlawful

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/uk-police-use-of-facial-recognition-ruled-unlawful.811122

Homeland Security details new tools for extracting device data at US borders

https://www.cnet.com/news/homeland-security-details-new-tools-for-extracting-device-data-at-us-borders/

ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/14/21368930/clearview-ai-ice-contract-privacy-immigration

An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History to Hackers

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-bug-exposed-voice-history-hackers/

Cryptanalysis of an Old Zip Encryption Algorithm

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/cryptanalysis_o_5.html

Re­VoL­TE attack can decrypt 4G (LTE) calls to eavesdrop on conversations

https://www.zdnet.com/article/re-vol-te-attack-can-decrypt-4g-lte-calls-to-eavesdrop-on-conversations/

NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/nsa-and-fbi-warn-that-new-linux-malware-threatens-national-security/

Lawsuit: Zoom Lied About Security Measures, End-to-End Encryption

https://www.legalreader.com/lawsuit-zoom-lied-security-measures-end-to-end-encryption/

Chicago Police Will Monitor Social Media to Prevent ‘Looting’

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/chicago-protests-mayor-lori-lightfoot-social-media-monitoring-1045361/

Apple releases new software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/08/apples-ios-and-ipados-13-6-1-roll-out-to-all-users/

How Facebook and Other Sites Manipulate Your Privacy Choices

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-social-media-privacy-dark-patterns/

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Personal information of voters of infamous referendum held in Russia this summer is for sale

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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/robocall-legal-advocate-leaks-customer-data/

Hackers hit university online exam tool

https://www.smh.com.au/national/hackers-hit-university-online-exam-tool-20200806-p55j6h.html

Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/

Canon confirms ransomware attack in internal memo

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canon-confirms-ransomware-attack-in-internal-memo/

Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine After Data Breach

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/08/06/business/06reuters-usa-banks-capital-one-fin.html

Argentina health officials expose personal data on 115,000 COVID-19 quarantine exemption applicants

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/argentina-covid-permit-data-leak/

Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/

Honda recalls 608,000 vehicles for faulty software

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354314/honda-recall-software-odyssey-pilot-passport-backup-camera-reboot

New Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop’s photo

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/five-charged-with-felonies-for-tweeting-or-retweeting-a-cops-photo/

Chicago to use social media to track tourists violating quarantine; city dismisses comparison to 'Big Brother'

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/chicago-social-media-monitor-travel-order-violators

Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers

https://www.wired.com/story/voting-machine-makers-hackers-ess/

BlackBerry Phone Cracked

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/blackberry_phon.html

A mysterious group has hijacked Tor exit nodes to perform SSL stripping attacks

https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-mysterious-group-has-hijacked-tor-exit-nodes-to-perform-ssl-stripping-attacks/

Many receiving settlement notices for Google+ class-action lawsuit

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i5h86a/dont_take_the_512_from_the_google_i_submitted_an/

https://9to5google.com/2020/08/04/many-receiving-settlement-notices-for-google-class-action-lawsuit/

Don't take the $5-$12 from the Google. I submitted an Objection instead.

How the Twitter hacker was found through Bitcoin and forums traces

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i598wa/how_the_twitter_hacker_was_found_through_bitcoin/

A Private Equity Firm Bought Ancestry, and Its Trove of DNA, for $4.7B

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/08/07/1955218/a-private-equity-firm-bought-ancestry-and-its-trove-of-dna-for-47b

'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collection

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/05/tiktok-gen-z-millennials-data-privacy-trump-china

Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ file sharing feature is finally launching

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353020/android-nearby-share-file-sharing-feature-launch-airdrop

Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-iot-botnets-manipulate-energy-markets/

Tor Snowflake turns your browser into a proxy for users in censored countries

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-snowflake-turns-your-browser-into-a-proxy-for-users-in-censored-countries/

