Year: 2019
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How home assistants ruined us, an explanation
Originally published in Engadget. It’s the rise — and revenge — of the machines. 1 / 2 Illustration by Koren Shadmi for Engadget Our situation became clear when my friend ran through Trader Joe's screaming "ALEXA WHAT TIME IS IT?" This wasn't a cringey mockumentary comedy segment. It's the way we live now. I'm certain… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got Giuliani’s whirlwind crime-PR tour, the maybe-end of Facebook’s two-factor phone number phishing spree, Tories ditch WhatsApp for Signal, the Pentagon warns against 23andMe, Ring continues its privacy and security dive into the abyss, and much more. Get inbox delivery of this weekly brief for as little as… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Our wheel of misfortune this week lands on Facebook, whose employees got a taste of the company’s corporate responsibility; the Evil Corp hackers, who got a break after a Pompeo meeting; the Ring hacking debacle, which is the tip of an iceberg; New Orleans is in cyber-trouble — and much more.… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got the OPSEC-challenged boobs behind Evil Corp Moscow Edition, someone’s hiding massive damage from NotPetya, William Gibson has opinions about “those YouTube motherfuckers,” the DHS backs off on facial recognition at U.S. borders, and more stories to get you caught up on our sad state of (security) affairs.… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week’s roundup we’ve got nine gigs worth of evidence from Giuliani’s goons, the anguish of day-to-day cybersecurity work, a Trend Micro employee pwned the info of 70K customers for profit, FBI says data-hungry FaceApp was as rotten as we thought, all new cell phone users in China must now have… Read more…
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Security fails we’re kinda thankful for
Originally published in Engadget. An increasingly desperate search for silver linings. 1 / 2 Koren Shadmi As we gather 'round the fire, warming our facepalm-weary hands, the blaze burning bright with the shreds of our privacy and security, it's important to reflect on what we're grateful for: Companies that did the infosec version of stepping… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week’s roundup is grossed out by infosec sexism at a new Sony hack article, giggles while Roger Stone burns, is horrified that police get a free-for-all with Ring data, becomes jealous about coverage of a cyberwar conference, ogles ATM heists, and can’t wait to see what got stolen off Nikki… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we find out who framed Roger Stone (spoiler alert: it was Roger Stone), we see the return of Phineas Fisher who advises us to be gay and do crime, Disney Plus is already a pwn zone (updated), Interpol steps in the war on encryption and tracks it on the… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week we’ve got Steve Bannon throwing Roger Stone under the WikiLeaks bus, Rudy Giuliani stupidly texting his password to a journalist, a creepy answer to where all those “delayed” Valentine’s Day texts came from, a breach excuse generator, why you should worry about DNA test security, and so much more…… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. I can barely contain my squees about the Roger Stone trial starting today! Also this week: the WhatsApp-NSO Group victim pool gets extreme, cats are excited about unlocking home assistants with lasers, John Oliver raises the voting machine vuln alarm, there’s a real-life Hamburglar, cops seek Alexa files to solve a… Read more…