Month: January 2021
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Pandemic Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup: an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. This week: Dozens of new Covid-19 vaccines are on the way; the US now averages 1.3 million vaccines a day as our new travel restrictions take effect; a new California strain… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, chronicling the rise of an industry based entirely on terrible decisions. This week we’ve got Giuliani hung out to dry without a pardon, a coordinated hack attack campaign on security researchers, a fantastic guide to security guides for journalists, SolarWinds hit big security firms, a security… Read more…
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Pandemic Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup: an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. This week, President Biden’s Covid-19 plans (actual good news!), Amazon offers to help with vaccines, aggressive new strains call for mask upgrades and stricter isolation, China builds pandemic camps, a curious… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, an ongoing collection of information security’s least finest hours. This week: a Capitol riots laptop thief (and wannabe Russian asset) is on the run from the FBI, Dominion Voting Systems takes Mr. My Pillow to the cleaners, stolen Covid-19 vaccine data was manipulated and “leaked,” WhatsApp/Facebook’s… Read more…
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Pandemic Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup: an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. This week, states are freestyling vaccination rollout, rich Canadians are flying to Florida for a shot, a new vaccine looks amazing, the US is in worse shape, LA film production (like… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, a weekly “who wore it best” of worst practices. This week, Parler haz a sad, Dominion Voting Systems is about to obliterate what’s left of Trump’s legal team, internet-connected male chastity belts get hit with ransomware, Trump’s national security officials discover they’re unhirable, Alex Stamos takes… Read more…
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After US Capitol assault, a different cybersecurity threat emerges
Originally published in Engadget. In which we acknowledge the big cyber-elephant in the room. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Among so many things that are horrific about last week’s deadly attack on the Capitol building was the fact that it was planned for weeks. In the open. With that in mind,… Read more…
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Pandemic Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Pandemic Roundup: an inclusive, curated selection of new information and fresh perspectives on Covid-19 published every Thursday. This week: Florida used Eventbrite to distribute vaccines, mutations may challenge vaccines, two Americans die every minute from Covid-19, LA is in a large-scale crisis, the entire UK is in lockdown,… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, a clown car of easily avoidable mistakes. This week, Dominion Voting Systems is back for blood, Assange won at extradition but lost at journalism, T-Mobile goes for the Guinness Record for getting hacked, TicketMaster passed a competitor’s passwords around like junior high kids with a bottle… Read more…