Israeli Hackers Develop Tech to Combat Domestic Violence

https://www.wired.com/story/israeli-hackathon-domestic-violence/

FBI issues warning over Windows 7 end-of-life

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-issues-warning-over-windows-7-end-of-life/

How the NSA Says You Can Limit Location Data Exposure

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gxv3/nsa-location-data-privacy

Ubuntu Linux 20.04's first point release arrives

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-20-04s-first-point-release-arrives/

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KreditPlus Data Breach: Exposed 900k users data

https://thepaged.com/kreditplus-data-breach-exposed-900k-users-data/

Addressing the July 2020 e-commerce and marketing data breach A Message From Ledger’s Leadership

https://www.ledger.com/addressing-the-july-2020-e-commerce-and-marketing-data-breach

Alcohol delivery service Drizly confirms data breach

https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/28/drizly-data-breach/

500k People Amber Windows UK, Data Breach

https://community.turgensec.com/500k-people-amber-windows-uk-data-breach/

Stepping away from open source

https://omar.yt/posts/stepping-away-from-open-source

Garmin’s four-day service meltdown was caused by ransomware

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/garmans-four-day-service-meltdown-was-caused-by-ransomware/

Google accused of recording Chrome users’ personal data regardless of user consent

https://androidrookies.com/google-accused-of-recording-chrome-users-personal-data-regardless-of-user-consent/

New ‘unpatchable’ exploit allegedly found on Apple’s Secure Enclave chip, here’s what it could mean

https://9to5mac.com/2020/08/01/new-unpatchable-exploit-allegedly-found-on-apples-secure-enclave-chip-heres-what-it-could-mean/

Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become world’s most valuable company

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/apple-surpasses-saudi-aramco-to-become-worlds-most-valuable-company.html

Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/

San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Protestors

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors

Florida teen charged as “mastermind” in Twitter hack hitting Biden, Bezos, and others

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/florida-teen-arrested-charged-with-being-mastermind-of-twitter-hack/

Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you.

https://www.chron.com/opinion/article/Data-isn-t-just-being-collected-from-your-phone-15449776.php

DHS had access to messages from Portland protesters, document shows

https://www.chron.com/news/article/DHS-had-access-to-messages-from-Portland-15450458.php

NIST study finds that masks defeat most facial recognition algorithms

https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/27/nist-study-finds-that-masks-defeat-most-facial-recognition-algorithms/

Amazon shares your private info unless you do these steps

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2020/07/30/tips-control-privacy-and-manage-advertising-preferences-amazon/5531905002/

Firefox 79 for Android tweaks and tips

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/07/29/firefox-79-for-android-tweaks-and-tips/

Reminder to Opt Out of MasterCard and Visa Sharing

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i0qoqy/reminder_to_opt_out_of_mastercard_and_visa_sharing/

Incognito Mode May Not Work the Way You Think It Does

https://www.wired.com/story/incognito-mode-explainer/

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Wattpad data breach exposes account info for millions of users

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wattpad-data-breach-exposes-account-info-for-millions-of-users/

College recruitment database leaking nearly 1 million students’ GPAs, SAT scores, IDs, and other personal data

https://cybernews.com/security/college-recruitment-database-leaking-nearly-1-million-students-gpas-sat-scores-ids-and-other-personal-data/

A Security Breach Exposed More Than One Million DNA Profiles On A Major Genealogy Database

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/hackers-gedmatch-dna-privacy

First American Title Accused Of Exposing Millions Of Customers’ Personal Data

https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2020/first-american-title-lawsuit-data-breach/

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Instacart Customers’ Personal Data Is Being Sold Online

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/instacart-customers-info-sold-online

Tech unicorn Dave admits to security breach impacting 7.5 million users

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-unicorn-dave-admits-to-security-breach-impacting-7-5-million-users/

