Apple's WebKit team has proposed a new ad attribution technology for the web that measures clicks and conversions without tracking users. #security
Google owned up to a plaintext password bug. #security
https://www.wired.com/story/google-stored-gsuite-passwords-plaintext/
More than 20,000 Linksys routers are routinely leaking historic records of every device that has connected to them — records that include unique identifiers and operating system details, according to security researcher Troy Mursch. #security
Protonmail has developed an open source implementation of OpenPGP in the Go programming language. #security
A federal grand jury indicted 10 members of a cybercrime network for malicious software attacks that caused financial losses exceeding $100 million. #security
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/business/malware-cybercrime-eastern-europe.html
How to Communicate Privately in the Age of Digital Policing #security
San Francisco has banned the use of facial recognition technology used by law enforcement agencies. #security
A Russian hacking group called Fxmsp has stolen the source code from three of the major AV software vendors. #security
Amazon accused of using Echo Dot Kids to illegally collect data on children #security
https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/09/amazon-childrens-privacy-echo-dot-kids/
How to block html link pings (Guide) #security
Dell computers vulnerable to remote hijacks #security
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-laptops-and-computers-vulnerable-to-remote-hijacks/
Clever backdoor hacks M$ exchange mail servers #security
https://www.securityweek.com/turla-uses-sophisticated-backdoor-hijack-exchange-mail-servers
How to Protect Your Business and Yourself from Formjacking #security
https://medium.com/@trothaar/how-to-protect-your-business-and-yourself-from-formjacking-bd166c41fe88
Google Is Finally Copying Apple’s Approach to Privacy #security
https://onezero.medium.com/google-is-finally-copying-apples-approach-to-privacy-b9f612475080
Authorities say Ever AI in San Francisco, California trained its facial recognition model using photos that were uploaded to its app without users' consent, which is likely illegal. #security
Technical Details on the Recent Firefox Add-on Outage #security
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/05/technical-details-on-the-recent-firefox-add-on-outage/
How to Harden your Ubuntu 18.04 Server #security
https://medium.com/@BaneBiddix/how-to-harden-your-ubuntu-18-04-server-ffc4b6658fe7
“RobbinHood” ransomware takes down Baltimore City government networks.
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