Month: November 2021
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, it’s like power lifting for your eyeroll muscles. This week: Apple sues NSO Group, when malware is like a tardigrade, Ikea hack jokes, course-correcting conference harassment, the Maria Butina Chick-fil-A connection, cyber-insurers get cold feet, account creation is a matter of trust, Reality Winner is pissed… 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. Top stories: US cases rise 19 days in a row, 40% of US vaccinated have waned immunity, child infections increased by 1/3, Italy’s deadly covid parties, Fauci and White House part… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, a Turducken of dismay. This week: the Facebook Papers are going public (soon), GoDaddy had a huge amateur-hour breach, another MyPillow cohort caught snatching data, LAPD got caught spying on people with fake social media accounts, rude updates lock out connected treadmill hackers, Amazon’s distressing 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. Top stories: The definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ has changed to three doses, a new study shows that breakthroughs get long covid, winter surges are already here, new data on ear and… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. This week: The FBI inadvertently gets their spam on, the Facebook lawsuits have begun, ransomware hits the comic book industry, US computer crime laws finally evolve, hints at what’s on the docs Trump is trying to hide, the UK’s cool new hacking program for neurodiverse kids, our new infrastructure bill throws… 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. Top stories: US cases stall at a high level and ERs are still packed, Europe’s rising numbers are scaring the hell out of everyone, covid misinfo is a leading cause of… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, a weekly roundup of privacy and security stories guaranteed to make your safeword need a safeword. This week: Robinhood hack and breach exposes millions of users, SolarWinds 2: Revenge of the Intern, yet another Bluetooth personal security issue, feds bring the pain on REvil ransomers and… 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. Top stories: covid’s true death count near 17 million, US greenlights Pfizer for kids 5 to 11, a deadly breakthrough cluster in Connecticut, rumors of NYPD vaccine walkouts were wildly overstated,… Read more…
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Cybersecurity Roundup
Originally published on Patreon. Welcome to the Cybersecurity Roundup, a collection of hacking, security, and privacy news items whose sole existence are the reason Pepcid was invented. This week: The NRA got pwned by ransomware herders, major press fell for a cryptocurrency scam, Venmo reimburses impersonation victims, local law enforcement has no idea how Signal… Read more…