Huge Data Breach: Promo Marketing Video Maker

https://thepaged.com/huge-data-breach-promo-marketing-video-maker/

BadPower attack corrupts fast chargers to melt or set your device on fire

https://www.zdnet.com/article/badpower-attack-corrupts-fast-chargers-to-melt-or-set-your-device-on-fire/

An Air Force Special Operations Surveillance Plane Is Lurking Near Portland During Federal Crackdown

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/air-force-surveillance-plane-portland-protests/

German police can access any WhatsApp message without any malware

https://androidrookies.com/german-police-can-access-any-whatsapp-message-without-any-malware/

A Hidden Risk for Domestic Violence Victims: Family Phone Plans

https://www.wired.com/story/family-phone-plans-hidden-risk-domestic-violence-victims/Team with Canadian military intelligence unit data-mined social media accounts of Ontarians during pandemic

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/team-with-canadian-military-intelligence-unit-data-mined-social-media-accounts-of-ontarians-during-pandemic/

Bitwarden 2020 Security Audit is Complete

https://bitwarden.com/blog/post/bitwarden-network-security-assessment-2020/

A comprehensive checklist for privacy-savvy parents

https://blog.avast.com/online-privacy-tips-for-parents-avast

9 Tips to Keep Your Cloud Storage Safe and Secure

https://www.wired.com/story/9-tips-cloud-storage-security/

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Records of 45 Million+ travelers to Thailand and Malaysia Leaked on Darkweb

https://cybleinc.com/2020/07/12/records-of-45-million-travelers-to-thailand-and-malaysia-leaked-on-darkweb/

New Zealand property management company leaks 30,000 users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data

https://cybernews.com/security/new-zealand-property-management-company-leaks-30000-passports-drivers-licenses/

Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/musk-obama-biden-bezos-gates-bitcoin-scam-hits-twitter-in-coordinated-blitz/

CJEU invalidates “Privacy Shield” in US Surveillance case. SCCs cannot be used by Facebook and similar companies.

https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu

‘Paedophile hunters’ do not violate right to privacy, Supreme Court rules as convict's appeal dismissed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-sutherland-paedophile-hunter-violate-right-to-privacy-supreme-court-a9619811.html

White supremacist pleads guilty to multiple “swatting” incidents

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/white-supremacist-pleads-guilty-to-multiple-swatting-incidents/

VPN with 'strict no-logs policy' exposed millions of user log files including account passwords

https://betanews.com/2020/07/15/ufo-vpn-data-leak/

‘DDoS-For-Hire’ Is Fueling a New Wave of Attacks

https://www.wired.com/story/ddos-for-hire-fueling-new-wave-attacks/

Ubuntu Will No Longer Track Which Packages Users Install

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/ubuntu-popularity-contest-removed

What’s New in Thunderbird 78

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/07/whats-new-in-thunderbird-78/

Passbolt: Free, open source, self-hosted, extensible, OpenPGP based password manager

https://www.passbolt.com/

Data detox: Five ways to reset your relationship with your phone

https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/data-detox-phone/

How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-check-for-stalkerware/

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15 Billion Stolen Logins Are Circulating on the Dark Web

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-web-credentials-roger-stone-blueleaks/

Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/07/half_a_million.html

Hong Kong downloads of Signal surge as residents fear crackdown

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/hong-kong-downloads-of-signal-surge-as-residents-fear-crackdown/

Over 100 Wi-Fi routers fail major security test — protect yourself now

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fraunhofer-router-security-report

Supreme Court of Canada upholds genetic non-discrimination law

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stefanovich-supreme-court-of-canada-genetic-information-1.5643245

Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA home after he posted his address online by mistake

https://www.bbngnews.com/2020/07/pop-smokes-social-media-led-killers-to.html

Customs to Expand License Plate Reading Program Nationwide

https://www.nextgov.com/analytics-data/2020/07/customs-expand-license-plate-reading-program-nationwide/166841/

Security cameras can tell burglars when you're not home, study shows

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/tech/home-security-cameras-risks-scli-intl-scn/

