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Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up

November 1, 2019 0 Comments brandon charles glover, coverup, data breach, data loss, extortion, hush money, Law & order, LinkedIn, lynda, security threats, uber, vasile mereacre

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:45:41 +0000

The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5jZvM2TMsYc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Linux maintainer: Patching side-channel flaws is killing performance

October 31, 2019 0 Comments cve-2018-12126, cve-2018-12127, cve-2018-12130, cve-2019-11091, greg kroah-hartman, hyperthreading, Intel, Linux, meltdown, security threats, simultaneous multithreading (smt), spectre, vulnerability, zombieload

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:15:11 +0000

Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the worst side-channel vulnerability of them all?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4OlRsV8RD_Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits

October 31, 2019 0 Comments bittorrent, copyright infringement, copyright troll, court decision, dmca, dmca notice, Law & order, piracy, pirates, porn, Privacy, strike 3 holdings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:53:37 +0000

A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/taz38WMm0MY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Researchers find hole in EU-wide identity system

October 31, 2019 0 Comments authentication and trust services, eidas, electronic identification, EU, European Union, Government security, sec consult, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:47:20 +0000

The EU has fixed a flaw in the powerful yet complex eIDAS digital identification system that let people authenticate as someone else.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pCEuDkvSosQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Got an early iPhone or iPad? Update now or turn it into a paperweight

October 30, 2019 0 Comments Apple, data loss, gps, gps rollover, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iphone 4, iphone 5, Mobile, Operating Systems, security threats, updating

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:26:25 +0000

Calling Apple iPhone 5, iPhone 4s or early iPad owners – your device may be about to turn into a vintage technology paperweight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zgT62q9uedk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up

October 30, 2019 0 Comments bitcoin, blog sites, blogger, blogs, security threats, sextortion, sextortion scam, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:47:05 +0000

Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-sDLyHGhvIU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook launches $2m suit against alleged phishing, hacking sites

October 30, 2019 0 Comments copyright infringement, cybersquatting, facebook, hacking tools, id shield, Instagram, Law & order, lawsuit, Microsoft, onlinenic, phishing, security threats, trademark, trademark law, typosquatting, verizon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:33:21 +0000

Facebook is using trademark law to target the operators of sites that imitate or target Facebook and Instagram sites.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/g_OViBXsCtw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

October 30, 2019 0 Comments bikes, geolocation, ladot, Law & order, location data, PII, Privacy, ride-hailing, scooters, trip data, uber

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:43:41 +0000

The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BqXMC-Elu-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>