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  1. WhatsApp “end-to-end encrypted” messages aren’t that private after all

    Millions of WhatsApp messages are reviewed by both AI and human moderators.

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  2. ProtonMail removed “we do not keep any IP logs” from its privacy policy

    Swiss courts compelled it to log and disclose a user's IP and browser fingerprint.

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  3. Microsoft Outlook shows real person’s contact info for IDN phishing emails

    IDN homograph attacks were a problem to begin with. Outlook just made 'em worse.

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  4. Why ransomware hackers love a holiday weekend

    Looking forward to Labor Day? So are ruthless gangs of cybercriminals.

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  5. A brief overview of IBM’s new 7 nm Telum mainframe CPU

    A typical Telum-powered mainframe offers 256 cores at a base clock of 5+GHz.

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  6. NPM package with 3 million weekly downloads had a severe vulnerability

    Untrusted JavaScript config file can execute arbitrary code.

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  7. Windows 11 arrives on October 5, Android apps will come later

    Phased rollout will see all compatible PCs updated by "mid-2022."

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  8. Coinbase erroneously reported 2FA changes to 125,000 customers

    The unexpected 2FA notifications led some customers to panic-sell everything.

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  9. Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana

    AT&T; and T-Mobile struggle while Verizon says its "network remains resilient."

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  10. A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse”

    Undersea cables would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.

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  11. “Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure

    30% of Cosmos DB customers were notified—more are likely impacted.

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  12. Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse

    Razer's automatically downloaded installer exposes a SYSTEM shell to any user.

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  1. Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos

    The attacker seems to have relied on social engineering to hoodwink his victims.

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  2. President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs

    2021 is a great year for the red teams of the world—blue teams, not so much.

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  3. 38 million records exposed online—including contact-tracing info

    Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to exposure.

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  4. Looking for a new job in tech? It may be your lucky day

    Employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms.

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  5. Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?

    Researchers see if they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI from scratch.

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  6. Hackers who breached T-Mobile stole personal data for ~49 million accounts

    PII includes first and last names, dates of birth, SSNs, and driver’s license numbers.

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  7. iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites Apple “abuse” of developers

    Apple falsely claimed that FlickType broke "full access" rule, developer says.

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  8. WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul

    It's meant to act as an emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting.

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  9. T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken

    Data reportedly includes SSNs, driver's license numbers, and more for 100 million people.

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  10. Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients

    The ransomware epidemic continues to grow.

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  11. Samsung has its own AI-designed chip. Soon, others will too

    Semiconductor software-design maker Synopsys is adding AI to its arsenal.

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  12. A simple software fix could limit location data sharing

    With Pretty Good Phone Privacy, carriers wouldn't always know where you are.

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  1. Excerpt: How Google bought Android—according to folks in the room

    Enjoy a sneak peek from Androids: The team that built the Android operating system.

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  2. Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk

    Leaked BIOS passwords led investigators to Tina Peters' office in Mesa County, Colo.

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  3. Hackers siphon $600 million in digital tokens, crypto network says

    Poly Network breach would be among biggest heists to target cryptocurrency industry.

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  4. AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage

    AT&T; planned to wire up 3 million homes this year, will hit 2.5 million instead.

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  5. New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs

    A new class of passive TEMPEST attack converts LED output into intelligible audio.

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  6. Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the Linux kernel

    Torvalds seems bullish on getting Paragon's project across the line eventually.

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  7. Apple explains how iPhones will scan photos for child-sexual-abuse images

    Apple offers technical details, claims 1-in-1 trillion chance of false positives.

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  8. Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery

    Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices.

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  9. SpaceX previews ruggedized Starlink dish for vehicles, ships, and aircraft

    Dish built for extreme heat and cold with "improved snow/ice melt capabilities."

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  10. Critical Cobalt Strike bug leaves botnet servers vulnerable to takedown

    New exploit available for download lets hackers crash Cobalt Strike team servers.

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  11. CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber

    Private-equity firm Apollo will take on 1.3 million CenturyLink Internet users.

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  12. The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity

    Two years after a damning cybersecurity report, auditors find little has improved.

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