Smartwatch hack could trick patients to ‘take pills’ with spoofed alerts

https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/09/smartwatch-hack-spoofed-alerts/11111Q

Police Are Buying Access to Hacked Website Data

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azvey/police-buying-hacked-data-spycloud

French parliament passes porn age-verification legislation

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/french-parliament-passes-porn-age-verification-legislation/

Microsoft neuters Office 365 account attacks that used clever ruse

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/microsoft-neuters-office-356-account-attacks-that-used-clever-ruse/

Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyzek/signal-new-pin-feature-worries-cybersecurity-experts

Google bans stalkerware ads

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-bans-stalkerware-ads/

More pre-installed malware has been found in budget US smartphones

https://www.zdnet.com/article/more-pre-installed-malware-has-been-found-in-budget-us-smartphones/

Joker Malware Apps Once Again Bypass Google's Security to Spread via Play Store

https://thehackernews.com/2020/07/joker-android-mobile-virus.html

Android 10 has the fastest update rate ever, hits 16% of users in 10 months

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/android-10-has-the-fastest-update-rate-ever-hits-16-of-users-in-10-months/

Hack Brief: Microsoft Warns of a 17-Year-Old ‘Wormable’ Bug

https://www.wired.com/story/sigred-windows-dns-flas-wormable/

Whoogle Search

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The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2020 So Far

https://www.wired.com/story/worst-hacks-breaches-2020-so-far/

Unsecured Chinese companies leak users’ sensitive personal and business data

https://cybernews.com/security/unsecured-chinese-companies-leak-users-sensitive-personal-and-business-data/

Facebook admits to improperly giving user data to third-party developers, again

https://mashable.com/article/facebook-gave-users-data-5000-third-party-developers/

How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aza95/how-police-took-over-encrochat-hacked

WhatsApp to Suspend Processing Law-Enforcement Requests for User Data in Hong Kong

https://archive.is/AS2Yq#selection-2029.5-2029.87

Telegram to temporarily refuse data requests from Hong Kong courts amid security law ‘terrorism’ fears

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/05/exclusive-telegram-to-temporarily-refuse-data-requests-from-hong-kong-courts-amid-security-law-terrorism-row/

Indian Government Bans DuckDuckGo

https://crackerscreed.org/indian-government-bans-duckduckgo-how-to-get-it-back/

China Uses Android Malware To Spy On Ethnic Minorities Worldwide, New Research Says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/07/06/china-uses-android-malware-to-spy-on-ethnic-minorities-worldwide-new-research-says/#75f672f062a9

Florida becomes first state to enact DNA privacy law, blocking insurers from genetic data

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/florida-becomes-first-state-to-enact-dna-privacy-law-blocking-insurers-from-genetic-data

Yahoo engineer gets no jail time after hacking 6,000 accounts to look for porn

https://www.zdnet.com/article/yahoo-engineer-gets-no-jail-time-after-hacking-6000-accounts-to-look-for-porn/

Fort Huachuca Police body cam footage easily accessible after an eBay purchase

https://www.azmirror.com/blog/fort-huachuca-police-body-cam-footage-easily-accessible-after-an-ebay-purchase/

Clearing "History" doesn't remove "Top Sites" in the homepage.

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/9929

Domains visited get leaked to DDG servers

https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527

US Secret Service reports an increase in hacked managed service providers (MSPs)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-secret-service-reports-an-increase-in-hacked-managed-service-providers-msps/

Google removes 25 Android apps caught stealing Facebook credentials

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-removes-25-android-apps-caught-stealing-facebook-credentials/

New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears

https://www.wired.com/story/new-mac-ransomware-thiefquest-evilquest/

Tails 4.8 is out

https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.8/index.en.html

Firefox 78: Protections dashboard, new developer features... and the end of the line for older macOS versions

https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/01/firefox_78_protections_dashboard_new/